4,500 speeding fines thrown out since 2009

Fines for almost 4,500 fixed camera speeding detections have been dismissed over the last six years, a third of them during 2014, it has emerged.

Figures released by the Department of Justice confirm that since the GoSafe camera campaign was introduced in 2009, 4,420 camera cases were thrown out in the courts.

In 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013, fewer than 600 cases had to be dismissed.