Speed camera installations and outcomes
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008962/O
Version Date: 10/11/2025
The Alliance Operations Department has provided the following information:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning the speed camera enforcement on the A38 within the Devon and Cornwall police jurisdiction.
I am seeking data for the past five years, or the most recent period available.
Request:
1. Speed camera installations ->
How many new speed cameras (including fixed, average speed, or mobile enforcement units) have been installed along the A38 since january 2019.
For each camera, if it is possible, please provide:
- Type of camera, whether it is fixed, average or camera van.
- Location (road section)
- Date of installation
2. Installation costs ->
- The total cost of installing each of the speed cameras (or average cost if individual breakdown is unavailable)
- Include any related maintenance costs if recorded.
3. Outcomes
- How many speeding offences were detected by speed cameras on the A38 in each year from 2019 to 2025 (or the latest available data)
- How many drivers were referred to speed awareness courses?
- How many remain unpaid or unresolved?
4. Highest recorded speeds detected?
- If you can please provide the top three highest speeds recorded by speed cameras on the A38 over the same period , along with the general locations and dates please.
|
Name |
Type of camera |
Location |
Date installed |
Cost |
Number of speeding events detected** |
Speed Awareness Courses referrals |
Speed Awareness Courses unpaid or unresolved |
Highest Recorded Speed |
|
A38 Lower Clicker |
Spot Speed fixed |
July 2025 |
£64k |
287
187 |
60
20 |
0
0 |
117
110 |
|
|
A38 Glyn Valley |
Average Speed fixed |
Glynn Valley Liskeard Average Speed System Site 633 A38 EASTBOUND 1 (Turfdown to Timber Yard) Bodmin, Cornwall Site 634 A38 EASTBOUND 2 Halfway House to Carnglaze, St Neot, Cornwall Site 635 A38 EASTBOUND 3 (Carnglaze to Doublebois, St Neot, Cornwall Site 636 A38 WESTBOUND 1 (Doublebois to Carnglaze, Liskeard Site 637 A38 WESTBOUND 2 (Carnglaze to Halfway House, St Neot, Cornwall Site 638 A38 WESTBOUND 3 (Timber Yard to Turfdown, Cardynham) From https://w3w.co/less.position.buckling To |
2020 |
Not Held – refer National Highways |
107 16 122
124 2 83
|
20 1 69
93 0 17 |
1 0 3
1 0 2
|
74 68 77
84 61 75
|
|
A38 Carkeel to Trerulefoot |
Average Speed fixed |
Carkeel to Trerulefoot Average Speed System Carkeel to Landrake Landrake to Tideford Tideford to Trerulefoot
Trerulefoot to Tideford Tideford to Landrake Landrake to Carkeel
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|
October 2025 |
£200K - Devon & Cornwall VZSW, £50k -Cornwall Council, £350 - National Highways |
0 0 0
0 0 0 |
0 0 0
0 0 0 |
0 0 0
0 0 0 |
n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a
|
|
A38 Landrake |
Spot speed fixed |
50.4223, -4.29252 |
July 2025 |
601
5774 |
242
3495 |
1
7 |
81
83 |
|
|
A38 Tideford |
Spot Speed fixed |
October 2025 |
0
0 |
0
0 |
0
0 |
n/a
n/a |
||
|
A38 Saltash Tunnel |
Average Speed fixed |
April 2025
|
Not Held – refer National Highways |
7426
490 |
4387
173 |
150
13 |
94
70
|
|
|
|
mobile |
A38 (B) Dart Bridge Junction, Buckfastleigh
|
2020 |
0 |
178 1949 |
125 1269 |
0 35 |
81 92 |
|
|
mobile |
A38(A) Deep Lane - Marsh Mills, Devon
|
2019 |
0 |
11018 3121 |
7081 1983 |
82 51 |
131 123 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 Marley Head overbridge, South Brent, Devon
|
2020 |
0 |
1317 1423 |
965 1016 |
34 22 |
101 88 |
|
|
mobile |
A38(A)(B) Weston Mill Junction, Plymouth, Devon
|
2020 |
0 |
903 14 |
626 10 |
9 0 |
99 82 |
|
|
mobile |
A38(A) Smithaleigh - Deep Lane, Plymouth, Devon
|
2019 |
0 |
3054 955 |
2181 651 |
55 25 |
139 89 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 (B) PEAR TREE CROSS JUNCTION, ASHBURTON, DEVON
|
2023 |
0 |
0 89 |
0 59 |
0 3 |
80 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 From Harcombe Layby, Chudleigh, Devon
|
2025 |
0 |
0 18 |
0 14 |
O 1 |
0 92 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 Between Marsh Mills and Leigham roundabout (both directions), Plymouth, Devon |
2019 |
0 |
473 74 |
329 43 |
10 0 |
106 103 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 Smithaleigh, Devon
|
2020 |
0 |
1027 17 |
738 9 |
0 0 |
112 89 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 Dobwalls bypass, nr Liskeard, Cornwall
|
2023 |
0 |
0 159 |
0 94 |
0 3 |
0 87 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 from Tinkers Lake layby, between Lower Clicker and Trerulefoot, Cornwall |
2025 |
0 |
0 103 |
0 61 |
0 1 |
0 91 |
|
|
mobile |
A38(A) Wrangaton, Bittaford, Devon
|
2019 |
0 |
9229 1237 |
6566 873 |
102 25 |
112 128 |
|
|
mobile |
A38(B) Bittaford, Wrangaton, Devon
|
2021 |
0 |
0 326 |
0 173 |
0 6 |
0 97 |
|
|
mobile |
A38, near B3252 junction to Looe, Cornwall
|
2019 |
0 |
167 474 |
100 260 |
2 7 |
92 109 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 Gappah layby, Chudleigh Knighton, Devon
|
2023 |
0 |
0 64 |
0 44 |
0 0 |
0 83 |
|
|
mobile |
A38 from Tinkers Lake layby, between Lower Clicker and Trerulefoot, Cornwall |
2025 |
0 |
0 103 |
0 61 |
0 1 |
0 91 |
As the A38 is a fast road, speed enforcement session is most likely completed from a van. If on an overbridge, speed enforcement could have taken place on foot having travelled by motorcycle or from a police vehicle. Without looking into each batch, it would be impossible to distinguish and would be over fees to do so. The cost of a mobile enforcement site at these locations is £0.