The roads police visit most often on the hunt for speeding drivers
Watch out, because more often than not, the police are about on these West Midlands roads. Cops return to the same roads again and again in camera vans which will be parked up and on the lookout for speeding drivers.
There are two ways which motorists are often caught speeding. One is by average speed cameras[1], which have been rolled out across the West Midlands in increasing numbers over recent years.
Many drivers will know roughly where these fixed cameras operate but less easy to predict are the locations of mobile camera vans, which will turn up unannounced on various days. And they catch out hundreds of speeding motorists as a result.
These vans will often return to the same locations month after month as they are known speeding hotspots and not covered by speed cameras. Police may be accused of targeting unsuspecting drivers but they say everyone should stick to the speed limit at all times and, as long as they do, they will have nothing to worry about.
And they hope it will make motorists think twice about putting their foot down. These are the roads in Birmingham and the Black Country camera vans have visited most often this year, up to June.
The data was revealed following a freedom of information request to West Midlands Police[3]. And it comes as police chiefs want to put more average speed cameras[4] on the region's roads amid safety concerns.
Birmingham
- B4121 Shenley Lane, near Meadowbrook Road - 670 offences
- A4040 - Sandwell Road, between Oxhill Road and Island Road, Handsworth - 411
- A4540 New John Street West, between Lucas Circus and Hospital Street - 377
- A4040 Stockfield Road, between Yardley Road and Warwick Road - 287
Dudley
- A461 Duncan Edwards Way, towards Cinder Bank Island - 363 offences
- A4036 Thorns Road, between Thornhill Road and Caledonia towards Lye - 181
- A449 Kidderminster Road, between Foundry Road and B4178 Swindon Road, Wall Heath - 90
- Sandyfields Road, between Oakleigh Drive and Chaucer Avenue - 81
- A456 Manor Way, towards Grange Road Island, Halesowen - 71
Sandwell
- A34 Birmingham Road opposite Pages Lane, towards Birmingham - 377
- A41 Black Country New Road at Swan Island - 255
- A41 Black Country New Road at George Henry Road - 125
- A4041 Newton Road and Pear Tree Drive towards Wolverhampton - 117
- A41 Black Country New Road at Pacific Avenue towards Wolverhampton - 109
- A4031 Trinity Way between Expressway and Kenrick Way, West Bromwich - 68
Walsall
- Erdington Road, between Little Aston and Crematorium Roundabout - 165
- Aldridge Road, between Bridle Lane and A4041 Queslett Road - 145
- Bentley Lane, between Harvester Road and Bloxwich Lane - 116
Wolverhampton
- The Droveway, Pendeford - 150
- Henwood Road, Compton - 181
- Tettenhall Road, between Lower Street and Albert Road - 116
- Linthouse Lane, opposite Springhill Road - 34
- Stowheath Lane, between Bilston Road and Willenhall Road - 34
References
- ^ average speed cameras (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ 'Speeding drivers are ruining my life - I shouldn't have moved here' (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ West Midlands Police (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
- ^ put more average speed cameras (www.birminghammail.co.uk)