A red-light camera hangs on a pole in Orange Park. | Tommy Garcia, News4Jax
Published on September 22, 2025 at 2:39 pm
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Clay County is growing — and so are Orange Park’s town coffers fed by red-light camera fines.
According to data provided by the Orange Park Police Department to the Orange Park Town Council, the town made more than $1.1 million from citations caught by red-light cameras over the past year.
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Orange Park and Green Cove Springs are the only two municipalities in Northeast Florida that use red-light cameras.
The town of Orange Park has eight cameras mounted at three intersections:
- Kingsley Avenue/U.S. 17 (Park Avenue)
- U.S. 17 (Park Avenue)/Loring Avenue
- Kingsley Avenue/Debarry Avenue
The three intersections were chosen because of the number of crashes, the need for pedestrian safety and the volume of traffic, the Police Department says.
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According to police data, 19,545 red-light camera violations were issued from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. That’s an average of more than 53 a day.
Of those, 13,829 paid their fines, which amounted to $2,157,857.83 collected by the town of Orange Park.
Of that, the town got to keep $1,027,741.40. The rest went to the Florida Department of Revenue.
Town officials say the cameras are about more than money. The town’s police chief said all the intersections with red light cameras have seen a noticeable decrease in crashes.
And if you get one of those red-light camera citations from Orange Park, you might as well not bother contesting it.
Of the 59 violations that were contested over the last year, 50 were upheld, zero were dismissed and nine are still pending.
This story was produced by News4Jax, a Jacksonville Today news partner.
