How you can help West Yorkshire Police tackle speeding drivers at ‘community concern sites’

Residents across West Yorkshire are helping to tackle unsafe speed through ‘community concern sites’.

If someone is worried about speeding drivers in their area, they can report it to their local council. This will then be considered for a speed monitoring assessment.

The results of that could mean that a safety camera van attends in the area and carries out enforcement action in direct response to community concerns.

A total of 64,195 offences were captured at community concern sites across Leeds and West Yorkshire last year (April 2025 to March 2026). In addition to those figures, behaviour change is often seen in the area, with offences dropping over multiple visits.

Alison Lowe OBE, Chair of the West Yorkshire Vision Zero Board and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, said: “All drivers travelling at safe speeds would be one of the most impactful changes that could be made to road safety.

“We’ll continue to educate, raise awareness, and where necessary enforce the law as we continue to work towards a safer West Yorkshire. My thanks go out to those members of the public that have reported their concerns and I would encourage others to do so.”

Speeding is one of the fatal five offences. Provisional figures for 2025 show that 7 people were killed and 69 were seriously injured in collisions where excessive speed was a factor.

Since April 2025, over 1,700 Notices of Intended Prosecutions were sent out following a police crackdown at Community concern sites (and Core camera sites) in the Rothwell and Ardsley & Robin Hood Ward areas.

Improving driver behaviour and ensuring safe speeds are key areas of focus in the West Yorkshire Vision Zero Strategy, which outlines a plan to reduce road deaths and serious injuries to zero by 2040 locally.

“Anyone who is concerned about speeding can do something about it by sharing those concerns, and potentially save a life,” said Paul Jeffrey, West Yorkshire Police lead for the West Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership.

“Safety cameras enforcement in direct response to community concerns has been shown to deliver improved speed compliance. Achieving safer speeds will support our Vision Zero ambition to prevent avoidable road death and serious injury.”