Derbyshire police have today unveiled plans to crack down hard on speeding drivers.
Officers will focus on catching speeders on 110 routes where people face a higher risk of being killed or hurt as a result of motorists travelling too fast.
The new speeding action plan has been drawn up following a detailed review of Derbyshire casualty figures and speed data.
Motorists have been warned they can expect to find police speed enforcement officers in many new locations around the county.
Chief Inspector Tracy Lewis, head of roads policing in Derbyshire, said: "Our goal is to keep people safe. That's why we're so keen to publicise these higher risk routes where we'll be focusing our efforts.
"We want to discourage people from speeding rather than catch them as the fear of speeding traffic is blighting so many of our communities who look to us for help."
Chief Inspector Lewis added: "We also want to remind people that a small increase in speed makes a big difference to the amount of harm you will cause if you hit someone. The risk of death is approximately four times higher when a pedestrian is hit at 40mph rather than at 30mph.'
In order to detect speeding, the police use:
• in-car computers
• hand-held laser guns
• cameras fitted to liveried vans and motorcycles
• cameras in yellow roadside boxes
The police also help communities take action against speeding through their Community Speed Watch scheme. Through the scheme, volunteers are trained to monitor speed in their area using hand-held laser guns. Drivers found to be travelling above the limit then receive a letter from the police reminding them about the dangers of travelling too fast.
The 110 roads to be targeted:
- A38
- A50
- A5004 Long Hill, Whaley Bridge
- A5111 Raynesway to Alvaston
- A5111 Warwick Avenue, Derby
- A514 Hartshorne
- A514 Swadlincote
- A514 Ticknall
- A515, Parsley Hay, Bakewell
- A52
- A52 Ashbourne Road, Kirk Langley
- A52 Mackworth
- A52 Main Road, Brailsford
- A52 Shirley Hollow
- A5250 Burton Road, Littleover
- A57 Snake Pass
- A6 Allestree
- A6 Alvaston to Raynesway
- A6 Ashford in the Water
- A6 Bakewell Road, Darley Dale
- A6 Cromford to Ambergate
- A6 Derby Road, Cromford
- A6 Duffield Road, Derby
- A6 Furness Vale to Newtown
- A6 London Road, Derby
- A6 Northwood, Darley Dale
- A6005 Nottingham Road, Borrowash
- A6007 Codnor to Heanor
- A6015 Hayfield Road, New Mills
- A6015 New Mills
- A608 Morley
- A608 Smalley
- A609 Kilbourne Road, Belper
- A609 Stanley Common
- A61 Alfreton - Higham
- A610 Ladygrove, Sawmills
- A610 Nottingham Road, Woodlinkin
- A6135 Station Rd, Renishaw
- A615 Alfreton Road, Tansley
- A615 Matlock Green
- A615 Tansley to Wessington
- A615 Wessington
- A616 Clowne
- A616 Mansfield Road, Creswell
- A617 Glapwell to Pleasley
- A6175 North Wingfield
- A619 Baslow Road, Bakewell
- A623 Calver
- A623 Peak Forest to Barmoor Clough
- A623 Stoney Middleton to Peak Forest
- A624 Glossop
- A624 Glossop Road, Little Hayfield
- A625 Froggatt
- A626 Marple Road, Charlesworth
- A632 Chesterfield Road, Matlock
- A632 Hady Hill, Chesterfield
- A632 Station Road, Bolsover
- Acorn Way Chaddesden
- Aldred's Lane, Heanor
- Alfreton Road, Blackwell
- B5010 London Road, Shardlow
- B5023 Broadway, Duffield
- B5059 Dale Road, Buxton
- B5353 Park Road, Newhall, Swadlincote
- B600 Nottingham Road, Alfreton
- B6002 Wilsthorpe Road, Long Eaton
- B6039 Chesterfield Road, Holmewood
- B6050 Station Road, Brimington, Chesterfield
- B6051 Newbold Road, Chesterfield
- B6052 Whittington, Chesterfield
- B6057 Sheffield Rd, Stonegravels
- B6057 Unstone
- B6179 Butterley Hill, Ripley
- B6179 Little Eaton
- B6179 Ripley to Marehay
- B6407 Common Lane, Shirebrook
- B6418 Chesterfield Road, Shuttlewood
- Birchover Way, Allestree
- Birkin Lane, Temple Normanton
- Blagreaves Lane Derby
- Boulton Lane, Alvaston
- Buttermilk Lane, Bolsover
- Carr Lane, Dronfield Woodhouse
- Chalons Way, Ilkeston
- Codnor Denby Lane, Codnor
- Derby Road, Stanley Village
- Far Laund, Belper
- Grampian Way, Stenson Fields, Derby
- Greenwood Avenue, Ilkeston
- Hartshay Hill, Ripley
- Hearthcote Road, Swadlincote
- High Lane, Ridgeway
- High Street, Repton
- Kedleston Road, Derby
- Leabrooks to Riddings
- Leapley Lane, Yeaveley
- Leashaw, Holloway
- Leek Road, Buxton
- Long Lane, Charlesworth
- Main Road, Hulland Ward
- Main Road, Ridgeway
- Max Road, Chaddesden
- Scropton Road, Scropton
- Sheffield Road, Hathersage
- Stenson Road, Stenson Fields
- Stoney Lane, Spondon
- Victoria Avenue, Ockbrook
- Welbeck Road, Bolsover
- Wood Lane, New Hall, Swadlincote
- Wragley Way, Sinfin, Derby