Leicestershire's top-10 cashing generating speed cameras revealed

MORE THAN £1million in speeding fines issued in Leicestshire has been netted by just 10 cameras, it has emerged.

In 2009, 17,426 drivers were caught speeding by nine cameras within the city and one out of town.

The 10 cash-generating cameras pinpointed are also responsible for dishing out 52,278 penalty points – enough to disqualify 4,356 drivers, reports today's Leicester Mercury.

Leicestershire's busiest cameras are:

Aylestone Road, near Banks Road;
two in King Richard's Road;
London Road, near to University Road;
Welford Road, near to Leicester Prison;
two in Tigers Way;
Uppingham Road, near to Peters Drive;
one mobile camera site in London Road, near to Leicester racecourse
Station Road, in North Kilworth.


A spokesperson for the county's road safety initiative said:

"We are not trying to catch people, we are trying to deter people from speeding."