Many mobile map apps, such as Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze, will tell you where fixed speed cameras and average speed cameras are located as you’re driving. Some apps also report the estimated position of police mobile speed cameras. 

I’ve just been caught speeding – what happens next? 

If you commit a speeding offence, your number plate will be scanned. It will then be sent to the DVLA along with a request for the car’s registered address. 

You’ll then be sent a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP), along with a questionnaire to fill so it can be established who was driving at the time of the offence. 

Is there a penalty for speeding?

If you’re caught speeding, you will be fined £100 and will receive three points on your driving license, but this can increase if your offence is particularly severe. 

You might be offered a speed awareness course, which is usually run by your local police force or government authority if it was your first offence. 

Click here to find out more about speeding fines, how they work, and how much you might need to pay if you’re caught. 

What are the different types of speed cameras?

There are a variety of different speed-detecting technologies on British roads today – many of which you will see on your day-to-day commute and some of which you might not have heard of. Here are the most common.

Remember: all speed cameras have to be coloured bright yellow by law, so there’s no excuse for missing them. Police vans are, by design, harder to spot from a distance. 

Aecom mobile camera

Trials for the Aecom-managed mobile police camera started in 2022 but expanded in 2024. These vans use technology to take pictures of drivers which will then be analysed to prosecute those using their mobile phones at the wheel, or those not wearing a seatbelt. 

Forces using Aecom camera vans including Greater Manchester Police, Staffordshire, Humberside, Durham, Wiltshire, Norfolk, Thames Valley Police and Northamptonshire.