As part of an Inspector General report looking into the reasons behind Chicago's placement of its nearly 400 red-light cameras and questioning whether they keep residents safe, it noted the number of tickets issued per intersection for 2012.
According to the report, the red-light camera program made $61 million last year.
The most tickets, 19,805, were issued at Cicero Avenue and I-55 for a total ticket value of $1.9 million. Including this busy intersection, here the top 10 most ticketed red-light intersections, according to the report.
1. Cicero and I-55
Number of tickets: 19,805
Value of tickets: $1,980,500
2. Lake Shore Drive and Belmont
Number of tickets: 16,273
Value of tickets: $1,627,300
3. LaFayette and 87th
Number of tickets: 15,226
Value of tickets: $1,522,600
4. Van Buren and Western
Number of tickets: 15,090
Value of tickets: $1,509,000
5. 95th and Stoney Island
Number of tickets: 11,449
Value of tickets: $1,144,900
6. Laramie and Madison
Number of tickets: 11,224
Value of tickets: $1,122,400
7. Stoney Island and 89th
Number of tickets: 9,644
Value of tickets: $964,400
8. State and 79th
Number of tickets: 8,769
Value of tickets: 876,900
9. Pulaski and Peterson
Number of tickets: 8,612
Value of tickets: $861,200
10. Cermak and Clark
Number of tickets: 7,923
Value of tickets: $792,300
