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Speeding (1209A/22)

Request

I would like to know – since the start of 2022 up to now:

1) The total number of fixed penalty notices issued for speeding

2) Of these, how many were paid and/or resulted in the driver attending a speed awareness course (please specify)?

3) How many were cancelled? (Please give reasons for cancellations where possible)

*could the details also include the manner at which drivers were caught speeding (such as fixed speed camera, variable speed camera, mobile speed vans, police operations etc).

Response

Please find our response below.

Since the start of 2022 up to now (15/09/22):

1) The total number of fixed penalty notices issued for speeding

65,555

2) Of these, how many were paid and/or resulted in the driver attending a speed awareness course (please specify)?

Paid – 8,941

Course – 15,289

3) How many were cancelled? (Please give reasons for cancellations where possible)

7,575

*could the details also include the manner at which drivers were caught speeding (such as fixed speed camera, variable speed camera, mobile speed vans, police operations etc).

Unfortunately this information is not available on our systems.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.

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