The country's most 'flash-happy' speed cameras have been revealed, with the top 100 last year responsible for dishing out a million penalty points.
A survey, based on using the Freedom of Information laws, has found these cameras alone brought in more than £18 million in the past 12 months - with one of them snaring a speeding driver every TWO minutes.
So if you live in the rural county of Wiltshire it's bad news because that's where all motorists should fear.
In just one year, its top 10 cameras issued 42,417 fixed penalty notices between them, amounting to £2.5 million in fines and some 127,000 penalty points.
Each penalty sees drivers fined £60 - plus three penalty points. A 30-mile stretch of the A303 across Salisbury Plain is included four times in the county's top 10 cameras.
In all, the top 100 sites in the study issued 312,995 fixed penalties in one year - more than £18 million in total.
The UK is now watched by more than 6,000 fixed and mobile cameras, which the Department for Transport says have cut the number of deaths and serious injuries on the road. However, the DfT is now re-evaluating how it calculates these statistics.
Overall, 21 Safety Camera Partnerships provided a complete response to the request.
These are the areas of England and Wales with the highest total of fixed penalty notices from their 10 busiest sites, with the number of fixed penalty notices.
- Wiltshire 42,417
- Essex 35,859
- South Wales 35,213
- Leicestershire 32,549
- Gtr Manchester 29,805
- London 28,621
- Lancashire 28,467
- Northumbria 27,851
- West Mercia 27,423
- Cheshire 24,790
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