The Sun newspaper has compiled a list of the top ten earning speed cameras. Top of the list is a temporary speed camera on the A1(M) in Hertordshire. The camera is located on the southbound carriageway between junctions 4 and 3. The camera has captured on average 789 drivers each month. Based on a fixed penalty fine of £60, this would raise in excess of £½ million per year.

The second highest earning speed camera is located at Anglesea Road in Portsmouth (part of the A3), which caught an average of 537 motorists a month, which works out at an estimated £387,000 per year.

The A40 Western Avenue in London was the third highest earner with 499 speeding motorists per month having to pay an estimated £359,000 in speeding fines.

The lowest earning speed trap is on the A348 in Ferndown, Dorset, which caught hasn’t caught a single vehicle speeding in three years. Either this is a badly located camera or it’s doing its job very well at ensuring that motorists adhere to the speed limit.
The most perilous route for avoiding speed fines is a 12 mile stretch of road along the seafront in Brighton which is lined with 11 cameras that caught over 18000 drivers in three years.

How much revenue do UK speed cameras raise?
The UK has approximately 6,000 speed cameras, which generate around £100m a year in speeding tickets.