A young motorcyclist was caught by a speed camera 36 times in just over two months, including one occasion when he was captured riding at 77 mph - more than twice the 30 mph speed limit along the road.

Barnaby Bowers-Hall, 22, showed “complete disregard” to other users of the road near Penryn in Cornwall, said Devon and Cornwall Police after he was convicted of dangerous driving at Truro Crown Court.

Bowers-Hall, of Kel Avon Close, Truro, had admitted speeding after the fixed camera caught him riding his motorcycle above the 30mph limit 36 times between 23 May and 2 August 2024, the police said.

When he was captured riding at 77mph on 7 July 2024, he had a passenger on the back of his motorcycle.

Also pleading guilty to driving with no insurance and fraudulent use of a registration mark, he was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

He was also given a two-month curfew during the court hearing on 30 July.

Force operations manager in the road safety team at Devon and Cornwall Police, David Routley, said: "It was clear from Bowers-Hall repeated and deliberate breaches of the speed limit that he showed a complete disregard for the safety of other road users and pedestrians.

“Speeding remains one of the leading causes of deaths and serious injuries on our roads, and it is an offence that we will continue to treat seriously and tackle robustly.

“Keeping people safe from harm is at the heart of everything we do and taking action against careless and dangerous drivers is a key part of our commitment to making our roads safer for everyone."

The police force is part of a group with communities in the region that aims to drive down serious injuries an deaths on the road.

Latest national figures from the Department for Transport show that 1,601 people died on roads in the UK in 2024, down 1 per cent compared to 2023. The number of seriously injured also fell just slightly, with 27,865 cases in 2024.

Meanwhile, traffic has increased, with motorists driving 340bn miles in 2024, up 2 per cent from the year before.

Labour’s UK Road Safety Strategy aims to halve the number of road deaths by 2030.