Safety Cameras
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Road Safety | Safety Camera Strategy
Safety cameras are used where there is a history of speed related or red light running injury crashes. The aim is to reduce the number of casualties on Cheshire's roads and make them safer for everyone.
Cheshire Safety Camera Partnership
On 15 December 2005 the Secretary of State for Transport announced the ending of the National Safety Camera Programme and netting off funding arrangement for cameras in England and Wales. Following this the national Safety camera programme ceased to exist as of March 31st 2007.
Cheshire Safety Camera Partnership (CSCP) is therefore no longer in operation. Safety cameras, however, will be integrated into the wider road safety delivery process, given the level of success they have had in reducing vehicle speeds and road casualties.
Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership
In Cheshire, the structure of the camera partnership evolved in to a wider road safety partnership. Launched Thursday 29 March 2007, 'Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership' (CSRP website address www.mysaferroads.org.uk) will encompass all road safety activities including the use of safety cameras in traffic law enforcement. The key stakeholders of CSRP are: Cheshire Constabulary, Cheshire County Council, Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service, Halton Borough Council, The Highways Agency, Her Majesty's Court Service and Warrington Borough Council.
The overall aim of CSRP is to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on the roads of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. Intelligence-led and results-driven, CSRP will target resources where they are needed the most in its drive and commitment to road casualty reduction.
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"Death and serious injuries have fallen by 42% on roads where speed cameras have been in operation"
Transport Secretary Alistair Darling (December 2005).
An independent report of the two-year pilot scheme where eight areas were allowed to re-invest some of the money from speeding fines into the installation of more cameras and increased camera use, has found that the presence of speed cameras really does make a positive difference. Read more about it in the Department for Transport's News Release - Casualties Cut By Cameras or see the Department for Transport - Safety Cameras.
Did you know that...
the term 'Safety Cameras' refers to speed and red light cameras
speeding fines are £60 and 3 penalty points on your licence
fancy number plates do not fool the cameras!
speed cameras are there to save lives, not to trap drivers
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Check out our Frequently Asked Questions on Safety Cameras
Camera or No Camera Please Drive at a Safe Speed!
Neil Edgar, Chief Traffic Accident Investigation Engineer (01244 973619 neil.edgar@cheshire.gov.uk)
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