More than 3,000 drivers were fined in one year at a speeding hotspot, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
FOI data obtained by the ECHO from Cheshire Police showed the force issued 3,101 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) to motorists on the A533 southbound at Halton Lodge in Runcorn over 12 months from 2021-22. This equates to about 60 a week or 8.5 a day.
The location is the same spot where a mobile speed trap detected Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s Lamborghini at 1.08pm on August 18 last year when the luxury sports car was travelling at 58mph in a 50mph limit. The ECHO previously reported how the footballer, now 25, had initially pleaded not guilty to speeding and one count of failing to provide information but changed his plea to guilty via his lawyer Barry Warburton at Chester Magistrates’ Court on March 15.
