New speed camera van location in Northampton REVEALED as police begin SIX-MONTH crackdown on speeding motorists.
This week, Northamptonshire Police said it has started a crackdown on crime and anti-social behaviour in the towns and villages of South Northamptonshire specifically.
A police spokeswoman said: “Between November 2024 and March 2025, the three local priorities set for the areas covered by the South Northamptonshire Neighbourhood Policing Team were road safety and drug supply.
“Over the next six months, from April to September 2025, the South Northamptonshire Neighbourhood Policing Team will continue to focus on these areas. This is based on local crime figures, discussion with local authority and other partners, and feedback from the community through our regular local priorities survey: road safety and traffic offences, vehicle crime, burglary.”
A mobile speed camera van was spotted on the layby on the A4500 westbound, just past Upton, earlier this week.
This location is not a usual spot for Northamptonshire Police, nor is it listed on their website.
Police said the A4500, which is a 50 miles per hour route, has been identified as a red route due to the number of collisions
Asked why the new A4500 location is not advertised on their list of locations, a spokeswoman said: “We do not ‘advertise’ enforcement locations and are not required to. This is not a new tactic, as the advertisement of enforcement locations stopped in 2007.
“The [speed camera location] map provides a point of reference for interested parties. It is updated on a regular basis, and new enforcement locations are added when the next update is completed.
“Driving at excessive speed is one of the fatal five driving offences,
