73k NZ drivers hit with speed camera trailer fines totalling a huge sum

More than 73,000 drivers on NZ roads have been caught by the new speed camera trailers in just six months - and the price of those fines exceeds millions of dollars. 

The official number as reported by 1News, show 73,170 speeding offences since the trailers began sitting around the motu in September 2025. 

Since then the price that all pinged NZ drivers have faced equals a whopping $4.65 million.

These numbers only include confirmed speeding offences. Some drivers may have been picked up by the cameras but couldn’t be verified, so didn’t make the final calculation.

And while the fines add up to more than $4 million, that’s the total value issued - not necessarily what’s actually been paid.

And while some may see it it as cash grab, NZTA has assured that’s not the goal.

Head of driving regulation Chris Rodley says the cameras aim to slow people down and prevent serious crashes.

"Evidence from New Zealand and around the world shows that safety cameras are an effective tool to reduce speeding, making crashes less likely to occur, and ensure that if crashes do happen, the people involved are far more likely to walk away unharmed,” he told 1News.

He adds that teh trailers are to act as a 'general deterrence' - especially with them being able to be placed anywhere at anytime.

"Mobile safety cameras reduce deaths and serious injuries when they discourage speeding everywhere.”

"To achieve general deterrence, cameras are deployed to locations where data shows there is a high crash risk and to other locations nominated by the community and our road safety partners," Rodley said.

There are reportedly around 10 trailers sitting across the motu at once, but, as we know, they move around… 

Let’s hope we’ll see a reduction in the number of fines over the next six months before the annual report is in.