Speeding (1775A/21)
Request
I’d like to issue a Freedom of Information request for the following:
- Total number of drivers caught speeding by speed cameras in your area
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 30mph zones
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 30mph zones, who were driving 33mph or slower
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 40mph zones
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 40mph zones, who were driving 44mph or slower
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 50mph zones
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 50mph zones, who were driving 55mph or slower
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 60mph zones
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 60mph zones, who were driving 66mph or slower
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 70mph zones
- Number of drivers caught speeding in 70mph zones, who were driving 77mph or slower
If you could please provide the information in a spreadsheet that would be brilliant.
Response
Please find attached our response.
In addition, it is important to note that the Force operates average speed cameras across various locations, the use of mobile enforcement cameras and variable speed cameras on the motorways.
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.