ABD list of Articles on UK Speed Scamera Data.

Ban the Cams special thanks to the Association of British Drivers who have fought the Speed Scameras in the UK for their help in compiling information on the scameras.  Also thanks to Jim for fowarding this onto us (the links are from www.abd.org.uk ).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029361/Speed-cameras-cut-accidents--create-study-finds.html
"Speed cameras 'do not cut accidents'... they create them, study finds"
 
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/local/most_speed_cameras_are_cash_cows_says_mp_1_3023528
"The MP said he was aware of one camera at Queensway in Hemel Hempstead that had caused rather than prevented accidents."
 
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/are_they_worth_it_sheffield_speed_cameras_failing_to_cut_accidents_1_3715472?commentspage=2
"SPEED cameras have failed to cut accidents at almost half of all sites where they have been installed in South Yorkshire"

http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/9236595.Braintree__Collisions_up_after_speed_camera_installed/
"The number of collisions recorded at Braintree’s only speed camera have risen since it was put up."

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9215912.Some_Dorset_speed_cameras_have_NOT_cut_accidents/
"SOME speed cameras in Dorset have not cut accident rates – and casualties near some cameras could even have increased, according to statistics. Figures show that many cameras have done little or nothing to improve accident rates, but have proved highly effective in clocking up speeding fines. "

 
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/9230563.Accident_figures_suggest_speed_cameras_are_not_saving_lives/
"SPEED cameras installed to stop accidents are not doing their job, according to national figures"
 
http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2011/08/2849.html
New statistics from the Department for Transport have today revealed what has been believed about speed cameras for quite some time. Namely, they regularly fail to cut accident rates and can even increase them.
 
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/4-000-crashes-speed-cameras-introduced/story-13229361-detail/story.html
"SINCE mobile speed cameras were introduced at some of Bristol's worst accident blackspots, there have been more than 4,000 crashes on the roads they watch."
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=24013
"Three speed cameras in Preston that pulled in £18,000-worth of fines in 2010 actually bore witness to an increase in the number of accidents since they were installed."
"Not only is it scandalous that cameras where casualties have increased have been kept in operation for many years, it is even more disturbing that the authorities have hidden this data and authorised continued operation whilst being in possession of this knowledge"
 
http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/s/2099023_accidents_rise_despite_presence_of_speed_cameras
"Accidents rise despite presence of speed cameras"
 
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Casualty-rates-at-some-speed-camera-sites-have-worsened-24082011.htm
"Casualty rates at some speed camera sites have worsened since their installation, figures out today showed."
 
 
http://www.buckinghamshireexaminer.co.uk/south-bucks-news/local-buckinghamshire-examiner-news/2011/08/31/bucks-speed-cameras-failing-to-cut-accidents-82398-29335743/
"SPEED cameras in South Bucks are failing to cause accident rates to drop despite successfully bringing average speeds down."
 
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Speed-cameras-fail-reduce-accidents/story-13246055-detail/story.html
"In Midsomer Norton and Radstock, none of the areas where mobile camera vans operate has seen a significant fall in accidents since their introduction."
 
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/07/24/speed-cameras-have-no-impact-on-accident-reduction/
"Speed cameras have little or no effect on reducing road accident on roads in the West Midlands, statistics released today suggest."

http://www.transport-watch.co.uk/transport-speed-cameras.htm
Prior to 1995 deaths per vehicle-mile were falling at 7% per year.  After that date, instead of accelerating under the impact of the cameras, that beneficial trend collapsed to 2.5%.  Had the previous trend continued there would have been 10,000 fewer deaths that actually occurred.  There is also a remarkable correlation between those extra deaths and the number of fines
 
 

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