Speed Safety System
Making Los Angeles Safer One Street at a Time: Speed Safety Systems Program Launching in 2026
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation is launching the City’s Speed Safety Systems Program pilot in late summer/fall of 2026 to help us save lives and create safer streets for all Angelenos.
Speeding is one of the leading causes of serious injuries and deaths on our streets. In Los Angeles, around one in five fatal crashes in the city were directly attributed to speeding in 2024. To combat rising traffic deaths and injuries, the city is deploying the Speed Safety Systems Program to curb speeding and dangerous driving.
The deployment of this program will increase accountability for excessive and chronic speeding, and help people make better choices about their driving. The goal is safer streets, more lives saved, and fewer severe injuries. Even one life lost is one too many.
Speed Safety Systems have proven to reduce reckless speeding. Many U.S. cities — including San Francisco and Oakland here in California — have seen major decreases in dangerous speeding and crashes after installing speed safety systems. In San Francisco, early data shows up to a 72% reduction in speeding on key corridors with cameras.
Under California AB 645, a 60-day warning period applies at the start of enforcement, both when the program first launches and whenever new speed safety systems are activated on additional streets. Once installed, there will be a 60-day warning period during which the program will issue warning notifications to those speeding at least 11mph over the posted speed limit. After the 60-day period, citations will be issued to speeding vehicles starting at $50. As stated by the state legislation, revenue from the program will be used to complement the city’s ongoing investments in safe street infrastructure, which also helps make streets safer for everyone walking, biking, rolling and driving.
At the conclusion of the five-year pilot period, LADOT will report back to the state legislature on the Program’s safety and economic impact.
Fact Sheet
Schedule of Fines:
Source: LADOT Annual Report 2023-24
Camera Locations
This pilot program will install 125 speed safety systems across the City of Los Angeles to help reduce excessive speeding, save lives, and improve street safety by encouraging safer driving behavior. Utilizing data and community stakeholder input from racial equity, civil liberties, and economic justice organizations – systems will be installed across the city where speeding and crashes happen most often and where children, seniors, and other vulnerable people are concentrated.
Contact Information
You can email questions about the program to LADOT staff.
Program updates can be found in Council File 23-1168 on the City Clerk website.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Speed Safety System Program pilot and how will it impact my neighborhood?
Speeding is one of the leading causes of death and injury in Los Angeles with 1 in 5 fatal crashes in Los Angeles attributed to speeding in 2024. Our goal is to ensure street safety systems are another tool in our toolbox as we work together to make our neighborhoods safer. Speed safety systems use cameras to read the rear license plates of vehicles traveling at very high speeds, 11 miles or more over the speed limit. This data is then used to issue civil speeding violations.
As permitted by state legislation, the City will be installing speed safety systems at 125 locations across the City of Los Angeles. All sites have been meticulously selected through analysis of crash, speed, and other data and further refined with stakeholder input.
Locations were carefully selected using a variety of data, focusing on streets where we have the highest rate of speeding and speed-related crashes. The analysis also considered locations with a higher concentration of vulnerable people, such as near schools, senior centers, and unmarked crosswalks, and stakeholder feedback, including with City Council offices, informed the process. LADOT aimed to ensure neighborhoods across the City are included in the pilot and prioritized speed camera locations in each Council District
The program is designed to protect people - their safety and their privacy. If a vehicle is speeding at least 11 mph over the posted speed limit, the speed safety systems will capture the license plate number. This information will be securely transmitted to LADOT’s Parking Enforcement and Traffic Control division, who will mail a ticket to the registered owner of the speeding vehicle. Once the speed safety systems are installed, there will be a 60-day warning period during which the program will issue warning notifications only. After the 60-day period, violations will be issued to speeding vehicles starting at $50.
How will data collected by Speed Safety Systems be used?
Only license plate information needed for enforcement is collected. No personally identifiable data is captured or shared with local, state, or federal law enforcement except as required by California law.
Will the city generate revenue over the fees collected over citations?
The goal of this program is to help people make better choices about their driving by increasing accountability for chronic and excessive speeding. The program will issue warnings first, citations later. Once citations are issued, the revenue generated will go back into department programs designed to make streets safer and travel easier.
When will the first Speed Safety Systems be installed?
The City’s Speed Safety Systems Program pilot in late summer/fall of 2026.