FOI 447103
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 447103
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11th Please find below the response to your request:
1. Please provide any policies, operational guidance, enforcement criteria, or internal documents held by your force that relate to speed-enforcement thresholds for fixed, mobile, or average-speed cameras.
2. Specifically, please state whether your force adheres to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) speed-tolerance guidance (often described as “10% + 2 mph”) or any alternative thresholds used for the purpose of determining when enforcement action is initiated.
3. If exact thresholds are not disclosed to the public for operational reasons, please confirm whether this information is held and, if so, whether the force follows NPCC guidance, uses a different internal tolerance, or enforces strictly at the posted speed limit
Reply
1. West Mercia Police work to the NPCC guidance on enforcement of speed limits.
The attached document underpins our speed enforcement, or see the link below:
speed-enforcement-disposal-guidance-2025.pdf
2. West Mercia Road safety team adhere to the NPCC guidelines of commencing prosecution at 10%+2mph.
That is in a 30mph an offence is pursued at 35mph, 40mpg at 46mph etc…
3. Not applicable.