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The CamsAhead camera database has 199 speed camera locations, 194 of them on the map. It has 98 red light intersections. 86 are unverified.

It also has 145,670 plate readers that volunteers mapped and 3,613 Caltrans traffic cameras. Search 1,287 places. Reporters and researchers can ask for the data. Data as of October 22, 2026 to November 7, 2026.

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The map also shows 65 other enforcement cameras. They are stop sign cameras, truck restriction cameras, block-the-box cameras and bus lane cameras. Each comes from a city list, and none of them are in these datasets.

The map also shows cameras from 43 more official lists: 890 speed camera locations, 616 red light camera locations, 5,797 traffic cameras and 1,169 plate readers that agencies list. They are not in these datasets. By state

What the camera database holds

Four datasets, with their rows, dates and licenses. Each place's cameras are on its page and on the map.

DatasetRowsAs ofLicense
Speed cameras Each camera on the city lists: street, segment, posted limit, status and the dates warnings and fines start. 194 have map points. Source: LADOT, City of Long Beach, SFMTA, OakDOT, City of Malibu 204 Public records (each source's terms)
Red light intersections Each intersection on a current LA County red light camera list, with its approaches and a map point at the center of the intersection. The verified column is true for a current city list (12 rows) and false for public records (86 rows). Source: Culver City, Beverly Hills, Commerce, Covina, Hawthorne, LA Metro, Montebello, US Census Bureau TIGER/Line 98 Public records
License plate readers Each plate reader mapped on OpenStreetMap: maker tag, operator, direction and the date it was first mapped. One file per state. Source: OpenStreetMap contributors 145,670 ODbL 1.0 © OpenStreetMap contributors
Caltrans traffic cameras Each camera on the Caltrans lists for Districts 1 to 12: route, direction, postmile, whether it is in service and its live-view link. Source: Caltrans CWWP2 3,613 CC BY

The speed camera dataset holds the 204 cameras on the 5 city lists. The Long Beach and Malibu lists publish no map points, so their rows have no lat and lng, except 18 that CamsAhead pinned halfway along their listed stretch (location "segment"). Malibu lists 10 cameras at 5 sites, so the dataset's 204 rows are 199 locations.

Plate readers by state: 50 states and DC, with the readers mapped in each
Official lists by state: 22 states and DC, with the cameras on the map in each
StateSpeedRed lightTrafficPlate readers listed by agencies
Alabama 0 0 0 55
California 0 0 0 424
Colorado 0 13 0 114
Connecticut 45 9 0 0
Washington, DC 224 65 0 0
Florida 0 0 486 46
Georgia 0 0 0 175
Iowa 156 0 848 145
Illinois 209 300 1,345 10
Indiana 0 0 1 0
Kansas 0 0 73 0
Kentucky 0 0 247 0
Louisiana 0 5 118 71
Maryland 179 180 446 0
Nebraska 0 0 2 0
Ohio 0 0 929 0
Oregon 0 5 0 24
South Carolina 0 0 0 12
South Dakota 0 0 15 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 12
Texas 0 0 818 74
Virginia 0 0 1 7
Washington 77 39 468 0

Plate readers that agencies list are counted apart from the ones mapped on OpenStreetMap. They may be the same cameras.

Also in the database: the plate reader law table, one row per state and DC, with the law, its source and the day it was checked. Plate reader laws by state shows it as a table.

Also in the database: the monthly plate reader series, from OpenStreetMap under the ODbL, like the plate reader data. For the US, each state and DC, and LA County, it has the count at the start of each month since January 1, 2023. It also has how many plate readers were first mapped and how many were removed from the map.

From July 1, 2026, months are estimates. New readers come from the creation dates of cameras still on the map, and removals are spread evenly over the days. The last month stops at October 22, 2026, so it is only part of a month. These are OpenStreetMap edits, not install dates.

Data for reporters and researchers

Need a dataset as a file for a story or a study? Tell us who you are and what it is for. CamsAhead sends the file by email under a short data-use agreement: credit CamsAhead.com with a link, no resale and no competing product. A dataset from an open-licensed source keeps that source's license.

Plate reader data: how it is made

Plate reader data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. CamsAhead sends a free copy as GeoJSON to anyone who asks at hello@camsahead.com or with the request form, with no agreement to sign.

  • Source: the OpenStreetMap snapshot of November 7, 2026.
  • Selection: every node, way and relation whose surveillance:type tag holds ALPR, in any case, alone or in a list, in the 50 states and DC. A way or a relation sits at its center.
  • Kept: the position, the direction in degrees, manufacturer, brand, operator, check_date and the version. An operator tag that reads as a private person is left blank. OSM user names are never kept.
  • Added: the maker group, flock_tagged when the maker or brand tag names Flock, the date each point was first mapped (from OpenStreetMap's history) and its Census place.
  • The copy also holds, under the same license:
    • plate readers outside the US
    • speed, red light and other enforcement cameras in the US and outside it
    • toll gantries
    • toll check cameras
    • Oxford's traffic filters
    • CCTV cameras that public bodies run

Fields in each dataset

FileFields
Speed camerasid, program, street, from, to, lat, lng, posted_limit_mph, status, status_label, go_live, fines_start, source
Red light intersectionsid, jurisdiction, intersection_as_listed, street, cross_street, approaches, approach_directions, verified, list_kind, lat, lng, location_quality, location_method, location_source, source_url, list_as_of, confidence, checked
Plate readersosm (the OpenStreetMap object), direction (degrees as mapped), manufacturer, brand, maker_group, flock_tagged, operator, first_mapped, check_date, osm_version, place_geoid
Traffic camerasid, district, route, direction, county, nearby_place, postmile, lat, lng, in_service, live_view_url, record_as_of, source_license

The flock_tagged field means the maker or brand tag names Flock. What each word means: How CamsAhead counts cameras.

Camera database change logs

Each change CamsAhead records is dated, by camera type. The plate reader log is under the ODbL 1.0, like the plate reader data.

Cite this data

Using the data, a map or a chart in a story or a study? Credit CamsAhead.com and link to this page. CamsAhead's maps, charts and illustrations are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with that credit and link, unless their credit names another license. Copy the line for each dataset you use.

  • Speed cameras Data: CamsAhead.com, Speed cameras, as of November 7, 2026.
  • Red light intersections Data: CamsAhead.com, Red light intersections, as of October 22, 2026.
  • License plate readers Data: CamsAhead.com, License plate readers, as of November 7, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
  • Caltrans traffic cameras Data: CamsAhead.com, Caltrans traffic cameras, as of November 7, 2026. Camera data: Caltrans, CC BY.

Plate reader data keeps its credit, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and its license, ODbL 1.0. Share any changed copy of it under the same license.

Sources and updates

Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).

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