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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Kate Wilson

Thousands have been caught running the red light at these three junctions

Thousands of motorists were caught running red lights on the road network near Cabot Circus car park.

Comparison website GoCompare has gathered data from police forces across the country to find out which regions are the most guilty of running red lights and which lights catch the most vehicles committing the offence.

Three traffic light cameras in Avon and Somerset rank in the top 10 most active cameras for red light offences, with a combined total of 3,755.

And all three of the lights on the list are within just a few metres of each other in Bristol city centre.

The traffic lights at the junction of Bond Street South and the A4044 (Google Maps)

A traffic light camera on the junction of Bond Street South and the A4044 - which is located on the corner of Cabot Circus at the House of Fraser end - snapped 1,692 motorists jumping red lights in 2018 alone.

This was the worst offending street in the Avon and Somerset Constabulary area, and third for the entire country.

The other two traffic light cameras to make the top 10 are just a stone’s throw away.

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A total of 1,058 motorists were snapped at the lights just before the start of the M32 on the A4044 Bond Street where it becomes Newfoundland Street, at the junction of St Paul Street.

And another 1,005 were caught running running a red light on Houlton Street where it crosses over Newfoundland Street at the end of the motorway.

Red light cameras that catch the most offenders (GoCompare)

Across the entire Avon and Somerset patch there were 9,675 red light runners last year.

The data also revealed that there were more than 61,600 vehicles caught running red lights across 18 police constabularies — a 9 per cent decrease from the previous year’s tally of 67,910.

Overall, the ten most active cameras have issued motorists with fixed penalty notices worth more than £1.29 million in 2018.

Not every traffic light is installed with a camera to detect offences, and the number of active red light cameras varies considerably from one constabulary to another.

This explains why some areas have caught so few offenders in recent years, such as In Durham, where only 17 vehicles were caught running a red light in 2018.

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