A hated speed camera at Holes Bay in Poole dubbed a money-spinner could be switched off.

The yellow-box, which flashes drivers speeding through the green light on the thirty mile an hour dual carriageway, will be subject to new government rules forcing local councils to publish accident figures, expected to be announced tomorrow.

Those which fail to reduce the number of accidents, an allegation often squared at the Holes Bay camera, could then be scrapped.