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# Do NSW Speed Cameras Actually Save Lives
- URL: https://www.carexplore.com.au/do-nsw-speed-cameras-actually-save-lives/
- Published: 2025-09-18T00:24:30.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-18T00:24:30.000Z
- Description: NSW speeding dropped 48% after average speed camera trial for light vehicles began enforcement on Pacific and Hume Highways in July 2025.
- Author: Dylan Anderson
- Tags: Car News, New South Wales, NSW

Speeding offences have dropped by nearly half at two trial locations in [New South Wales](https://www.carexplore.com.au/tag/new-south-wales/) following the introduction of enforcement measures in the average speed camera trial for light vehicles.

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## Trial Overview

- **Trial start date**: 1 May 2025 (warning mode)
- **Enforcement mode commencement**: 1 July 2025
- **Trial duration**: Until 30 June 2026
- **Highways involved**:
  - Pacific Highway (15 km between Kew and Lake Innes)
  - Hume Highway (16 km between Coolac and Gundagai)

## Speeding Rates

- **May 2025 (warning period)**:
  - 1 in every 143 light vehicles detected speeding across both sites
- **July 2025 (first month of enforcement)**:
  - 1 in every 276 light vehicles detected speeding
  - 48% reduction in non-compliance

## Infringement Data – July 2025

- **Total infringements issued**: 2310
  - Pacific Highway: 1398 infringements
  - Hume Highway: 912 infringements

## Location-Specific Results

- **Pacific Highway (Kew to Lake Innes)**:
  - May: 1 in 146 vehicles speeding
  - July: 1 in 317 vehicles speeding
  - Result: More than 50% reduction
- **Hume Highway (Coolac to Gundagai)**:
  - May: 1 in 138 vehicles speeding
  - July: 1 in 214 vehicles speeding
  - Result: Over 33% reduction

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## Enforcement Background

- Cameras have monitored **heavy vehicles** at these locations for years.
- This trial extends enforcement to **light vehicles**.
- Over **1.8 million light vehicles** have had their speeds checked since the trial began.

## Revenue Allocation

All fine revenue from camera-detected speeding, red-light, mobile phone, and seatbelt offences is directed to the **Community Road Safety Fund**, which finances road safety programs and initiatives across New South Wales.

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