Motor insurance broker
Carole Nash has revealed the most profitable speed cameras in Britain, including one that raises over £600,000 a year.
The brokerage recently released the findings of its study which identified the cameras that recorded the highest number of speeding offences in 2015.
“With some speed cameras issuing tickets that amount to well into the hundreds of thousands it’s understandable that, at times, motorists feel like they are being taxed again,” Rebecca Donohue, head of marketing at insurance brokers Carole Nash, was quoted as saying in a Daily Mail report.
“We wanted to find out which roads are prone to speeding motorists to help raise awareness of the dangers in those areas and encourage bikers and drivers alike to take extra care on these roads.”
According to the study, the highest grossing speed camera in the UK is on the A1 northbound at Great Ponton, Lincolnshire. It caught over 6,000 speeding motorists in a single year, raising £606,400 or £1,661 a day.
Based on Carole Nash’s findings, the 10 most lucrative speed cameras are on the following areas:
- A1 northbound at Great Ponton, Lincolnshire - £606,400
- M180 west of River Trent, Scunthorpe - £583,500
- M25 London J17-18, Rickmansworth - £538,500
- M25 London between J5 and Clacket Lane Services - £373,300
- A12 southbound at Stratford St Mary - £305,400
- M25 Junction 18-17, Hertfordshire - £255,400
- A22 Eastbourne Road, Halland - £167,100
- A3 Esher Bypass, near Hook - £149,700
- A14 Bythorn, Cambridgeshire - £121,200
- A34 southbound at Milton - £63,600
Carole Nash collated and sought the figures in a freedom of information request to the UK’s police forces, according to the report. They were calculated by taking the recorded number of speeding offences, multiplied by the average speeding fine of £100.
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