A high strength hot rolled steel sheet, comprising: a chemical composition consisting of: C: more than 0.05% to 0.13% or less; Si: 0.3% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more to 2.0% or less; P: 0.025% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0060% or less; Al: 0.1% or less; Ti: 0.07% or more to 0.18% or less; and V: more than 0.13% to 0.30% or less on a mass percent basis, such that Ti and V contents satisfy the following formula, wherein solid solution V: 0.05% or more to less than 0.15%, optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Mo by 1% or less in total on a mass percent basis, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Sn, Ni, Ca, Mg, Co, As, Cr, W, B, Pb, Ta, and Sb by 1% or less in total on a mass percent basis, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a matrix that has a ferrite phase with an area ratio of 95% or more with respect to an overall structure; and a structure where a fine carbide is dispersedly precipitated, the fine carbide containing Ti and V having an average particle size of less than 10 nm in the matrix, the fine carbide has a volume fraction of 0.0050 or more with respect to the overall structure, a proportion of a number of carbides with a particle size of 30 nm or more containing Ti is less than 10% with respect to a total number of carbides, the high strength hot rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, a hole expansion ratio of 40% or more, and a ratio of limit bending radius of 0.9 or less, and wherein a difference in a tensile strength between a center position of a sheet width and a position at one-quarter width of the steel sheet is 15 MPa or less, a difference in a hole expansion ratio among the positions is 10% or less, and a difference in a ratio of limit bending radius among the positions is 0.15 or less. 0.25 < Ti + V ≤ 0.45 (where Ti and V are respective contents of the elements (by mass%)). a chemical composition consisting of: C: more than 0.05% to 0.13% or less; Si: 0.3% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more to 2.0% or less; P: 0.025% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0060% or less; Al: 0.1% or less; Ti: 0.07% or more to 0.18% or less; and V: more than 0.13% to 0.30% or less on a mass percent basis, such that Ti and V contents satisfy the following formula, wherein solid solution V: 0.05% or more to less than 0.15%, optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb and Mo by 1% or less in total on a mass percent basis, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Sn, Ni, Ca, Mg, Co, As, Cr, W, B, Pb, Ta, and Sb by 1% or less in total on a mass percent basis, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, C: more than 0.05% to 0.13% or less; Si: 0.3% or less; Mn: 0.5% or more to 2.0% or less; P: 0.025% or less; S: 0.005% or less; N: 0.0060% or less; Al: 0.1% or less; Ti: 0.07% or more to 0.18% or less; and V: more than 0.13% to 0.30% or less on a mass percent basis, such that Ti and V contents satisfy the following formula, a matrix that has a ferrite phase with an area ratio of 95% or more with respect to an overall structure; and a structure where a fine carbide is dispersedly precipitated, the fine carbide containing Ti and V having an average particle size of less than 10 nm in the matrix, the fine carbide has a volume fraction of 0.0050 or more with respect to the overall structure, a proportion of a number of carbides with a particle size of 30 nm or more containing Ti is less than 10% with respect to a total number of carbides, the high strength hot rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, a hole expansion ratio of 40% or more, and a ratio of limit bending radius of 0.9 or less, and wherein a difference in a tensile strength between a center position of a sheet width and a position at one-quarter width of the steel sheet is 15 MPa or less, a difference in a hole expansion ratio among the positions is 10% or less, and a difference in a ratio of limit bending radius among the positions is 0.15 or less. 0.25 < Ti + V ≤ 0.45 (where Ti and V are respective contents of the elements (by mass%)).