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Number of traffic violations detected by cameras increased 1.7 times

18 November , 2024  

Where are drivers most often fined?

More than 3.2 million traffic violations were detected by auto-fixation cameras in 9 months of 2024, according to the Patrol Police Department.

This is 1.7 times more than in the same period last year and a record for the last 5 years. 99% of violations were related to speeding. More than 2 million more violations were recorded by police officers.

3,278,982 traffic violations were detected by auto-fixation cameras in Ukraine this year. This is 1.7 times more than in the same period last year. In total, this is a record number of violations for the entire period of operation of the autofixation cameras since June 2020. Almost all the violations recorded by the cameras concerned speeding. Only 1% – 16,833 violations – were related to stopping or driving in the public transport lane.

The highest number of violations per month was recorded this year in September – 520,247.

Currently, there are 308 auto-fixation cameras in Ukraine in 19 regions of Ukraine and the capital. 20% of all cameras are located in Kyiv (30) and the region (32). There are 44 cameras in Lviv region, 13 of which are in Lviv and 31 in the region. At the same time, in the regions close to the frontline (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions), the monitoring devices are not connected.

For comparison, on the eve of the full-scale invasion, 246 devices in 24 cities and 15 regions recorded violations.

In addition to automatic recording, police officers issued 2,088,433 traffic tickets for traffic violations. Drivers were fined most often in Lviv region: 220,161 tickets, followed by Kyiv (180,719) and Odesa (134,836).

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