Speed Cameras in Leicester

Speed cameras Leicester: what operates

Leicester is covered by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership, working with Leicestershire Police. The published programme includes fixed speed cameras, red light cameras, combined red light and speed-on-green cameras, and mobile speed enforcement vans. In the city, fixed sites are concentrated on busy A-road corridors and signal junctions rather than on every residential street.

The partnership’s published city locations include A426 Aylestone Road near Banks Road, A594 Tigers Way, A594 Aylestone Road by the Leicester Royal Infirmary, A594 Welford Road near the prison, A47 King Richards Road, A47 Hinckley Road at Wyngate Drive, A47 Uppingham Road, A6 London Road near Saxby Street, A6 St Margarets Way at Ravensbridge Drive, A607 Melton Road at Troon Way, and several A563 outer ring junctions.

Searches for average speed cameras Leicester often lead to partnership routes outside the city boundary, including A50 Groby and A6 Oadby, as well as other county sites. Treat those routes as relevant if your journey starts or ends in Leicester, but do not assume there is a city-centre average-speed network unless it is signed and published.

Where enforcement is concentrated

Speed camera locations Leicester drivers most often encounter are on radial routes into the centre, the inner and outer ring roads, and large signalised junctions with a history of injury collisions, speeding or red light running. The partnership says core enforcement sites are selected using Department for Transport and National Police Chiefs’ Council guidance, not randomly.

Mobile speed cameras Leicester are also used at core and community concern sites. Published Leicester concern roads include Glenfield Road, Anstey Lane, Gooding Avenue, Knighton Grange Road, A563 Thurmaston Lane and Bowhill Grove. Vans may also support wider community speed complaints after surveys and police assessment.

There is no separate Leicester school-zone speed camera programme listed in the same way as the fixed camera sites. Leicester City Council does, however, continue to introduce 20 mph zones around schools and residential areas. Work-zone limits are still enforceable, and motorway or major-road roadworks may use temporary or average speed enforcement where signed.

• A-road approaches to the city centre
• Outer ring road signal junctions
• Residential concern roads assessed for mobile vans
• 20 mph streets around schools and neighbourhoods

Operating hours and local limits

The partnership publishes camera locations, calibration certificates, mobile van activity and offence outcomes, but it does not publish a simple daily timetable for each fixed camera. Drivers should treat fixed speed, red light, speed-on-green and average speed sites as capable of enforcement at any time. Mobile vans operate when deployed and their past hours are published by police area, including Leicester Central, East, South and West.

In Leicester, the normal urban rule is 30 mph on street-lit roads unless signs show another limit. Many residential and school-area streets are signed at 20 mph, while some larger routes are signed at 40 mph. Nearby motorways use the national motorway limit unless temporary, variable or roadworks limits are displayed.

Camera signs, yellow housings or visible vans should not be treated as the test of whether enforcement is lawful. The safe approach is to follow the posted limit and drive to the conditions, especially around schools, pedestrian crossings, bus lanes, cyclists and busy junctions.

Tickets, fines and contesting a notice

If a Leicester camera records an alleged speeding or red light offence, the registered keeper is normally sent a Notice of Intended Prosecution and a Section 172 request asking who was driving. The first notice must usually be served on the registered keeper within 14 days, and the driver information must be returned within 28 days. You can respond using the method stated on the notice or by post.

After the driver is identified, the usual outcomes are a driver education workshop offer, a conditional fixed penalty, or a court summons. Leicestershire Police says the normal speeding fixed penalty is £100 and 3 points, though a course may be offered for lower-level offences at police discretion. Higher speeds, existing points or other circumstances can mean court instead.

To contest a camera allegation, follow the instructions on the notice and be ready for the matter to go to the Magistrates’ Court. Photographic evidence is available through the official notice process, and calibration certificates are published for fixed sites. This is not legal advice, and deadlines matter, so do not ignore a notice even if you intend to challenge it. If you use the Speed Camera Radar Detector app, set up alerts before driving and never handle a phone at the wheel.