Speed cameras coming to Los Angeles

Posted on 04/17/2026

How locations were chosen. They used a weighted scoring system:

• High-Injury Network: Placed on streets with a documented history of fatal or severe injury crashes.
• Safety Zones: Focus on areas near schools, senior centers, and recognized street racing corridors.
• Exclusions: Speed cameras are explicitly prohibited on freeways and expressways.
• Placement Strategy: Locations were chosen based on analysis of 550 miles of corridors where previous safety interventions failed.
• Community input 
• Council office requests
• Qualitative data beyond LAPD reports 

BACKGROUND

The Speed Safety Camera Pilot Program is authorized by California AB-645.

• Up to 125 speed cameras allowed across LA. Some cities in California have already installed these cameras.
• Goal: reduce speeding, crashes, injuries, and fatalities.
• Pilot lasts 5 years before a final evaluation. 

Why the city says cameras are needed. Key facts from the LADOT 2-x-26 Automated Speed Enforcement ASE Status Council Report (CF 23-1168 ) report:

• Speed is responsible for nearly one-third of traffic fatalities. 
• Speed cameras can reduce:
• speeding by 31%–82%
• fatal crashes by 53%–71% 

The report emphasizes that speeding dramatically increases death risk — pedestrians’ survival drops sharply as speed rises. 

 How enforcement works

• Cameras trigger at 11+ mph over limit.
• Civil ticket — similar to a parking ticket.
• No points on license.
• Warning period first 60 days. 

Privacy rules:

• Only license plates photographed.
• Faces not captured.
• Data deleted quickly.