Speeding, Collisions and Road Fines

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007659/C

 Version Date: 24/02/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department and Road Safety Team have provided the following information.

REQUEST 1:
What were the road safety reasons for having 3 manned mobile speeding cameras on the A38 on Monday 20 January 2025. They were positioned within an approx 10 mile length.

To reduce the number of vehicles driving at excessive speed. Excessive speed is part of ‘The Fatal 5’ and causes the most harm on our roads. Speed enforcement is conducted to reduce the number of persons killed or seriously injured on our roads.

Please note that we only deploy at each site for up to an hour.

REQUEST 2:
Can you provide the number and category of road traffic accidents on the A38 between the A38 Texico at Newton Abbot and the A38 Rattery turn off in the period 20 January 2023 to 19 January 2025.

Data Source:                                  

Force road traffic collision (RTC) recording system - Accsmap and CRASH

Data Processing:                          

QlikView report Road Traffic Collisons filtered on                                

Collision Date: 20/01/2023 - 19/01/2025                         

Data extracted to excel

Data loaded onto Blue8 mapping systems and mapped for relevant area.

Data extracted to excel

Data Limitations:   

There is a possibility that data from mid-January 2018 onwards is incomplete due to problems with the Collisions data  

we have been receiving.    

Please note, that from 1st January 2008 -          

Damage only Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) will not be recorded unless there is a clear and specified purpose for          

doing so, specifically:         

- Section 170 RTA 1988 not complied with (fail to stop)          

- Police vehicle involved    

- Other emergency services vehicle responding to an incident are involved

- The collision is one that provides a realistic prospect of securing a conviction against one of the drivers           

 (Threshold Test aspect of the Full Code Test for Crown Prosecutors')       

- Single vehicle loss of control      

Also note that from March 2010 - 

Non-injury road traffic collisions will not be recorded or investigated unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

(a)  A driver has failed to comply fully with the statutory requirements of the Road Traffic Act, e.g. fail to stop; exchange details        

(b)  Allegations have been made at the scene and/or the attending officer considers that there is sufficient corroborated evidence about the manner of driving to prove an offence.

(c) An offence is apparent - i.e. the driver has been arrested for excess alcohol   

Data

REQUEST 3:
How much money in fines has Devon and Cornwall police recovered from manned mobile speed cameras so far in Financial Year 2024/25?

REQUEST 4:
How much money in fines has Devon and Cornwall police recovered from manned mobile speed cameras in the following Financial Years?

2023/24
2022/23
2018/19
2017/18

No information held.

This information will be held by the HM Courts & Tribunals Service.