Drivers caught speeding on Broad Street in Philly could be hit with $100 fine
Drivers in Philadelphia are going to want to slow down.
The 60 day warning period for the new speed cameras officially ends at midnight, which means that real tickets will start being sent to mail boxes starting on Friday, Nov. 14.
Reminder: The speed limit on Broad Street is 25 miles per hour, but if you’re caught going 11 miles per hour or more over that, you’ll have to pay a $100 fine.
Where are the speed cameras located?
Speed cameras have been installed at 15 locations along North and South Broad Street stretching from Old York to the stadiums in South Philadelphia.
• 7000 Old York Road
• 6500 North Broad Street
• 4900 North Broad Street
• 4100 North Broad Street
• 3300 North Broad Street
• 2500 North Broad Street
• 1700 North Broad Street
• 700 North Broad Street
• 100 North Broad Street
• 100 South Broad Street
• 1200 South Broad Street
• 2200 South Broad Street
• 2800 South Broad Street
• 3600 South Broad Street
Why install speed cameras on Broad Street?
A 2024 report from Vision Zero Philadelphia – a campaign that aims to make city roads safer – named Broad Street the most dangerous road in Philadelphia.
Data from Traffic Victims PHL, a program run by the Greater Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition, also showed similar results for Broad Street.
Based on city data, Roosevelt Boulevard was previously Philadelphia’s most dangerous road.
However, since the city installed speed cameras in 2020 as part of the Automated Speed Enforcement Program, speeding tickets on Roosevelt Boulevard have dropped 93%, pedestrian-involved crashes have decreased 50%, and deadly as well as serious injury crashes have dropped 21%, according to city data.
