Additional information relating to fixed safety camera sites has been published by the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership. The information, now available on the website, shows crash, casualty rates and speeds at fixed camera sites before and after the introduction of cameras, as well as the number of tickets issued at each fixed site in 2010. The data will be updated on an annual basis, with the next update due in June 2012. The website address is www.kmscp.org/safety-cameras/crash-and-casualty-data.aspx
The ticket information is broken down into the number of prosecutions arising from each permanent fixed camera site, along with the total number of offences recorded by all cameras and the total numbers of offenders given a fixed penalty notice, taken to court or opting to complete speed awareness courses.
Chief Inspector Andy Reeves, Head of Roads Policing for Kent Police and Chair of the Safety Camera Partnership, said: “In addition to the data we currently publish, we are making this information available to allow local residents to see the extent of how cameras are helping to reduce casualties.
“Despite a reduction in resources over the last year, the Partnership is working hard to maintain a service level in the county which continues to reduce speeds and casualties at camera sites. The casualty figures speak for themselves and show that safety cameras have reduced the number of people killed or seriously injured at camera sites. Where casualties and / or speeds have not been reduced sufficiently, the local authorities currently have these sites under review.
“There are several sites which did not issue any tickets in 2010 and this is because there was either complete compliance with the speed limit, or there was no live camera in the unit while the maintenance was being carried out. Where sites show no tickets from the fixed camera this does not mean that no enforcement was carried out there: safety camera vans ‘back up’ fixed cameras by enforcing within the signed area. Also, when looking at ticket numbers, traffic volume should be taken into account, for example where traffic volumes are high, there may be more tickets issued than on a stretch of road where there are fewer vehicles.”
Current casualty figures show that there has been a 74% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) across fixed and mobile sites in the county since 2002. In real terms this is the equivalent of 397 people.
All casualty, speed and ticket data can be found here - LINK