38,243 motorists caught by one speed camera in 5 years!
on December 27th, 2009 at 11:27 pmThe busiest speed camera in Britain caught more than 38,000 motorists in five years, figures have shown. The camera responsible for snaring the most motorists is sited on the M11 in Woodford, Essex, where the motorway reverts to a dual-carriageway and is subject to a 50mph limit. Police revealed the camera had caught an 38,243 speeders, yielding a potential £2.3m in fines. In London the camera sited at the Limehouse Link Tunnel, in East London, was the busiest in 2006 and 2007 snaring 7,193 and 5,604 drivers respectively. However, last year it was overtaken by the camera on the A316 Country Way, near Kempton Park Racecourse in South West London, which caught 8,491 drivers breaking the speed limit. In Surrey the camera on the A3 Esher bypass has nabbed the most speeders in the county for three of the last four years. In those three years it has been responsible for the issuing of 12,894 tickets. A camera on the southbound A1 at Elkesley, in Nottinghamshire, was so busy at one stage it was averaging almost 1,000 speeding months per month. It has been the busiest in the county for the last three years amassing a total of 23,081 speeders, netting a potential £1.4m. More
