98 percent of drivers who speed too fast are caught by a speed camera. At the same time, the number of speed booths sets a record. This is shown by new figures from England.
At home, the state collects money from motorists. Both in the form of direct charges and taxes and from speed booths. The same is the case in Great Britain.
In England and Wales, police recorded a record number of speeding offenses in 2023. Home Office data shows that 2,324,542 speeding offenses were recorded, which is a 10 per cent increase on the previous year.
And the highest number since 2011, when data began to be recorded in the same way. 98 percent of the speed booths came directly from photo feeders.
The Ministry of the Interior states that the number of speeding offenses has increased more than the number of cars on the roads between 2011 and 2023.
That's what Autocar writes.
The ministry also notes that speeding offenses vary with the season and are more frequent in the summer months. In June 2023, the number peaked with 223,029 cases, compared to 159,179 violations in December.
The government data does not include London, as the Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for the capital, uses a different computer system to record speeding offences.
In London, police recorded 390,403 speeding incidents in 2023, a 3 percent increase on the previous year and almost three times as many as during the Covid pandemic.
The ministry cites lowering speed limits in London as one of the reasons for the rise in speeding offenses since the pandemic. However, the ministry did not want to elaborate.
Speeding offenses accounted for 86 per cent of the 2,698,373 traffic offenses in England and Wales in 2023 that resulted in a fine.
More than half (51 percent, ed.) of these violations led to choir instruction, such as a speed awareness course, and 36% resulted in fines. The remaining 13 percent ended up in court.
– Motorists must know that the police enforce the law and that bad behavior (in traffic, ed.) will be caught either by the police or on camera.
– Although cameras and new technology play an important role in road safety, these statistics clearly show that we need more officers in patrol cars to monitor the roads, says Jack Cousens, head of road policy at the AA.
