The worst roads in Cornwall for receiving a speeding fine have been revealed – and top of the list will probably come as no surprise.

The infamous Tregolls Road speed camera in Truro has caught the most people in the Duchy in the last year, with 10,843 fixed penalty notices sent out to motorists.

Second highest in Cornwall is the speed camera at Longdowns, on the A394 Falmouth to Helston road, which caught 4,856 speeding drivers in the past year.

More than 120,000 speeding fines have been issued by Devon and Cornwall Police across the force area in the last three years - with a 49 per cent increase since 2021.

They resulted in an eye-watering £12 million worth of speeding fines, with £4.5m handed out in the past year alone.

Between April 2023 and April 2024, 45,490 Fixed Penalty Notices were handed to drivers by Devon and Cornwall Police.

New data obtained by Legal Expert via Freedom of Information requests also reveals the top 20 roads where drivers are most likely to be caught speeding by Devon and Cornwall Police.

The worst is on Old Laira Road in Plymouth, where 11,774 speeding fines have been issued in the last 12 months alone.

It is followed by Tregolls Road in Truro, where static cameras clocked a further 10,843 speeding offences.

Between 2021 and 2022, police issued a total of 30,460 speeding fines to motorists and a further 45,757 the following year.

Here are the 20 roads in Devon and Cornwall where drivers have been caught speeding in the last year, with the number of fixed penalty notices issued:

  1. Old Laira Road, Plymouth: 11,774
  2. Tregolls Road, Truro: 10,843
  3. Longdowns: 4,856
  4. Alma Road, Plymouth: 3,986
  5. Rydon Lane, Exeter: 1,539
  6. Laira Narrows, Plymouth: 1,231
  7. Near junction with Warleggan and St Neot, near Liskeard: 1,108
  8. Dartmouth Road, Paignton: 954
  9. Ashburton Road, Newton Abbot: 881
  10. Exeter Road, Exmouth: 775
  11. Shapters Road heading into Gdynia Way, Plymoth: 725
  12. Hask Lane Overbridge on the A30, between Okehampton and Exeter: 668
  13. Tideford Road junction with A38 Landrake, Saltash: 617
  14. Haldon Hill to Wobbly Wheel Junction, Devon: 604
  15. Plymouth Road, Liskeard: 559
  16. Topsham Road, Exeter: 494
  17. Southbound 436
  18. Cowley Bridge Road 413
  19. Hayle Bypass 370
  20. Near Daisy Mount (MP24690a) 369

According to Government guidelines, the minimum penalty for speeding is £100 fine and three penalty points added to a driver’s licence, although some drivers are eligible for a speed awareness course as an alternative to the points.

Motorists who receive 12 or more points within three years can be disqualified from driving.

Within two weeks of a vehicle being caught speeding, the registered keeper will be sent a ‘Notice of Intended Prosecution,’ issued by the police informing a driver they intend to prosecute for a motoring offence, and a ‘Section 172 Notice’ - a legal requirement of a registered vehicle keeper to provide details regarding the alleged traffic offence.