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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T16:12:43.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nGreater Manchester Police has launched new enforcement operations as part of a major crackdown on speeding drivers across the region.\n\nThe police force unveiled two new specialist speed enforcement vans, taking the total from three vehicles to five, allowing officers to target more speeding hotspots across all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe new vans have been funded by Transport for Greater Manchester through the Greater Manchester Road Safety Partnership and support the region's wider Vision Zero strategy.\n\nThe Vision Zero campaign, backed by Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Mayor of Greater Manchester, aims to eliminate all road deaths and life-changing injuries by 2040.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOfficial figures showed almost 10,000 people have been killed or seriously injured on Greater Manchester's roads over the past decade.\n\nPolice explained that the additional vans will allow officers to increase patrols in areas where speeding has become a major concern for residents and local councillors.\n\nThe force said excessive speed remains one of the \"fatal four\" offences most commonly linked to serious collisions and road deaths.\n\nThe new vehicles will be used for targeted speed enforcement operations, as well as deployments to areas highlighted by communities through complaints and local intelligence.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nCamera Enforcement Team Leader Michael Hewitt said the new vans would significantly boost police capabilities across the region.\n\nHe said: \"These additional vehicles represent a significant enhancement to our operational capacity.\n\n\"Increasing our fleet to five dedicated enforcement vehicles means we can be present in more locations, more often, targeting those areas where speeding presents the greatest danger to our communities.\"\n\nMr Hewitt added that visible enforcement remained a key part of changing driver behaviours and supporting Greater Manchester's Vision Zero objectives.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Major car brand confirms massive discounts up to £3,750 on popular vehicles - full list\n  * Labour under pressure to reform weight restrictions for popular vehicles amid electrification struggles\n  * Chinese car brand targets 'long-term sustainable growth' with bold UK plans for 2030\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe expansion follows growing concern about dangerous driving and anti-social behaviour on roads across the UK, which has been growing in recent years.\n\nUnder new plans, Greater Manchester leaders hope to cut road casualties by 50 per cent before eventually reducing deaths and serious injuries to zero by 2040.\n\nThe strategy follows a public consultation involving more than 1,000 residents, with many calling for stronger action on speeding and dangerous driving. Transport for Greater Manchester said even small speed increases can dramatically increase the risk of fatal crashes.\n\nPeter Boulton, TfGM's Network Director for Highways, said: \"Speeding is one of the leading causes of fatal and life-changing injuries across the UK, and the difference of a few miles per hour can mean the difference between life and death.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"These new speed enforcement vehicles will provide a visible deterrent to discourage dangerous driving behaviour, supporting GMP's crucial role in helping us realise our Vision Zero ambition,\" Mr Boulton stated.\n\nThe Vision Zero initiative follows similar schemes already introduced in areas including West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Liverpool City Region.\n\nGreater Manchester's approach is based on the \"Safe System\" model, which focuses on making roads, vehicles and driver behaviour safer in order to reduce the severity of collisions.\n\nPolice said the new vans will also support wider efforts involving enforcement, education and community engagement to improve road safety across the region.\n\nThe force added that the increased enforcement presence would help reassure communities while discouraging motorists from speeding in residential areas and busy roads.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Drivers to face tougher road rules as new speed camera vans target major driving offence"
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