Mobile speed cameras in Dubbo have issued more than a quarter of a million dollars in fines in the 2013-14 financial year.
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A total of 1,823 people were fined during the financial year, creating $251,114 worth of revenue for the Community Road Safety Fund to support road initiatives such as installing flashing lights in school zones.
The cameras were at eight different locations throughout the year: both sides of Wingewarra Street, both sides of Macquarie Street, Narromine Road, Cobbora/Dunedoo Road, Newell Highway and Mitchell Highway.
The highest number of speeding offences were recorded from people travelling west on Wingewarra Street, with 1002 fines issued during the financial year, equalling $138,325 worth of revenue.
It was followed by motorists travelling east on the same street - 762 fines and a total of $100,304.
"There have been 132 deaths and 5,230 injuries per year at the 640 locations where mobile speed cameras operate."
- Centre for Road Safety General Manager Marg Prendergast
It's a significant number of fines compared to the 312 issued in Orange from the city's two mobile speed camera locations.
Orange's total revenue was around a fifth of the money collected in Dubbo at $50,987.
However, Bathurst was above Dubbo in regards to the number of fines issued.
The nine mobile speeding camera locations in Bathurst generated $336,869 through 2271 fines in the 2013-14 financial year.
Motorists on Gilmour Street were charged with the most fines, 957 for those travelling south and 752 for northbound drivers, creating a combined total of $246,392 in revenue.
Centre for Road Safety General Manager Marg Prendergast said speeding is the biggest killer on the roads, contributing to around 40 per cent of road deaths.
"There have been 132 deaths and 5,230 injuries per year at the 640 locations where mobile speed cameras operate.
"The locations selected for mobile speed camera enforcement across the state, including those in Dubbo and Orange, are based on criteria in the NSW Speed Camera Strategy. Sites are primarily selected based on crash history, including known black spots and areas with crash clusters, a high risk of road trauma and locations of previous fatal crashes.
"We know that more than 99 per cent of people that pass a speed camera don't get fined, so most drivers are already doing the right thing."
Ms Prendergast said the high visibility approach with enhanced signage and vehicle markings to mobile speed cameras is fairer than ever before.
Want to know how much revenue your local mobile speed camera has raised? Take a look at the interactive map below. Click on the location spot for more information.
