Please would you tell me know how many resident only traffic control cameras you run throughout London Boroughs and your best estimate, based on the figures you have of: - How much it costs to install such a camera? - How much it costs to maintain and run a such a camera per year? - The average amount in £stirling that was collected by each camera last year? An example of the kind of camera I mean is the camera operated by TfL on the corner of Dryburgh Road and Upper Richmond Road in Wandsworth Borough Please also advise how many of these cameras are located on TfL roads and how many are located on Borough roads

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TfL Ref: FOI-2779-1920

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 12^th December 2019 asking for information about traffic enforcement cameras.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. 

Specifically you asked:

“Please would you tell me know how many resident only traffic control cameras you run throughout London Boroughs and your best estimate, based on the figures you have of:

- How much it costs to install such a camera?

- How much it costs to maintain and run a such a camera per year?

- The average amount in £stirling that was collected by each camera last year?

An example of the kind of camera I mean is the camera operated by TfL on the corner of Dryburgh Road and Upper Richmond Road in Wandsworth Borough

Please also advise how many of these cameras are located on TfL roads and how many are located on Borough roads.”

I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. Your questions are answered in turn below:

- How much it costs to install such a camera?

So far as I have been able to ascertain the nearest TfL-owned camera to the location in question is a TFL Streets CCTV Camera (these are used for traffic monitoring and traffic enforcement – i.e., bus lane penalties, yellow box junction infringements, etc.). The approximate cost to install a new CCTV camera including the pole is between £25K-£35K.

- How much it costs to maintain and run a such a camera per year?

Depending on specific circumstances the maintenance for such cameras is between £2.5K and £6K per year.

- The average amount in £stirling that was collected by each camera last year?

TfL does not hold an average figure for the amount collected by each such camera last year. The contravention numbers captured by each camera range from zero upwards, and the exact amount collected depends on the pay rates of the specific Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) with some drivers paying at the 14 day discounted rate (£65), whereas others may pay at the higher amount (£130). That said, information about PCNs issued by authorities in London, including TfL, is published annually by the London Councils and is available on their website at London Councils Enforcement Statistics. Of the 647,526 PCNs that we issued for red route contraventions between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019, 2,546 of those were issued to vehicles seen performing a banned turn from Upper Richmond Road into Dryburgh Road. The total value of payments received for these PCNs was £190,524.

Please also advise how many of these cameras are located on TfL roads and how many are located on Borough roads:

TfL has 791 such cameras across London on both the TfL “red route” network and on Borough roads. For information regarding the number of local borough owned CCTV cameras you would need to contact the relevant London Borough.

If this is not the information you are looking for please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely,

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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