This Ottawa photo radar camera issued 10,000 speeding tickets in one month

Newly released statistics show the automated speed enforcement camera on King Edward Avenue, between Cathcart Street and St. Patrick Street, issued 10,592 tickets in June.

The photo radar camera keeping an eye on the busy road connecting Ottawa and Gatineau through Lowertown was busy in June, issuing thousands of tickets to speeders in one month.

Newly released statistics show the automated speed enforcement camera on King Edward Avenue, between Cathcart Street and St. Patrick Street, issued 10,592 speeding tickets in June.  

It's a single month record for tickets issued by one photo radar camera in Ottawa since the launch of the program in 2020.  The photo radar camera on King Edward Avenue issued 7,569 tickets during its first month of operation in March, 5,803 tickets in April and 4,788 tickets in May.

The photo radar camera on Walkley Road issued 3,510 tickets in June, while the new camera on Bronson Avenue near Carleton University issued 2,366 speeding tickets in June.

Ottawa's 40 photo radar cameras issued 39,361 tickets in June. The cameras issued 32,689 tickets in May, 37,285 tickets in April and a monthly record 43,416 tickets in March.

A total of 193,702 speeding tickets have been issued through the automated speed enforcement camera program in the first six months of the year.

The camera on King Edward Avenue has been the busiest camera in Ottawa, issuing 28,742 tickets since being activated in March.