Record number of tickets issued through Ottawa’s photo radar cameras in 2024: Here are the hot spots for speeding tickets

Ottawa’s photo radar cameras issued a record number of tickets in 2024. CTV’s Austin Lee takes a look at the busiest cameras across the city.

Ottawa’s photo radar cameras caught a record number of speeders on city roads last year, and the city plans to install 24 more cameras in community safety zones, school zones and high-speed locations this year.

Newly released statistics show 383,830 speeding tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement program in 2024. There were 220,789 speeding tickets in 2023 (26 cameras), 127,939 tickets in 2022 (17 cameras) and 80,944 tickets in 2021 (eight cameras) through the photo radar camera program.

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There were 57 photo radar cameras in operation across Ottawa at the end of 2024, with three cameras in the final stages of being set up.

The busiest photo radar camera was on King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street. The camera on the busy road connecting Ottawa and Gatineau over the interprovincial bridge caught 59,656 speeders in 2024, including 3,530 speeding drivers in December.

The second-busiest camera was on Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Avenue, with 35,546 speeding tickets issued in 2024, while the camera on St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clark Avenue, caught 20,824 speeders last year.

March was the busiest month for Ottawa’s photo radar cameras in 2024, with 43,416 speeding tickets issued through the automated speed enforcement program. January was the quietest month, with 19,634 speeding tickets issued through photo radar cameras.

Thousands of potential speeding infractions caught by photo radar cameras were rejected due to unreadable license plates in 2024. Data provided by Coun. Marty Carr shows 50,796 speeding incidents out of 431,461 infractions caught by photo radar cameras between January and October were cancelled due to damage, obstructed or missing licence plates.

Here is a look at the 10 busiest photo radar cameras in Ottawa in 2024

• King Edward Ave., between Bolton St. and St. Patrick St.: 59,656 tickets (February to December)
• Walkley Rd., between Halifax Dr. and Harding Rd.: 35,546 tickets (February to December)
• St-Laurent Blvd., between Noranda Ave. and Clarke Avenue: 20,824 tickets: (January to December)
• Cedarview Rd. between Fallowfield Rd. and Jockvale Rd.: 16,109 tickets (January to December)
• Katimavik Rd., between Castlefrank Rd. and McGibbon Dr./Sewall Way: 15,162 tickets (January to December)
• Riverside Dr., between Mooney’s Bay Pl. and Hog’s Back Rd.: 14,202 tickets (January to December)
• Woodroffe Ave., between Anthony Ave. and Saville Row: 13,773 tickets (January to December)
• Fisher Ave., between Kintyre Priv. and Deer Park Rd./Dynes Rd.: 13,717 tickets (January to December)
• Bronson Ave., between Raven Rd. and Sunnyside Ave./University Dr.: 13,112 tickets (February to December)
• Bayshore Dr., near Woodridge Cres.: 12,834 tickets (January to December)

Here are the 10 busiest photo radar cameras in December 2024

• King Edward Ave., between Bolton St. and St. Patrick St.: 3,530 tickets
• Walkley Rd., between Halifax Dr. and Harding Rd.: 2,755 tickets
• Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Rd. and Brookdale Ave: 1,877 tickets
• Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard, between Orleans Blvd. and Paddler Way: 1,549 tickets
• Walkley Road, between Colliston Cr. And Albion Rd.: 1,425 tickets
• Katimavik Rd., between Castlefrank Rd. and McGibbon Dr./Sewall Way: 1,377 tickets
• Stittsville Main Street, between Hobin Street and Beverly St.: 1,343 tickets
• St-Laurent Blvd., between Noranda Ave. and Clarke Avenue: 1,153 tickets
• Riverside Dr., between Mooney’s Bay Pl. and Hog’s Back Rd: 1,165 tickets
• Cedarview Rd. between Fallowfield Rd. and Jockvale Rd.: 944 tickets