South Yorkshire Police supports national speeding operation

The operation, which runs until 31 October is about education as much as it is enforcement.

As efforts to create safer roads across South Yorkshire continue, officers are taking part in the National Police Chiefs’ Council speed campaign to tackle speeding drivers.

The operation, which runs from 10 October until 31 October is about education as much as it is enforcement.

Whilst most people don’t speed, the campaign aims to change the behaviour of those that do and enforce against those who put their own lives, and the lives of other innocent road users, at risk by speeding.

Roads Policing Inspector Matt Collings explains more, he said: “Speed kills, it is a fact. Speed limits are there for a reason and driving a few miles per hour over the speed limit can have fatal and devastating effects on the victims and families of those involved in collisions.

“Every day officers from across our roads policing teams and districts are committed to making South Yorkshire’s roads safe, but as part of this national operation we are focussing our efforts on speeding drivers.

“During the next couple of weeks we will be raising awareness of the dangers of speeding as much as possible and using speed vans and cameras and stopping drivers who we believe to be speeding, to deter, prosecute and educate.”

Since 1 January 2022, the Safety Camera Partnership has dealt with over 65,000 speeding offences in South Yorkshire.

Nationally, inappropriate speed contributes to 24 per cent of collisions that have resulted in deaths and 11 per cent of all injuries from road-related collisions reported to the police.