Thames Valley Police have issued a statement relating to anomalies with some National Highways cameras on some A roads and motorways is being shared on behalf of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).

“Policing is working with National Highways to identify and contact a very limited number of motorists who may have incorrectly received a speeding penalty due to an anomaly impacting the way some National Highways cameras interact with their signs and signals on some A-roads and motorways. This issue affects a limited number of motorists.

“Policing enforces a range of offences, including speeding, on the strategic road network through a number of tactics including mobile camera deployments, roads policing patrols and average speed sites. This remains unchanged.

“If you are affected by this issue, you will be contacted and details of the compensation scheme will be shared in due course. You do not need to take any action.”

Key messages include:

• Policing is working quickly to identify and contact motorists who have incorrectly received penalties for exceeding a variable speed limit on the strategic road network.
• Policing is working closely with National Highways to ensure that the issues which led to tickets being incorrectly issued will not happen again.
• This issue affects a limited number of motorists, if you are one of them you will be contacted by the relevant police force.
• A compensation scheme will be in place administered by National Highways. Details will be provided in due course.

The statement says that policing has taken the decision to pause speed enforcement on the strategic road network using data from the affected National Highways HADECS cameras until we have full confidence that no one will be incorrectly prosecuted. 

“Motorists are reminded that we continue to enforce speeding on the network as well as the rest of the UK, through other unaffected methods including mobile cameras sites, average speed cameras, and marked and unmarked police patrols.

“We are working to ensure that policing and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) resume prosecutions from this system with confidence in the evidence whilst also meeting our obligations to ensure a fair process.

“Until we have this assurance, we will not be enforcing speeding using data from the affected National Highways HADECS cameras.”

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