PCC announces major investment in crackdown on speeding motorists

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 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.

The PCC 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.

The PCC 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.”

1,286 people were killed or seriously injured on the roads of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight between October 2024 and September 2025 according to the Office for National Statistics.

Earlier this year, the PCC 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.

Find out more here – PCC says ‘one more death on our roads is one too many’ at landmark Road Safety Summit – Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner