FOI 153167
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 153167
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 14th February 2022. Please find below the response to your request:
My questions are as follows:
- How many speeding offences did your force detect in the 2021 calendar year (1 January to 31 December, inclusive)?
- Please provide a breakdown of how these offences were detected (i.e. via fixed speed camera, mobile speed camera, police officer with radar gun etc).
- Please provide a breakdown of how these offences were resolved (i.e. how many were cancelled, how many resulted in awareness courses, fines/penalty points, court action etc).
- For the offences that were cancelled, please provide a breakdown of the reasons why cancellations occurred (i.e. emergency service vehicles on blue light runs, court agreements etc).
Reply:-
- How many speeding offences did your force detect in the 2021 calendar year (1 January to 31 December, inclusive)?
106127
- Please provide a breakdown of how these offences were detected (i.e. via fixed speed camera, mobile speed camera, police officer with radar gun etc).
48,950 mobile camera
55,266 fixed camera
1951 officer witnessed
- Please provide a breakdown of how these offences were resolved (i.e. how many were cancelled, how many resulted in awareness courses, fines/penalty points, court action etc).
Driver retraining: 47,363, Fixed Penalty: 30,661, Prosecution: 2651.
See below for cancellation figures.
A proportion of 2021 offences will not yet have been disposed of
- For the offences that were cancelled, please provide a breakdown of the reasons why cancellations occurred (i.e. emergency service vehicles on blue light runs, court agreements etc).
|
Reason |
Number of Cancellations |
|
Cloned vehicle |
157 |
|
covid-19 out of time |
1 |
|
Covid-19 not in public interest |
22 |
|
Duplicate Notice |
6 |
|
Emergency vehicle Ambulance |
924 |
|
Emergency vehicle Fire |
183 |
|
Emergency vehicle Police |
1279 |
|
Emergency Vehicle Police - No driver identified |
16 |
|
False Insurance |
13 |
|
Foreign Visitor or Diplomatic Immunity |
307 |
|
Insufficient evidence for prosecution |
355 |
|
Insufficient resources due to absences |
754 |
|
Keeper not traced |
339 |
|
Not in public interest to prosecute |
175 |
|
Notice Cancelled by Bulk Cancellation Utility |
1 |
|
Offender Deceased |
37 |
|
Offender not traced |
3285 |
|
Out of statutory time period for prosecution |
4624 |
|
Police Investigation NFA |
7 |
|
Process defect identified - see journal |
445 |
|
Royal Mail not served within statutory time period |
4 |
|
Speed Awareness Course Attended |
29 |
|
TOR issued in error |
47 |
|
VRM Misread |
132 |
|
Disqualified Driver (not appropriate for fixed penalty) |
1 |
|
Bulk Cancellation Utility |
3 |
|
What's Driving Us Course Attended |
3 |
|
Total |
13149 |