Eight percent of speeding fines are in Brussels
The federal police used nearly 4 million speeding tickets last year. But the cameras flash remarkably, larger in Flanders: 28 million times, or 70 of the total. Brussels accounts for 8.2 percent of the total number of fines, Wallonia 21.8 percent. This is apparent from figures that MP Katleen Bury (Vlaams Belang) requested from Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) and based on De Standaard report.
The Flemish make up about 58 percent of the Belgian population, Wallonia 31.5 percent and Brussels 10.5 percent. But the difference in the number of federal speed cameras between Flanders and the other regions is not that great (anymore). On 1 January of this year, 31 fixed and 17 mobile speed cameras were operational in Flanders, in Wallonia the numbers were 30 and 18. In Brussels, there are five unmanned speed cameras.
In Flanders, 91 percent of the offenders immediately made payment, in Wallie the figure is 84 percent. In Brussels, it stands at 81 percent. The total proceeds from immediate collections and amicable settlements in 2020 are 278.5 million euros. That is less than the 306.5 million euros of the previous year, a decrease that is probably due to the corona pandemic.
It is striking that the amounts of the fines collected are somewhat more in proportion to the population numbers of the regions. Flanders accounts for 63.5 percent of the government, Wallonia for 28.7 percent and Brussels for 7.7 percent.