Drivers get caught speeding across our county every day – and their cases can often end up in court.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says exceeding the speed limit and travelling too fast for the conditions were assigned by police officers as contributing to 27 per cent of fatal collisions in 2020.

In Great Britain in 2020, 202 people were killed in collisions involving someone exceeding the speed limit, with a further 1,368 people seriously injured and 2,803 slightly injured.

The penalty for speeding is often a £100 fine and three penalty points added to your licence.

You may be given the option of attending a speed awareness course if the police decide it’s appropriate for your offence and you have not been on a course in the last three years.

Here is a round-up of cases which have been before court in the last month.

Gary Potter, 47, of Axial Drive, Colchester, was caught travelling at 39mph in the 30mph zone on the A406 on December 14.

The cases was dealt with via the single justice procedure at South West London Magistrates’ Court.

Potter was handed three penalty points and fined £169.

He must also pay costs of £90 and a victim services fund charge of £34.

Ian Jackson, 61, of Bergholt Road, Colchester, was caught travelling at 38mph in a 30mph zone on Mile End Road on October 6.

His case was dealt with via the single justice procedure at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court.

Jackson was handed three penalty points and fined £107.

He must also pay costs of £90 and a victim services fund charge of £34.

Lucinda Galt, 34, of Oak Close, Thorpe le Soken, was caught travelling at 38mph in a 30mph zone on Mile End Road on October 7.

Her case was dealt with via the single justice procedure at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court.

Galt was handed three penalty points and fined £76.

She must also pay costs of £90 and a victim services fund charge of £34.

Donna Bacon, 41, of Mill Lane, Dedham, was caught travelling at 58mph in a 50mph zone on the M25 on October 6.

Her case was dealt with via the single justice procedure at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court.

Bacon was handed three penalty points and fined £220.

She must also pay costs of £90 and a victim services fund charge of £34.