More than 26,000 drivers have been caught on just two speed cameras in Oxford.

Data from Thames Valley Police reveals the areas in Oxford with speed cameras and the offences and collisions these speed cameras have recorded.

Looking at data from speed cameras on and within the Oxford ring road reveal the A34 Wytham and A420 Botley Road are among the worst locations for driving offences.

Between 2016 and 2019 a huge 13,694 driving offences were caught by a mobile speed camera on A34 Wytham and 13,212 from a speed camera on A420 Botley Road.

Although data has not been released for offences in these locations for 2020 and 2021, figures on collisions and casualties in these areas saw a significant drop in 2020.

In 2019, the Botley Road speed camera recorded nine collisions and 11 casualties, but in 2020 those figures dropped to just two. 

According to Thames Valley Police data most locations across Oxford with speed cameras caught under 10 collisions since 2016.

But a camera on B480 Cowley Road recorded 43 collisions and a decommissioned camera on London Road recorded 52 collisions since 2016 with eight recorded just in 2020. However, zero driving offences have been recorded in the police data from this camera.

Another road drivers are likely to be caught out by a speed camera is Marston Road in Oxford, between 2016 and 2019 almost 8,000 offences were caught.

Driving offences are still caught in record numbers outside the city. Between 2016 and 2019 more than 2,500 driving offences were snapped by a speed camera on A44 Oxford Road in Woodstock. In the same time period, a speed camera on Ducklington Lane in Witney caught 3,140 driving offences. However, a speed camera on the A34 Radley only caught 330 offences between in the same years.

Thames Valley Police explained they do provide education to try and make the roads in Oxford safer and prevent collisions.

A spokesperson said: “Our enforcement is based on a threat, risk and opportunity or harm basis and each road is assessed according to those criteria.

“Our Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit also delivers targeted enforcement and education providing a deterrent designed to make the roads safer and reduce the numbers of persons killed or seriously injured."

The police also use prevention campaigns such as their ‘It’s Not Worth the Risk’ campaign to ensure road users 'behave appropriately'. They also rely on the public to provide information about speeding and poor driving and encourage people to report incidences.

However, despite the high amount of driving offences caught on speed cameras on and within the Oxford ring road, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service explained that there are more collisions on rural roads in the county and it is currently focusing on educating people on speed awareness.

The fire service believe rural roads are dangerous because some drivers tend to speed and to lose concentration. Rural roads are also narrower and have tight bends.

Where are Oxford's speed cameras?

  • One speed camera is located at West Way in Cumnor Hill, Botley. This speed camera points in both directions and the area has a speed limit of 30mph.
  • A camera placed on A418 in Rose Hill and located just after left hand bend at the top of the descent towards traffic lights at Church Cowley Road.
  • Another camera is located on A4165, Banbury Road. The speed camera faces northbound and it is placed directly opposite the Wychwood School.
  • On St. Clement's Street a camera is placed in a 20mph zone and it is placed just before junction with Morrell Avenue. 
  • A speed camera is placed on B480 monitoring traffic both ways. The camera can be seen as you leave Cowley on B480 heading south towards Chalgrove, you will go under the Oxford ring road. The camera is about 300 yards after the junction with the ring road, mounted on an island in the middle of the B480. 
  • A camera monitoring drivers coming into Oxford is located on A420, Botley Road, the speed camera is placed midway between the Railway Station and the McDonalds. 

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