Dyfed-Powys police in Wales is the most active force when it comes to using dash cam footage, having taken action over 81.3 per cent of the videos that have been submitted to it. Some 40.2 per cent of offenders were slapped with a warning, while 18.6 per cent were prosecuted in court. A further 18.4 per cent were given a driver awareness course, contrasting just four per cent of motorists who were given a fixed penalty notice.
It was London’s Metropolitan Police, however, which received the largest number of submissions, with nearly 25,000 videos over four years put forward. It acted in 45.4 per cent of cases, issuing court proceedings to 18.9 per cent of offenders and driver awareness courses to 13.9 per cent. Fixed notices were handed to 9.6 per cent of offenders, while just 2.9 per cent of drivers received a warning.