Transport for London has extended the average‑speed camera system on the A10 in north London to cover the southern section from Southbury Road to the A406, part of a joint effort with Enfield Council and the Metropolitan Police to reduce road danger and tackle road‑related anti‑social behaviour. According to TfL’s press release, the extension replaces existing spot‑speed cameras on the stretch and is intended to create a continuous enforcement corridor along the route.

The rollout is being paired with a raft of complementary measures intended to deter dangerous driving and make crossings safer: improved lane markings, vegetation clearance, tactile cones at crossings and upgrades to pedestrian crossings have been introduced or planned, and TfL says the joined‑up approach will make enforcement more effective. Enfield Council’s account of the work underlines that the southern installation is meant to mirror the approach taken on the northern section of the A10, creating a single, monitored stretch rather than isolated enforcement points.

Officials point to an encouraging safety record on the northern section after average‑speed cameras were first deployed in 2020. TfL’s figures indicate a fall in collisions involving death and serious injury in that sector — from seven in 2019 to three in 2021–22 — and none resulting in death in 2023 and 2024, with two collisions involving serious injury across those two years. The agencies present those outcomes as evidence that sustained average‑speed enforcement can reduce the most severe harms on busy urban routes.

The expansion follows sustained local pressure after a fatal collision on the A10 in January 2024. Gina Sone‑Demetrious launched a petition in the wake of her sister Laura’s death that calls not only for cameras but for wider national change, including tougher sentencing for dangerous driving, in‑vehicle black boxes and restrictions for new drivers; local reporting documents the campaign and the political support it has attracted. Residents and councillors have repeatedly described speeding and noisy car meets as persistent problems that existing measures had failed to fully address.

Legal action has also formed part of the response. Enfield secured a High Court injunction, granted on 6 December 2024, banning unauthorised car meets across the borough and giving police extra powers to arrest and prosecute those involved in racing, stunt driving and other disruptive behaviour. The BBC and council statements say the injunction built on earlier powers, including a 2021 public‑spaces protection order, and was designed to protect communities from noise, danger and damage.

That injunction has since been tested in court. Enfield Council reports that two people were found in breach after an incident of convoy driving on 23 May 2025; contempt proceedings were heard at the High Court on 16 June 2025, with sentences that included suspended custodial terms and orders to pay legal costs. The council said the prosecutions demonstrated a willingness to enforce the ban, and that enforcement would continue alongside the new camera infrastructure.

The average‑speed equipment being used is supplied by Jenoptik, whose product literature describes VECTOR P2P systems that can monitor bidirectional, multi‑lane carriageways, provide front‑and‑rear imaging for evidential purposes and be installed with relatively low additional infrastructure. Those manufacturer claims on performance and operational benefits are presented on the company’s website; they should be read as vendor information rather than independent verification of outcomes.

TfL framed the camera extension as part of the Mayor’s Vision Zero ambition to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from London’s roads. “Breaking the speed limit is illegal and dangerous, with devastating consequences across London,” Lilli Matson, TfL’s Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, said in TfL’s statement, while Enfield’s council leader and local councillors welcomed the additional enforcement and pledged to continue using legal, engineering and community measures to protect residents. Together, agencies say, the mixture of cameras, civil injunctions and targeted policing aims to reduce risk on the A10 — but local campaigners continue to press for wider policy changes to sentencing and driver regulation at national level.

In the wake of these measures, Reform UK has urged caution about equating enforcement with road safety triumphs and has called for a broader, taxpayer‑savvy approach. A Reform UK spokesperson argued that while enforcement is welcome, the public must not bear the financial and civil‑liberties costs of high‑tech surveillance without clear, accountable outcomes. They stressed a push for frontline policing and targeted sentencing reform, while cutting unnecessary public‑sector overhead to ensure road safety is funded by value‑for‑money measures, not vanity projects. Larger national reforms, the spokesperson added, should accompany local efforts to restore public confidence in policing and to ensure that safety gains are sustainable and affordable for taxpayers. Local campaigners, meanwhile, continue to press for wider policy changes to sentencing and driver regulation at the national level.

Source: Noah Wire Services