FOI 628/25 Speeding Offences
Date: 03/07/25
Enquiry Reference: - FOI 628-25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
- How many speeding offences were detected between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025?
- a) 10516
- How many fines for speeding were issued between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025?
Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1 (1) (a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held. The second duty at Sec 1(1) (b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon s17 of FOIA requires that we provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Having made enquiries within the Force due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. Our information retrieval process generally relies on a computer ran report which captures any information recorded upon the surface of a record. Where relevant information is held deeper in a record a manual assessment is usually required to retrieve that information. In this instance this would require a manual search through all the records and at 2-3 minutes a record this would take in excess of the appropriate time stipulated by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Falconer on the 18th Of October 2004, that is, eighteen hours. This falls under the exemption of 'Compliance exceeding the appropriate limit' covered by Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and as such this work could not be undertaken.
Therefore, please treat this as a refusal notice under S17 of the Freedom of information Act.
In accordance with Section 16 of the Act we have a duty to provide advice and assistance however on this occasion we cannot offer any suggestion on how you could refine this request.
However as a gesture of goodwill outside of the act we have provided the information that was retrieved before it was realised this took over the specified time.
- For the period covering April 6, 2024 to April 5, 2025, what were the 20 roads where the most speeding offences were detected?
2a. For each road, please provide the total number of speeding offences and the number of FPNs issued.
A689 Wynyard 1326
B1365 Middlesbrough 521
Stockton Road, Middlesbrough 492
A689 Coal Lane, Stockton 395
Myton Way, Ingleby Barwick 374
Plantation Road, Redcar 333
A66(W) Teesside Park, Stockton 330
A174 (Lazenby Bypass), Redcar 324
A689 Greatham/Newton Bewley 302
Queen Elizabeth Way, Stockton 276
Mitchell Avenue, Stockton 271
Powlett Road, Hartlepool 267
Park Road North, Middlesbrough 235
A66(E) Surtees Bridge, Stockton 208
West View Road, Hartlepool 206
Easington Road, Hartlepool 185
B1380 Eston 168
Belle Vue Way, Hartlepool 168
Church Lane, Eston 155
Central Avenue, Billingham 151
- What were the highest five speeds recorded in individual speed checks across the region between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025? For each case, please provide the road, the speed limit on that road, and the month (e.g. April 2024).
113mph A689 Greatham – 70mph April 2024
103mph A19 Stockton - 70mph January 2025
97mph A689 Wynyard – 50mph September 2024
95mph A19 Stockton - 70mph August 2024
95mph A19 Stockton - 70mph February 2025
95mph A689 Wynyard – 50mph June 2024
95mph A689 Wynyard – 50mph October 2024
95mph Queen Elizabeth Way Stockton – 50mph November 2024
Having made enquiries within the Force above is all the information we hold. Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker