Cameras help reduce Scots road deaths
20 October 2010
Key Scottish Safety Camera Programme Statistics, 2009 - 20 October 2010
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More than two thirds of people agree with the use of speed cameras on Scotland's roads
The introduction of cameras on Scotland's roads has led to a fall in the number of fatal and serious accidents, new figures have suggested.
Data from the chief statistician revealed the average number of people killed or seriously injured had fallen by 56% at camera sites between 2007-09.
The figure represents a drop from 370 people to 163 per year.
That compares with a 38% drop in such accidents across all Scotland's roads over the same period.
In 2009 the Scottish government invested £6.5m in road cameras.
According to the figures, public support for speed cameras stands at 73%, with 70% agreeing they help to prevent accidents.
The data also said that the average cost of an injury accident in Scotland was approximately £96,000, while the cost of a serious accident was more than £218,000.
By the end of 2009, there were about 400 fewer personal injury accidents and at least 170 fewer fatal or serious accidents at safety camera sites in a year.
The Scottish safety camera programme director, Jim Dale said: "This statistical report illustrates that the Scottish safety camera programme is delivering excellent value for money.
"Not only are we helping to save lives but we are also reducing the financial impact of road collisions on the Scottish economy."
it makes you wonder if s/he is not fit for purpose ? Two years is far too short a time to assume the benefit is cameras.
I will have to check what they are including in their costs too and I susupect that it will like elsewhere in the UK include additional figures that are not direct costs but estimated 'suffering or loss' costs.
Have to check too how the data is labelled and collated and if that process has changed/altered in any way too.
- 27 July 2010 Last updated at 11:38 Do speed cameras really cut accidents? By Will Smale
They are forgetting that we had the safest roads in the world prior to any camera scheme. We are now at 15th. I see no evidence that cameras can ever save any life.
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