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25.06.2022 - 15:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We all know the feeling. The flash in the rearview mirror, the quick check of the speedometer, and then the anxious wait to see if we were in the wrong and over the limit.
Naturally, law-abiding motorists will be flash-free on their drives, but less careful drivers do get caught out. Now a freedom on information request from WalesOnline reveals the police force area where the most camera activations take place.
Car Lease Special Offers sent FOI requests to police forces in the UK, to find out which speed cameras were catching drivers out the most. As well as revealing which areas were causing the biggest amount of speed camera activations between January 2019 - March 2022.
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It was drivers in West Yorkshire that seemed to have activated the most speed cameras during the period of January 2019 to March 2022. They activated the speed cameras 1,005,830 times. That's an average of nearly 850 flashes a day - if all these activations led to prosecutions at the minimum fine amount of £100 each, it could total an eye-watering amount of £10,058,300.
The next top area was those covered by the Metropolitan police, with 789,621 recorded camera offences - which is an average of 666 a day. And then Sussex police with 272,245. On the other end of the table it was Derbyshire speed cameras that were going off the least, only activated 34,177 times in the last three years. This averages around 28 flashes a day.
Areas with the most speed camera activations
Police Force Area
Total Activations
Flashes per Day (Average)
Flashes per Hour (Average)
1,005,830
848
35
789,621
666
27
272,245
229
9
255,722
215
8
251,833
212
8
243,677
205
8
227,945
192
8
214,5
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