Three major NSW highways and two tunnels get average speed safety cameras

New average speed safety cameras will be built on three major highways in NSW to target heavy vehicles, the NSW state government has announced.  

The new average speed safety cameras will be built along the Hume, Mitchell and Newell Highways - along which cars drive almost 5 billion kilometres each year according to the Australian Road Assessment Program - starting from September.  

Specifically, the new average speed safety cameras will be located: 

• between Moree and Boggabilla and between Coonabarabran and Narrabri on the Newell Highway; 
• between Vittoria and Windradyne on the Mitchell Highway; 
• and between Campbelltown and Wilton on the Hume Motorway. 

In a note to The NRMA, a spokesperson for Transport NSW said that, "cameras are expected to be operational in the second half of 2026."

During the construction periods there may be reductions in speed limits, with the NSW Government urging motorists to keep an eye out for road work signs and slow down where necessary. Note, new “out-of-hours" road works speed limits are not expected to be implemented until 2026. 

The announcement comes as two new average speed safety cameras go online in two of Sydney’s main tunnels this month. Cameras in both the M2 and the Lane Cove tunnel will fire up come September 22, 2025, and issue warnings to truck and other heavy vehicle drivers who drive less than 30km/hr over the speed limit for two months in the lead up to Christmas. 

Heavy vehicle drivers who exceed 30km/hr over the speed limit, however, will be issued with a penalty from the get go. After two months, demerit points and fines will apply to all heavy vehicle drivers who exceed the speed limit in the two tunnels. The new cameras on the Mitchell, Newell and Hume Highways will also undergo a similar minimum two-month grace period, said Transport NSW, with warnings issued to those driving 30km/hr or less over the speed limit.

"Heavy vehicle drivers caught speeding at more than 30 km/h over the speed limit will receive a penalty. Fines, demerit points and other penalties will apply to heavy vehicles as normal after the grace period," the Transport NSW spokesperson confirmed.

Average speed safety cameras work by recording the times a vehicle passes two points on a road, then calculating the speed it took to drive that distance.  

Speeding fines are the most common offence caught on camera according to data from the Revenue NSW. In the last 12 months, almost 6000 heavy vehicles have been caught on average speed safety cameras and issued with fines worth $4 million.  

Average speed safety cameras are also being used to target light vehicles in two locations, near Port Macquarie on the Pacific Highway and on the Hume Highway between Coolac and Gundagai.  Since mid-2025 light vehicle speeding offences captured by these cameras have been subject to penalties, amounting to almost 4500 fines worth $1.3 million. 

Drivers can sign up for alerts to changes in camera locations at www.saferroadsnsw.com.au.