The speeding offences recorded by GoSafe on 20mph and 30mph roads in July decreased to 14,421 compared to 20,303 in July 2023.
Speeding is a major contributor to injuries and deaths on Welsh roads. GoSafe enforce across every speed limit to reduce collisions and keep people in communities safer. This includes fixed speed cameras, red light cameras, average speed cameras, and mobile enforcement cameras.
Operation Ugain was also established in 2024 to provide roadside engagement in 20mph areas as an alternative to prosecution. The partnership-based approach involves three teams working across Wales to help drivers get used to the change in default speed limit.
The combined offences on 20mph and 30mph roads, including offences witnessed by Op Ugain teams, was 14,421 in July 2024. Despite the additional engagement teams being deployed nationally, this number is 29% lower than the combined offences for July 2023.
Published speed data from Agilysis and Transport of Wales (TfW) shows that people are driving slower. The provisional police recorded collision data also shows that the total number of people killed or injured on Welsh roads is 16% lower than in the same period of 2023.
Whilst we need to take care when interpreting data over a short time period, it’s encouraging to see a decrease in speeding offences. This is alongside the reduction in speed and lowest recorded figures for casualties on 20mph and 30mph roads combined, outside of the Covid pandemic.
We remain committed to reducing the number of people killed or injured on Welsh roads. We’ll continue to work with our partners across Wales to make our communities safer for everyone.
Offence Figures July 2024 and July 2023:
North Wales:
Total offences – 5,199
Average speed of offences – 28.8
Maximum offence speed – 88
Mid & South Wales:
Total offences – 6,002
Average speed of offences – 28.4
Maximum offence speed – 67
Combined 20mph & 30mph offences North Wales:
Total offences: July 2024 – 20mph – 5,199 offences
July 2024 – 30mph – 140 offences
July 2024 – Total combined – 5,339 offences
2023 figures:
July 2023 – 20mph – 9 offences
July 2023 – 30mph – 4,078 offences
July 2023 – Total combined – 4,087 offences
Combined 20mph & 30mph offences Mid & South Wales:
Total offences
July 2024 – 20mph – 6,002 offences
July 2024 – 30mph – 1,702 offences
July 2024 – Total combined – 7,704 offences
2023 figures:
July 2023 – 20mph – 847 offences
July 2023 – 30mph – 15,414 offences
July 2023 – Total combined – 16,216 offences
Combined 20mph & 30mph offences July – All Wales:
July 2023 – 20,303 offences
July 2024 – 13,043 offences
July Ugain (20mph only) – 1378 offences
Difference (excluding Ugain offences) – 35.75% decrease
Difference (including Ugain offences) – 28.97% decrease
