Speed Camera News More accidents at nine speed camera sites in East Yorkshire
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More accidents at nine speed camera sites in East Yorkshire
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Hull Daily Mail
SPEED cameras have failed to cut accidents at nine sites in East Yorkshire, the Mail can reveal.
Almost seven more people have been killed or seriously injured since mobile speed cameras were introduced at the locations.
Another 21 people suffered minor injuries.
They include the B1237 at Saltshouse Road and the A1033 at Thomas Clarkson Way in Hull and the A614 south of Shiptonthorpe in the East Riding.
Ruth Gore, of the Safer Roads Humber partnership, said: "When this occurs we work closely with the local highways authority to investigate what else can be done at these sites.
"In some cases this will involve simple solutions like better lining and signage and in other cases it may involve a change in speed limit or other engineering solutions.
"The solution will depend what is appropriate within the resources available and, in many cases, speed enforcement is the only viable solution at the current time."
The data starts from the date the camera was installed, which is different for each location, and runs up to March 31 last year – the most recent information available.
Ms Gore said the average speed drivers are travelling at has fallen at each location where speed cameras have been used, whether they are fixed or mobile cameras.
She said: "We have a number of sites that, while the number of people being killed or seriously injured has decreased, the number of injury collisions has increased.
"Because speeds have been reduced, the severity of injury has also reduced, so what would have been a serious injury in the past is now a slight injury as impact speeds have decreased.
"Our message to motorists is to drive safely and appropriately within the speed limit at all times."
Keith Peat, of the Association of British Drivers, said: "Speed cameras are not about road safety. They are about making money and they are extremely lucrative.
"An increase in accidents after speed cameras have been installed can and does happen.
"That's because speeding has got nothing whatsoever to do with accidents.
"Things like drink-driving, dangerous driving and careless driving cause accidents. Cameras don't stop that.
"Cameras don't stop people who are driving too fast for the conditions, for the car, or for their ability.
"Most accidents occur below the speed limit."
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