AN average 51 motorists each week have been caught speeding by Greater Manchester’s most profitable speed camera, located on the A62 Oldham Road.

The camera, near Manchester city centre, has caught some 13,330 drivers and snapped up nearly £800,000 between 2006 and 2010.

Speed cameras around Greater Manchester have snared nearly 176,000 motorists over five years – raking in fines totalling £10.5m.

The latest data available shows that a total of over 45,000 people were caught speeding in the Greater Manchester area in 2010.

Over 19,000 of them paid fines and had their licences endorsed, while 22,000 completed a speed awareness course and 4,000 were dealt with at Court.

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