Great North Road
View on MapHenderson, Auckland
Camera Details
- Type
- Speed Camera
- Region
- Auckland
- Location
- Henderson
- Coordinates
- -36.879898, 174.636452
About This Location
Great North Road is Auckland's second longest road, and the section through Henderson and Kelston is straight, wide, and deceptively easy to speed on in a 50 km/h zone. Police recorded 40 speed-related crashes in the area over the decade before the camera arrived, including two deaths. The original wet-film camera was replaced in late 2014 as one of Auckland's first six next-generation digital units, part of a $10 million national rollout targeting high-risk crash locations. It went live in March 2015 with dual-radar technology capable of monitoring up to six lanes in both directions. The road's design is the problem, as Senior Sergeant Grant Miller put it at the time: it's so straight and wide that drivers let their speed creep up without realising. Fatal crashes have continued in the area, including a single-vehicle rollover in July 2020 that killed the driver. Auckland Transport has since been working on pedestrian safety improvements along this stretch, adding raised crossings and kerb build-outs to slow traffic beyond just camera enforcement.
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How This Camera Works
This is a fixed spot speed camera that measures your instantaneous speed as you pass using radar technology. If your speed exceeds the posted limit, the camera captures an image of your vehicle and number plate. Spot speed cameras are the most common type across the Auckland region and operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.