State, city statistics conflict over effectiveness of technology

By Bob Secter and Erika Slife
Tribune reporters

November 22 2009

Cars and trucks slammed into each other 28 times at Western Avenue and 63rd Street in 2006, the year before the Daley administration installed red-light cameras there in the name of safety. In 2008, the year after cameras went in, accidents at the Southwest Side intersection soared to 42, according to state data.

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