Research
The annual evaluation of the Programme across the UK is conducted by PA Consulting and University College of London and published by the DfT. Links to these reports can be found on the DfT website.
A brief summary of some other reports can be found in this section.
A detailed evaluation of the impact of speed cameras on safety
Author: Linda Mountain, William Napier & Mike Maher
Date: Sept 2004
Summary: This research looks at whether safety cameras have less effect on casualties on 30 mph roads, than road humps do. The study looks at 150 examples of speed management on urban 30 mph roads, comprising:
- 79 speed cameras (62 fixed and 17 mobile sites);
- and 71 engineering schemes using humps and other measures.
Performance of safety cameras in London: final report
Author: R Gorell & B Sexton
Date: Nov 2004
Summary: The report states that “the presence of safety cameras has reduced the number of collisions involving fatal or serious injury by a statistically significant 21% (and)…the total number of collisions involving fatal, serious or slight injury by a statistically significant 12%”.