http://www.murfreesboropost.com/intersectins-see-drop-in-crashes-cms-23876

Intersections see drop in crashes    (CameraFraud National: Tennessee city: accidents down, except where scameras are used. It's all about the money.)
 
 
By: JONATHAN HERRMANN, Post Staff Writer
 
Posted: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:05 pm
 
Murfreesboro’s intersections are safer, but not necessarily because of photo-enforced red lights.
Murfreesboro Police Department has released data taken in relation to the number of crashes occurring at intersection in the city since implementing an automated red light camera enforcement program.

The report compares statistics from a span of time over 2008 and 2009 to one over 2009 and 2010.

Data shows, in the second year of use, intersections not using red light cameras saw a significant decrease in the number of crashes reported. A decrease of 255 crashes total, nearly 14 percent, was reported.

This includes nearly 20 percent fewer side-angle crashes, down from 677 to 542, and just over 10 percent fewer rear end crashes, down to 1052 from 1172.

Intersections using the red light camera enforcement system, however, saw nearly no change in the total with an increase of only one crash reported.

Side impact crashes decreased by nearly 13 percent at these intersections from 63 to 55, but rear end crashes saw an increase from 126 to 135, just over seven percent.

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