NSW confirms 500 new speed cameras
A report jointly issued by government, police and the NRMA supports more speed cameras on NSW roadsThe NSW Centre for Road Safety has just released a report claiming that speed cameras - fixed, red light and mobile - have a positive outcome on state's vehicle accident statistics.
As such, the report concluded that an additional 500 speed cameras will be deployed in NSW, more than double the current amount, with the findings suggesting that rural and country roads needed the most attention.
In 2011, the NSW Government raised almost $100 million in revenue from speed camera fines.
The NSW Centre for Road Safety was founded in 2007 by the NSW Government to "convince drivers that speeding is socially unacceptable" and "change cultural values on road safety in NSW".
Titled "Annual NSW Speed Camera Performance Review," the report was developed with the help of the NSW Police Force and the NRMA in a bid to study the effectiveness of the state's speed cameras.
Clearly the report is in favour of speed cameras as a speed deterrent and concludes by stating "Over the next year the following actions will be undertaken":
-- An additional 500 mobile 'high-risk' speed camera locations
-- Safety reviews to be conducted at four speed camera locations and if not delivering expected safety benefits, will be recommended for removal or relocation
-- A rise in mobile speed camera vehicles from six to around 45 by July 2012 (operating at 2500 locations for a total of around 7000 hours each month)
-- An increase in red-light speed camera locations from 91 to 200 by the end of 2014
-- The installation of two new point-to-point speed camera sections on the Pacific Highway, between Tyndale and Harwood and Wardell and Ballina
Read the full 16 page PDF report.
During 2011 in NSW, roughly half a million infringement notices raised just over $51 million in revenue from fixed speed cameras, $2.5 million was raised from mobile speed cameras, $42 million from red-light safety cameras, and $83,782 from point-to-point speed cameras.
In total, $95,983,782 revenue was raised from speed cameras.
According to the report, the various uses of these different types of speed cameras lead to an appreciable reduction in crashes, with NSW recording the second lowest annual road toll since 1944, with 376 deaths.
However the latest figures from NSW Police show that in the period from January to June 2012, there have been 24 more deaths than compared to 2011, up from 159 to 183.
Click here for the current NSW speed camera locations.
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