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16 NEW MOBILE CAMERA SITES ANNOUNCED (28/04/2009)
New mobile camera sites have been announced in order to reduce collisions at 16 collisions hot spots. Between the sites there have been 31 fatal or serious injury collisions and 88 slight injury collisions.
The sites will go live from 27 April 2009 and include Silver Lonnen, Jubilee Road, A193Shields Road and Benwell Lane in Newcastle; A6085 High Street, Newburn; Benton Lane North Tyneside, Jarrow Road South Tyneside and Emsworth Rd Sunderland. A full list of sites is available by clicking on the following link.
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Recent independent research shows that 83% of people in the region support the use of cameras as means to reduce casualties and 61% think dangerous drivers are more likely to get caught on roads where there are cameras. Figures also show that 38% of people favour more cameras on the roads, while only 13% want less.
Ray King, Project Manager for the Northumbria Safer Roads Initiative said, "This announcement is to make motorists aware of the new sites and to ensure they are simply obeying the traffic laws at all times on all roads. At these particular sites I hope motorists recognise that tragedy has occurred and respect those who have suffered by driving safely and legally. It’s part of our drive to bring down needless deaths on our roads."
The new approved sites were initially taken from a list in excess of 100 potential sites where KSIs (killed or seriously injured) and minor injuries occurred. Accident analysis, conducted by the NSRI, North East Road Safety Resource and Newcastle University, examined sites where there were clusters of collisions. After carrying speed surveys, sites where there was not significant speeding problem were eliminated.
In addition to speed enforcement, the mobile camera vans can detect other offences that put other road users at risk, such as using a mobile phone while driving, not in proper control and not wearing a seatbelt. Last year the camera detected over 5000 other offences including over 500 mobile phone offences.
Ray King added, "These sites were chosen in order to make an impact on driver behaviour and speeds. Cameras are successful and the majority of public support them as one of many road safety measures working in tandem to make the roads safer. They are one tool in the toolbox to drive down the needless loss of life and limb on our roads. We want to reduce speeds, but also impact many of the other dangerous behaviours that many motorists still engage in far too regularly. "
"I hope that motorists very simply obey the law by sticking to the speed limit, not use their phone while driving, buckle up and keep focused on the road to ensure we can avoid needless tragedy. However, for those who still won’t obey the traffic laws, enforcement will be necessary."
A full list of sites is available by clicking on the following link.
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