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Speed cameras across Kent and Medway trap 23,787 drivers
23 January 2012 Last updated at 14:13

[photo]Speed camera The camera on the A229 Loose Road recorded the most offences in Kent

The number of motorists caught by every speed camera in Kent can now be checked after figures were published online.
According to the Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership, 23,787 drivers were caught across Kent and Medway in 2010.
The website also shows crash and casualty rates and speeds at each of the fixed sites before and after the cameras were installed.
The speed camera on the A229 Loose Road, in Maidstone, recorded 1,560 offences, the highest in the county.
The camera on the A264 Pembury Road in Tunbridge Wells was second with 1,080 offences, while third was the A226 London Road in Dartford, eastbound towards Greenhithe, with 573 offences recorded.

Figures 'self-evident'
The Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership (KMSCP), which published the information said there has been a 74% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured at fixed and mobile sites in the county since 2002, the equivalent of 397 people.
Ch Insp Andy Reeves, head of roads policing for Kent Police and KMSCP chairman, said the figures "speak for themselves".
He said there were currently no plans to install any more cameras because of financial constraints.

Terry Hudson, the Kent spokesman for the Association of British Drivers, which opposes speed cameras, said: "They may have saved a few lives, but we've got to remember, they've prosecuted a lot of people over a long period of time.
"And the effects of getting a driving ban or losing one's job is never, ever taken into consideration."

Crash, casualty and ticket data
Since the Partnership formed in July 2002, it has helped to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) by 74% across all its camera sites.

Casualty (people killed and seriously injured before installation and in the last three years) figures at each site can be found here: KSI data table.

The number of tickets issued in 2010 by fixed cameras can be found here: Ticket numbers 2010

A breakdown of fixed cameras collision, casualty and speed data can be found here: fixed collisions, casualties and speeds (to be upload today 23 Jan 2012)

Fixed safety camera sites are located where three or more people have been killed or seriously injured over a 1.5km stretch of road, in the three years prior to installation.

Mobile safety camera sites are located where at least one person has been killed or seriously injured over a 5km stretch of road, in the three years prior to installation.

If you would like more information on local road safety data, please click on the links below:
Kent County Council : http://www.kent.gov.uk/roads_and_transp ... _data.aspx
Medway Council : http://www.medway.gov.uk/transportandst ... afety.aspx

[and] here: "Speed Shatters Life" aimed to make all road users aware that fixed safety cameras aren't there to make money but that each camera acts almost as a memorial for those who have been killed or seriously injured and has been introduced to stop such a tragedy reoccurring. We hoped that by communicating this message, motorists would slow down and think about their driving, not only at the camera sites, but also on all other roads in the county.

The website also shows crash and casualty rates and speeds at each of the fixed sites before and after the cameras were installed.

Figures 'self-evident'

The Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership (KMSCP), which published the information said there has been a 74% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured at fixed and mobile sites

Ch Insp Andy Reeves, head of roads policing for Kent Police and KMSCP chairman, said the figures "speak for themselves".