FOI 95973

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 95973

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 6^th July 2021. Please find below the response to your request:

I'd like to make the following Freedom of Information request re: speed cameras and fines.

1/ How many static/permanent speed cameras are there in your authority?

2/ How many additional speed cameras (hand-held) will be in operation over the summer holiday period (22nd July to end of August)

3/ How much money was paid in speed fines in July and August 2020 and July and August 2019?

Reply:-

1. West Mercia Police have 22 fixed cameras

Albeit not strictly handheld we have 15 mobile kits that can be deployed

2. No information held. The offences carried out by Traffic Police Unit do not occur as a result of speed cameras (hand held), they are officer operated equipment, but no cameras attached.

3. The data is for speeding offences (offence dates July 2019 – August 2019) where the offender paid the fine and had their licence endorsed with the obligatory 3 penalty points.

The information includes speed offences detected by police officers also.

Speed Camera detected offences – 5,080 offences where the disposal method was accepting the fine and points @ £100 each offence equates to £508,000.

(Officer issued speed offences - 83 offences where the disposal method was accepting the fine and points @ £100 each offence equates to £8,300.)

The data is for speeding offences (offence dates July 2020 – August 2020) where the offender paid the fine and had their licence endorsed with the obligatory 3 penalty points.

The information includes speed offences detected by police officers also

Speed Camera detected offences –4,893 offences where the disposal method was accepting the fine and points @ £100 each offence equates to £489,300

(Officer issued speed offences - 113 offences where the disposal method was accepting the fine and points @ £100 each offence equates to £11,300.)