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Speed camera information now available
Detailed information on specific speed camera sites has been published as part of the Government’s drive to increase transparency.
So far 75 English local authorities have published some or all of
their information showing accident and casualty rates as well as
speeds at camera sites before and after the introduction of speed
cameras. This will allow local residents to see whether speed
cameras are having a positive impact on accident rates in their areas.
All local authorities were asked to publish information about
the effectiveness of their speed cameras as soon as practicable
and provide a web link to this material by 20th July 2011. The
remaining 72 authorities plan to publish their data in the next
few weeks.
Road Safety Minister Mike Penning said:
"Local residents have a right to expect that when
their council spends money on speed cameras, they publish
information to show whether those cameras are helping to reduce
accidents or not.
"I hope that this information will help local people
to make informed judgements about the impact cameras are having on
their local roads.
"However, residents can only hold their council to
account if it has made information available so I would urge those
councils which have not yet published their data to do so as soon
as possible."
Links to the local authorities' information can be
found on a central hub on the Department's website.
Police forces are to publish the number of prosecutions
arising from each permanent or long term temporary fixed camera
site in their area each year, along with the total number of
offences recorded by all cameras and the total numbers of
offenders given a fixed penalty notice, or taken to court and the
numbers of people opting to complete speed awareness courses. Some
forces, including Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Lancashire, and Thames
Valley have already provided some offence data but in most cases
this information will be published by police forces later in the
year. The Department will then review the position related to the
publication of speed camera information with the police.
Notes to editors
1. The links to the local authority data can be found here: http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/speed-camera-data
2. 75 authorities have published full or partial data (46
authorities publishing full data, 29 publishing partial data). 72
authorities have published no data (or not enough to establish
site effectiveness, such as baseline only) and four authorities
have never had fixed speed cameras.
3. Some police forces have already published some offence
information relating to their speed cameras. Links to this data
can be found at the following sites:
* Thames Valley - http://www.saferroads.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/FixedSpeedCameras_OffenceRates2009.pdf
* Cambridgeshire - http://www.cprsp.gov.uk/resources/res.aspx?p=/PublicAttachment/attachmentFilename/93/Safety
Camera Data Final 1.xls
* Dorset - http://www.dorsetroadsafe.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=53l
* Lancashire - http://www.safe2travel.co.uk/more_info.asp?current_id=83
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