England’s most prolific speed camera revealed after it snares almost 100,000 drivers in three years – is it near you?
ENGLAND’S most prolific speed trap has snared almost 100,000 drivers in the past three years.
The camera, on the A40 in Uxbridge, North West London, nabbed 98,944 offenders breaking the 40mph limit.
If each driver caught was fined a typical £100, it could have raked in a total of £9.89million in 2020, 2021 and 2022, Home Office figures reveal.
Second on the money-spinning list were cameras installed during roadworks on a stretch of the A1 at Grantham.
They trapped more than 95,000 drivers.
Another 90,000 were nabbed by the cameras on the M62 between Warrington and Manchester, while more than 85,000 were snared on the North Circular in Brent, North West London.
The figures, released under Freedom of Information laws, show a stretch of the M25 in Surrey, where almost 65,000 drivers were caught, was fifth on the list.
In total, the ten busiest speed cameras over the past three years could have cost drivers more than £65million.
Howard Cox, founder of Fair-FuelUK, said: ““It is patently clear speed cameras do not stop speeding, they simply fleece drivers with most caught out doing just a fraction over the limit.
“Of course, dangerous speeding should be prosecuted, but if over 100,000 drivers at one camera site for example, have been penalised, it’s clear these limits have been set artificially low.
“They are designed to hit motorists in the pocket in order to fill the coffers of clueless financially inept authorities who have no sensible road user strategy.”