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Speed camera switch-off sees fewer accidents
Fewer people have been killed and injured on roads following a decision by a local council to switch off its speed cameras.
Swindon became the first town in Britain to switch its cameras off, when they were deactivated on July 31 last year Photo: PA
By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent 9:00PM BST 07 Aug 2010 Comment
Accident data shows that in the first nine months after the devices were scrapped in Swindon, there were 315 road casualties in the area as a whole, compared with 327 in the same period the previous year.
In total there were two fatalities compared with four in the same period previously and 44 serious injuries, down from 48.
The figures were seized on by campaigners who claim speed cameras do little to combat problem driving and are primarily a money-raising mechanism for local councils and the Treasury.
Swindon became the first town in Britain to switch its cameras off, when they were deactivated on July 31 last year.
However, large parts of the country are now expected to follow its example after the Government announced a £38 million cut in the Road Safety Grant, which funds the devices, from £95 million to £57 million.
Fewer people have been killed and injured on roads following a decision by a local council to switch off its speed cameras.
Swindon became the first town in Britain to switch its cameras off, when they were deactivated on July 31 last year Photo: PA
By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent 9:00PM BST 07 Aug 2010 Comment
Accident data shows that in the first nine months after the devices were scrapped in Swindon, there were 315 road casualties in the area as a whole, compared with 327 in the same period the previous year.
In total there were two fatalities compared with four in the same period previously and 44 serious injuries, down from 48.
The figures were seized on by campaigners who claim speed cameras do little to combat problem driving and are primarily a money-raising mechanism for local councils and the Treasury.
Swindon became the first town in Britain to switch its cameras off, when they were deactivated on July 31 last year.
However, large parts of the country are now expected to follow its example after the Government announced a £38 million cut in the Road Safety Grant, which funds the devices, from £95 million to £57 million.
