Speed Cameras
Question No: 2025/0558
Question: Thomas Turrell AM (Bexley and Bromley) - 25th February 2025
Can the Mayor confirm if TfL will still install new speed cameras to enforce speed limits on both borough and TfL owned roads?
Answer: Sir Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) - 28th February 2025
Transport for London (TfL) remains committed to expanding its speed camera network on both TfL and borough roads in the future. TfL is not currently installing new speed cameras on the network whilst it continues to work with the Metropolitan Police Service to build capacity to enforce more offences and begin the process of re-letting its existing safety camera contracts. TfL and the police have committed to supporting boroughs with speed non-compliance using speed guns and mobile cameras where speeding is found to be an issue. This enforcement is prioritised based on risk and harm.
Once TfL is in a position to expand the network, it will prioritise locations for safety cameras using a methodology that was developed in consultation with boroughs and London Councils pre-pandemic. Whilst the methodology hasn’t changed, TfL needs to take into account any changes in travel patterns and road user behaviour, as well as the significant changes made to road layouts during the pandemic, and so will run the analysis again.
The locations for safety cameras will be based on the results of the analysis.
Question No: 2025/0560
Question: Thomas Turrell AM (Bexley and Bromley) - 25th February 2025
How many requests for speed cameras have been refused by TfL each year since 2020?
Answer: Sir Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) - 28th February 2025
Transport for London (TfL) does not hold a comprehensive record of requests for speed cameras. TfL works with its policing partners to understand and respond to concerns received from the public and boroughs with regard to speeding. Suitable responses to speeding concerns may include engineering solutions, police deployment, mobile enforcement or other initiatives.
Through TfL's investment in mobile speed cameras, TfL has set up a process for London boroughs to request additional speed enforcement where community concerns exist. Borough officials can make requests directly to TfL and cameras are then deployed to locations not covered by its fixed camera network. Mobile cameras have been successfully deployed to locations across London, carrying out both enforcement and acting as a visual deterrent.
Question No: 2025/0562
Question: Thomas Turrell AM (Bexley and Bromley) - 25th February 2025
What locations are due to have a new speed camera installed in the coming year?
Answer: Sir Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): 5th March 2025
Transport for London (TfL) remains committed to expanding its speed camera network on both TfL and borough roads in the future. However, TfL is not routinely installing new speed cameras on the network at this time whilst it continues to work with the Metropolitan Police Service to build capacity to enforce up to one million offences and begin the process of re-letting its existing safety camera contracts. TfL and the police have committed to supporting boroughs with speed non-compliance using speed guns and mobile cameras where speeding is found to be an issue. This enforcement is prioritised based on risk and harm.
TfL is currently upgrading existing camera corridors with new average speed technology on major routes in London. These upgrades are taking place on the A316, A2, A40 and A406 as part of ongoing efforts to improve road safety in the capital. Works on the A316 are reaching completion, with further camera upgrades to take place over the coming months.
As part of several measures TfL is undertaking with the Metropolitan Police Service and London Borough of Enfield to tackle road danger and anti-social behaviour on the A10, it will also be extending the existing average speed camera system at this location. These additional cameras will cover the southern section from Southbury Road to the A406. Several other measures are being progressed, including but not limited to an injunction prohibiting ‘car cruising’ meets across the borough and recruiting volunteers for Community and Junior RoadWatch sessions.
Question No: 2025/0561
Question: Thomas Turrell AM (Bexley and Bromley) - 25th February 2025
What criteria does TfL use to determine if it accepts or refuses a request for a new speed camera from the police and/or a council?
Answer: Sir Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) - 12th March 2025
Transport for London (TfL) has a network of over 800 speed and red-light enforcement cameras across London. These have been placed at sites where there has been a history of collisions or poor road user behaviour, creating risk to other road users. TfL also operates 7 mobile speed cameras in partnership with the MPS.
TfL works with its policing partners to understand and respond to concerns received from the public and borough councils with regard to speeding. Suitable responses to speeding concerns may include engineering solutions, police deployment, mobile enforcement, and other initiatives. My response to question 2025/0558 provides further detail.
