THREE York teenagers were among five high-speed motorists caught driving at up to 119mph on the A64.

North Yorkshire Police stopped numerous cars in separate incidents on Saturday night.

At one point, officers saw two cars racing near Malton at more than 90mph.

They tweeted the video above from past of the pursuit.

Both cars were stopped. One of the cars did not have a valid MOT, and the other had been modified without the insurance company being told.

The 17-year-old York boy driving one of the cars was given a warning for vehicle antisocial behaviour, and has been summonsed to court for careless driving and speeding.

The driver of the other vehicle, also 17 and from York, was reported for careless driving, speeding and having no MOT.

Later in the evening, a 19-year-old man from York was caught driving at 119mph, and issued with a Traffic Offence Report for careless driving and excess speed.

In a third incident, police seized a car seen driving at more than 100mph down Whitwell Hill. The 22-year-old male driver had had a similar warning last year, said police.

Separately, a 19-year-old Bingley man caught driving at 97mph and a 21-year-old Goole man caught driving at 106mph were issued with Traffic Offence Reports.

Sgt Julian Pearson from the force's Roads Policing Group said the ages of the drivers showed more work was needed to tackle young men driving carelessly and at speed on the county's roads.

He said: "Early intervention is key into preventing serious collision. Over the coming months we will be engaging with young drivers, on the roads and at local meetings to address the issue of the modification of vehicles and speaking with respective insurance companies regarding the matter.

"The individuals stopped on Saturday are a fraction of the reports of bad driving reported to NYP every day and some of the speeds recorded in poor road conditions are quite staggering.

"With their inexperience and lack of judgement, unfortunately some of these drivers will undoubtedly be a statistic over the coming months.

"This is why this early intervention work is vital; to improve driver behaviour and ensure vehicles are lawful and road compliant in order to reduce the number of collisions amongst young drivers."

Sgt Pearson also reminded motorists that any modifications made to vehicles need to be approved by insurers, particularly 'Euro look' tyres, which are smaller tyres stretched over bigger wheels.

He said: "It is vital that drivers ensure that any modifications made to their vehicle have been approved by insurers, as many modifications, such as 'Euro look' tyres and lowering the vehicles are not modifications that insurers would approve.

"We will be actively target those that come to our attention and offenders should expect to have their vehicles examined, photographed and reports submitted to their insurers."