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g_attrill
PostPosted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:33 
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http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_arti ... ?aID=37757

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Site problems knock out speedtrap plan
Last Updated : Sep 30, 2005

A new speed camera will not be installed on a road which has been branded Shropshire's most dangerous after safety chiefs revealed they were scrapping the plan because of problems with finding a site.

Bosses from West Mercia Safety Camera Partnership have admitted defeat on Smithfield Road in Shrewsbury, because road engineers have been unable to find a suitable location after nearly two years of trying.

But despite the news, the camera partnership today said the number of accidents on the 30mph road had dramatically fallen over the last three years.

At a meeting in March last year camera boss Trevor McAvoy said Smithfield Road had the worst collision record in Shropshire.

He said it eclipsed the A5 and A49 with 65 accidents, seven of them serious, during 1999 to 2001.

But over the last three years there have been just 16 crashes causing injuries, with one serious collision, partnership spokeswoman Vicki Bristow said today.


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Obviously it's the threat of having a speed camera placed there which brought casualties sailing down................
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I can’t believe the bit about not finding a site, they normal stick them anywhere they like. Maybe they are beginning to realise that speed is not the main factor but can’t admit to it.

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Just think, if there had been a camera the SCP would have taken all the credit for the reduction

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Dixie wrote:
Maybe they are beginning to realise that speed is not the main factor but can’t admit to it.

no, what they mean is that they can't find a stretch of that road with enough people doing over 35mph to justify putting a camera in.
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