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# Speed camera chopped down by vandals overnight in Plymouth
- URL: https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/speed-camera-chopped-down-by-vandals-overnight-in-plymouth/
- Published: 2025-11-02T19:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-04T12:11:29.000Z
- Author: Seamus McCoy
- Tags: St Budeaux, News, Speed cameras

Plymouth Plus can reveal that the new speed camera on Victoria Road was cut down in the middle of the night in what appears to be a deliberate act of vandalism. 

The bright yellow fixed speed enforcement camera was installed on a lamppost only a few months ago to curb speeding on the busy residential road in [St Budeaux](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/st-budeaux/).

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/74/83/7483ab0e-4e89-48b0-a2a9-d29bc2bbbe08/content/images/2025/11/PXL_20250826_170233660-2.jpg)

****The fixed speed camera on Victoria Road.** (Image: Seamus McCoy | Plymouth Plus)

The camera vanished overnight after the lamppost holding it was sliced in half. The remnants have now been covered with tape as a safety precaution.

The camera was installed as part of a six month safety trial between [Plymouth City Council](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/plymouth-city-council/) and [Devon and Cornwall Polic](https://www.plymouthplus.co.uk/tag/devon-and-cornwall-police/)e after years of complaints from people living in St Budeaux about speeding traffic, noise and crashes.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/74/83/7483ab0e-4e89-48b0-a2a9-d29bc2bbbe08/content/images/2025/11/NN2A4742.JPG)

****What's left on Victoria Road.** (Image: Seamus McCoy | Plymouth Plus

Councillor John Stephens said at the time that Victoria Road had suffered a number of collisions, including fatalities, and that the new camera was being loaned to police free of charge to test a new supplier.

Devon and Cornwall Police and Plymouth City Council has been contacted for comment.

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