Keena Entwistle's 18-year-old son Ethan died in a car accident in 2023.
It comes as KMTV has data of the Kent cameras where the most speeding tickets are given, as Sofia Akin reports.
It comes as KMTV has data of the Kent cameras where the most speeding tickets are given, as Sofia Akin reports.
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00:00 A mum from Ramsgate wants speed calming measures introduced on Dumpton Park Drive after her
00:06 18-year-old son Ethan died in a car accident. In October he was the passenger in a SEAT
00:12 Ibiza when the driver collided with this tree. Ethan didn't make it and tragically died at
00:19 the scene. Now his mum Kina has started a petition and
00:23 has asked Kent County Council to lower the speed limit on this road from 30 to 20.
00:29 Ethan's unfortunately was the second fatality in under 18 months along this road and the
00:36 Dumpton Park Road Safety Group have already been wanting to get speed measures put on
00:42 this road. Since Ethan's accident I've also joined with them to get speed calming measures
00:50 along here and I'm also really in favour of the graduated driver licences which there's
00:58 a petition going for that as well. Anything that we can do to try and stop somebody else
01:05 from having to come here like this to visit someone they love.
01:10 But sadly Ethan wasn't the first to die along this road. Back in 2022 a woman in her 50s
01:16 was riding her bike a little further up the road when she was involved in a car accident.
01:21 Ethan's mum hopes with this petition she can remind drivers of the rules of the roads and
01:26 avoid any further fatalities. Kent Police are also cracking down on those
01:31 speeding as thousands in the county continue to commit the offence year on year.
01:36 In a Freedom of Information request, KMTV uncovered all the areas in Kent where the
01:41 most speeding tickets were dished out by officers in the past five years as well as the five
01:47 cameras where the most money has been generated from speeding tickets in the same period.
01:52 For last year, the M25 between Clackett Lane Services and Junction 5 generated the most
01:58 money from tickets. More than 10,000 tickets were handed out here, bringing in £261,000.
02:07 Second, third and fourth most revenue in Kent was the M25 Swanley, Chatham Road and the
02:12 Dartford Tunnel, these three spots each bringing in more than £200,000 from tickets.
02:17 Fifth most revenue was Hoth Way at more than £100,000.
02:23 And looking at the same data from the previous years, you'll see every year for the past
02:27 five years the Dartford Tunnel and M25 have been some of the spots bringing in the most
02:33 revenue from tickets. Last year, Kent's top five earning speed
02:36 cameras brought in £987,600 and the officer-operated cameras brought in more than £1.3 million.
02:45 First, I'd like to point out that Kent Police don't profit or don't receive any money from
02:49 the speeding penalties. The monies paid by the driver will go into
02:53 His Majesty's Court Service. I don't know if technology has advanced to
02:58 the point where we're catching more drivers. I think it's just Kent's roads are becoming
03:02 increasingly busy and we are determined to send that safety message out.
03:07 And it does, it's really disappointing but people are still continuing to speed.
03:12 The roads you mention are particularly busy roads with higher volumes of traffic, hence
03:17 the higher enforcement rate. The minimum penalty for speeding is £100
03:23 and three penalty points on your licence. Building up 12 or more points within three
03:28 years could lose you your licence. Sophia Akin for KMTV.