Motoring groups have called for the removal of a new speed camera which has caused the number of crashes in the area to increase.
Since the camera appeared on a stretch of the M11 near London, the number of accidents has risen by a quarter and casualties have almost doubled.
Now motorists are demanding that transport chiefs remove the camera, which they claim was only placed on the motorway to make money.
Campaigner Paul Pearson forced authorities to release the figures under the Freedom of Information Act.
The camera is placed between between Junctions 5 and 4 of the southbound M11 where the motorway’s three lanes narrow to two and the speed limit drops from 70mph to 50mph.
In the five years before the camera was installed in 2001, there were 13 accidents and 14 casualties.
In the five years after it appeared, there were 16 crashes and 24 casualties.
Mr Pearson, who runs drivers’ website
http://www.penaltychargenotice.co.uk, told The Sun: 'The figures speak for themselves. That camera is clearly there to make money because the figures show it is not there to prevent accidents. In fact it is doing the opposite.'
He has contacted both Essex Police and Under Secretary of State for Transport Jim Fitzpatrick who both indicated that the camera will remain in place for the time being