Transit & Streets Data retrieved 2026-08-22
Speed camera violations
Speed camera tickets NYC issued each year since the program's 2014 start: 257,956 that first year, 5.9 million by 2023.
5.9 million
speed camera Notices of Liability issued in 2023
A record, from a program that opened in 2014 with 21 cameras issuing 257,956 tickets and had grown to 2,277 cameras by 2023.
The numbers behind this chart
| Year | Speed camera Notices of Liability issued |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 257,956 |
| 2015 | 917,382 |
| 2016 | 1,218,736 |
| 2017 | 1,123,801 |
| 2018 | 945,339 |
| 2019 | 2,303,478 |
| 2020 | 4,381,997 |
| 2021 | 4,358,859 |
| 2022 | 5,741,248 |
| 2023 | 5,918,823 |
The key years
What this counts
Notices of Liability, the $50 tickets sent to a vehicle's registered owner, that NYC's school-zone speed cameras issued each year, as the Department of Transportation reports it annually to the State Legislature under the automated enforcement law. The program had 21 cameras when ticketing began in 2014 and grew to 2,277 by 2023.
What it does not say
- This counts tickets issued, not confirmed violations: an owner can contest a Notice of Liability at a hearing, though DOT's own report says the large majority are upheld.
- The camera network grew enormously over the period, and so did operating hours, so the year-over-year rise mixes more speeding caught with more cameras watching for it, not only a change in driver behavior.
- DOT publishes this report to satisfy a state reporting law, typically well after the year it covers ends, so the most recent calendar year is not yet in a citable report as of this page's writing.
The questions New Yorkers actually ask
How many speed camera tickets does NYC issue a year?
5.9 million Notices of Liability in 2023, per DOT's own report to the State Legislature, the most in the program's history.
How fast has NYC's speed camera program grown?
From 21 cameras issuing 257,956 tickets in 2014 to 2,277 cameras issuing 5.9 million in 2023.
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