Fixed Penalty Notices
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008348/Y
Version Date: 02/10/2025
The Road Safety Team has provided the following information.
- How many speeding fines (FPNs) were issued between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025?
From 06/04/2024 to 05/04/2025, 215,037 notices of intended prosecution were issued for excess speed and 14,240 fixed penalty notices were issued.
Please note that the Force does not hold information regarding speeding fines. This information is held by the courts.
- For the period covering April 6, 2024 to April 5, 2025, what were the 20 roads where the most speeding offences were detected?
2a. For each road, please provide the total number of speeding offences and the number of FPNs issued.
|
Road |
Total Number of Offences |
Total Number of FPN’s Issued |
Total Number of NIPs Issued |
|
Ashburton Road, Totnes |
11839 |
319 |
8758 |
|
Old Laira Road, Plymouth |
10540 |
132 |
8975 |
|
Roseworthy Dip |
8013 |
610 |
4154 |
|
A376 Exeter Road, Exmouth |
7690 |
107 |
4129 |
|
Longdowns, Cornwall |
7267 |
281 |
4380 |
|
Tregolls Road West, Truro |
7122 |
146 |
4381 |
|
Clovelly Road, Bideford |
7026 |
342 |
5902 |
|
Alma Road, Plymouth |
6213 |
131 |
3139 |
|
Outland Road (jct St Erth Rd), Plymouth |
5968 |
166 |
3500 |
|
St Ann's Chapel, Cornwall |
5724 |
263 |
4394 |
|
Saltash Tunnel (West) |
4945 |
195 |
3306 |
|
Alphington Road |
4406 |
88 |
3900 |
|
Tregolls Road East |
4071 |
138 |
2981 |
|
Plymouth Road (jct Dingle Rd), Plymouth |
4015 |
11 |
724 |
|
Dartmouth Road, Paignton |
3992 |
51 |
1600 |
|
Exeter Road, Okehampton |
3803 |
95 |
2492 |
|
A30 Fingle Glenn Tedburn St Mary |
3264 |
257 |
2360 |
|
Bridge Road South, Exeter |
3069 |
182 |
1692 |
|
Outland Road (jct Segrave Rd), Plymouth |
2266 |
46 |
1867 |
|
Mannamead Road, Plymouth |
2133 |
23 |
947 |
- What were the highest five speeds recorded in individual speed checks across the region between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025? For each case, please provide the road, the speed limit on that road, and the month (e.g. April 2024).
|
Road |
Speed (Limit) |
Month |
|
A30 Roseworthy Dip, East bound |
150 mph (60mph) |
August 2024 |
|
A38 Smithaleigh, West Bound |
139 mph (60mph) |
August 2024 |
|
A30 Roseworthy Dip, West bound |
139 mph (60mph) |
March 2025 |
|
A30 Roseworthy Dip, East bound |
138 mph (60mph) |
February 2025 |
|
A30 Roseworthy Dip, East bound |
137 mph (60mph) |
April 2024 |
Clarification: I would appreciate it if you can share figures for both NIPs and FPNs. I do not specifically require information regarding Speed Awareness Courses, but if they are intrinsically linked to NIPs, I am happy to receive that data too.