Less deaths and injuries at Scottish safety camera sites

Personal injury accidents at safety camera sites have fallen by 47 per cent

Key Scottish Safety Camera Programme Statistics, 2010, have been published, which show a reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured at safety camera sites.

People killed or seriously injured at safety camera sites between 2008 and 2010 was around 63 per cent lower than in the three-year period prior to safety camera enforcement.

During the pre-enforcement baseline period, an average of 341 people were killed or seriously injured per year across the camera sites, and this fell to 127 per year for 2008-2010. The figures relate to 164 fixed, 205 mobile and 41 red-light cameras located across the country.

The figures have been welcomed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA).

The total number of personal injury accidents at safety camera sites fell by 47 per cent, from an average of 1,105 per year to 586 per year.

For mobile camera sites, there has been a welcome reduction in the percentage of vehicles recorded as travelling above the limit for all speed limit categories. For fixed camera sites, there has been a reduction in the percentage of vehicles travelling above the limit at 30mph, 40mph and 70mph sites, but an increase at 50mph and 60mph sites.

Kathleen Braidwood, road safety officer at RoSPA Scotland, said: "The use of cameras is part of a comprehensive strategy to prevent speed-related accidents across Scotland, involving many partners and a variety of approaches."

"All road users have a responsibility for helping to make Scotland’s roads safer, and one of the things motorists can do is ensure they always drive according to the conditions and within the speed limit."

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