New fleet of mobile camera vans to be rolled out to catch speeding motorists across Hampshire
It is hoped the new mobile cameras will deter speeding drivers
A new fleet of mobile camera vans will be rolled out to catch speeding motorists across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
It follows almost £700,000 funding from Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones as part of her commitment to make the two counties’ roads safer.
The announcement comes after cameras were installed in February on either side of the carriageway of Eastern Road on the stretch between Tangier Road and Hayling Avenue - an area where Hampshire police deploy mobile speed cameras.
Ten average-speed cameras are also due to be installed on Portsdown Hill - seen as one of Hampshire’s most dangerous roads.
The Safer Roads Unit uses the vehicles to keep motorists focused on driving to the speed limit and ultimately saving lives.
The current fleet of vans and operators cover over 250 different locations. Sites are chosen because people have suffered serious or fatal injuries there or to meet community concern over speeding motorists.
Ms Jones said: “Improving road safety is a cornerstone of my commitment to protecting communities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
“The vans are an agile and responsive means to do that. Between January and December last year, these nine vans captured 37,384 offences. Undoubtedly this helped prevent further tragedies from occurring on our roads.”
The money will be spent on replacing the current fleet over the next four years. The new vehicles will be fitted with the most up-to-date technology including active remote sensors that use laser pulses to create precise 3D maps and models of objects, terrain, and environments; HD video and fully-surround camera imaging.
Ms Jones added: “While proving highly dynamic, these vans are up to 16 years old and need upgrading. Without this investment, they’ll end up being taken off the roads – leaving them without the critical enforcement needed to keep them safe.
“But it’s important to recognise that road safety is a shared responsibility. It doesn’t matter if we’re heading to work, doing the school run or popping to the shops, everyone has the right to use the roads without fear of injury.”
Between October 2024 and September 2025, 1,286 people were killed or seriously injured on the roads of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight according to the Office for National Statistics.
Earlier this year, the crime commissioner held her inaugural Road Safety Summit where she announced major investment for road safety projects alongside the creation of new Roads Policing Tasking Team with a focus on the ‘Fatal Five’ - speeding, drink or drug driving, distraction, not wearing a seatbelt, and careless driving.
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