Mobile speed camera locations in Leeds this week

Every week, mobile speed cameras are put into place across the city of Leeds in an attempt to reduce the numbers of accidents.

The cameras are put in place by the West Yorkshire Police^[1] Camera Enforcement Unit on behalf of the West Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership. They are placed in core camera sites and in community concern sites.

A core camera site is an area where there are a high number of speeding vehicles and accidents. In these areas, analysis has found the use of mobile speed cameras to be an effective way to reduce this.

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Meanwhile a community concern site does not meet these criteria, but has been instead identified by locals as a place where mobile speed cameras could help.

The cameras work by shining a laser on passing cars to find out their speed. It works in a number of lighting and weather conditions.

Here are the speed camera locations across Leeds.

Leeds

30mph sites

• A61 Wakefield Road/ Leeds Road, Rothwell – between Middleton Lane and Leadwell Lane
• A65 Otley Road, Guiseley – between A6038 Bradford Road and B6153 Park Road
• broad Lane, Sandford – between Whitecote Hill and Waterloo Lane
• Otley Old Road (Statics on Site) – between Holtdale Approach and Spen Lane.
• A58 Whitehall Road, Drighlington – between 40m East of King Street and 75m East of Old Lane
• King Lane, Leeds – between 200m North Alwoodly Lane to 50m North Ring Road
• Queenswood Drive, Leeds – between Queenswood Gardens and 229 Queenswood Drive
• Dewsbury Road, Leeds between Victoria Road and Holmes Street
• Harewood Road, Collingham
• Tong Road, between Pipe and Nook Lane and Whingate
• A635 Penistone Road, between Huddersfield Road and 300m North East of Sude Hill Terrace

40mph sites

• A653 Dewsbury Road, Woodkirk, Leeds – between Lowry Road and Quarry Lane
• A58 Easterly Road, Leeds – between Easterly Grove and Boggart Hill Drive
• A61 Harrogate Road, Alwoodley – between Fir Tree Lane and Alwoodley Lane
• A639 Leeds Road, Rothwell – between Rothwell Lane / Calverley Road and Junction 44 of the M1
• A639, Methley – between the junction of The Hollins and 110m East of Green Row
• Stanningley Road, Bramley between Henconner Lane and Back Christ Church View
• A660 Leeds Road, Pool – between Cabin Road and 290m west of number 6 Cragg View (NSL Signs)
• A657 Carr Road – Between Clara Drive and 45m N/E of Carr Wood Gardens
• A65 Abbey Road – Between Butlers Wharf and Back De Lacy Mount
• A647 Bradford Road – Between Dawson’s Corner and Gain Lane (Thornbury Gyratory)

50mph sites

• A62 Gelderd Road, Gildersome – between 42A Gelderd Road and Railway Bridge
• A6120 East Leeds Orbital road
• A63 Selby Road, Swillington