Over 1,800 speeding drivers caught on camera in three months

Essex Police’s Speed Enforcement officers detect more than 1,800 speeding motorists across the county, in three months.

Between July and September, our Speed Enforcement Officers were deployed at 102 sites across the county to target speeding motorists and enforce the law as part of our commitment to road safety and Vision Zero.

Those figures are up from the previous three months when 1,599 offenders were identified by the same team.

The enforcement sites were located at identified hotspots and focused on the strategic road network of fast roads such as A13, A12, A130 and M25.

The Speed Enforcement Officers recorded a top speed of 104mph on a 70mph fast road and a drive in a 30mph was captured on camera driving at more than twice the speed limit, at 72mph.

As part of the Roads Policing Unit, our Speed Enforcement Officers are dedicated to tackling road-related crime, and in particular speeding offences that present a risk to all our road users, and they play an important role in educating drivers about the dangers of speeding through their work with Community Speedwatch volunteers who monitor speeds in their local areas.

Their liaison with road safety partners helps us to direct our policing activities to where they are needed most and to provide reassurance to the public in areas where speeding has been raised as a concern.

The work of the Speed Enforcement Officers supports Vision Zero, our joint ambition with partners to have zero road deaths by 2040 or sooner and we will continue this important work, partnering with the local authorities, the road safety partnership and with the help of our Community Speedwatch volunteers, to reduce the risks posed to all our road users and encourage and educate drivers to make better driving decisions.

We’d encourage all drivers to adhere to the speed limits – they’re there for a reason.

Help us reduce road collisions and casualties in Essex and make our roads even safer. Report instances of poor and dangerous driving through Safer Essex Roads Partnership's Extra Eyes initiative.

More than ever, irresponsible, dangerous and illegal road behaviour is being recorded by road users. Through Extra Eyes this footage can be sent to, and reviewed by, an investigator within Road Policing at Essex Police.

Find out how by visiting Safer Essex Roads Partnership website.

Our Roads Policing Unit (RPU) provide a specialist response across our road network. Their expertise helps to keep our roads safe and traffic moving. They work to make sure those road users who put others at risk by speeding, driving dangerously or any other illegal behaviour, are held accountable for their actions. Our officers look for those using our roads to commit crime and disrupt criminal activity.

So that our officers can be even more effective on our roads, and better support the Strategic Road Network (SRN), our RPU based at Stanway, Colchester, have moved to our sites in Boreham and Thorpe-Le-Soken.

Our RPU will continue to operate 24/7 across the county. They will continue to work alongside officers and staff throughout Essex to help people and catch criminals. They will also continue to work to prevent and reduce road deaths and serious collisions on our roads.

In line with our Estates Strategy, the site at Stanway, which is not open to the public, will be sold. Funds will be reinvested into your police service.

This move does not affect the police teams who currently, and will continue to, work from Colchester Police Station. The sale of the Stanway site will not change local policing delivery or our visibility in our communities.

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