By Alesha Capone
A speed camera site in Little River has been named the sixth-highest earning in the state, during a three-moth period.
Between July and September last year, the camera site covering three Melbourne-bound lanes of the Princes Freeway at the Point Wilson bridge issued 7683 infringements.
The site earned revenue of $663,822, according to figures released on the Cameras Save Lives website last week.
Seventh on the list of the state’s top 50 earning camera sites was the intersection of Geelong Road and Droop Street in Footscray, where 3561 infringements – amounting to $632,727 in fines – were issued.
Elsewhere in the west, the cameras covering lanes three and four southbound of the Western Ring Road, at the Fullarton Road bridge in Keilor Park, issued 2008 infringements and earned $521,561 in fines.
The camera covering the lanes of the Western Ring Road in Laverton North, near Boundary Road (northbound, on the Boundary Road south side gantry) issued 1642 infringements, which amounted to $398,402 in fines.
The state’s highest-earning camera was located at the intersection of Warrigal Road and Batesford Road, Chadstone, issuing 7683 infringements and earning more than $1.89 million in fines during the three months.
Last year, the state government committed more than $120 million dollars to roll out more mobile road safety cameras across Victoria.
Victoria Police officers have also been given greater powers for on-the-spot license suspensions for excessive speeding, to help stop hoon drivers.
Last year, 263 Victorians lost their lives on the state’s roads.
Fatal crashes were up across every road user group including drivers and passengers, and vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and motorcyclists.
Speeding, drink and drug driving, distraction, fatigue and not wearing seatbelts were all common contributing factors to the road toll.
Speed was a factor in 22 per cent of crashes, and around one in five crashes involved fatigue.
