More than 120,000 speeding fines have been issued by Devon & Cornwall Police in the last three years - with a 49% increase since 2021.
£12 million worth of speeding fines have been issued to Devon & Cornwall drivers in the last three years, with £4.5m handed out this past year.
Between April 2023 and April 2024, 45,490 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) were handed to drivers by Devon & Cornwall Police - a 49% increase compared with 2021.
New data obtained by Legal Expert via Freedom of Information requests also reveals the top 20 roads where drivers are most likely to be caught speeding by Devon & Cornwall Police.
Six of the cameras are in Exeter, Rydon Lane, Cowley Bridge Road, Daisymount A30, Topsham Road and Haldon Hill.
See the full data below.
Featuring on the list is the new speed camera on Exeter Road in Exmouth. Read more: A new speed camera has appeared on the A376 Exmouth Road
Within a year of being in operation, it caught nearly 5,000 drivers. Read more: New Exmouth speed camera has already caught 1,671 drivers.
The worst is on Old Laira Road, where 11,774 speeding fines have been issued in the last 12 months alone.
It is followed by Tregolls Road where static cameras clocked a further 10,843 speeding offences.
Between 2021.22, police issued a total of 30,460 speeding fines to motorists and a further 45,757 the following year.
Here are the 20 roads in Devon & Cornwall where drivers have been caught speeding in the last year 2023/24 with the number of speeding offences.
- Old Laira Road 11774
- Tregolls Road 10843
- Longdowns Village 4856
- Alma Road 3986
- Rydon Lane 1539
- Laira Narrows 1231
- Nr Jct with Warleggan and St Neot: 1108
- Dartmouth Road: 954
- Ashburton Road: 881
- Exeter Road: 775
- Shapters Road Heading into Gdynia Way: 725
- Hask Lane Overbridge: 668
- Tideford Road Junction with A38 Landrake: 617
- Haldon Hill to Wobbly Wheel Jct: 604
- Plymouth Road: 559
- Topsham Road: 494
- Cowley Bridge Road: 413
- Hayle Bypass: 370
- Nr Daisy Mount (MP24690a): 369
According to Government guidelines, the minimum penalty for speeding is £100 fine and three penalty points added to a driver’s licence.
Motorists who receive 12 or more points within three years can be disqualified from driving.
Within two weeks of a vehicle being caught speeding, the registered keeper will be sent a ‘Notice of Intended Prosecution,’ issued by the police informing a driver they intend to prosecute for a motoring offence, and a ‘Section 172 Notice’, a legal requirement of a registered vehicle keeper to provide details regarding the alleged traffic offence.
Dangerous driving offences in England and Wales can mean up to two years in prison, an unlimited fine, driving disqualifications or points.
If a death is caused by dangerous driving, it can lead to a maximum of 14 years in prison.
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