Increase in Number of Average Speed Cameras – Ridgeway Training – Management CPC

The distance of the UK road network which is covered by average speed cameras has more than doubled in the last three years.

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The BBC’s The One Show discovered that permanent average speed cameras were now positioned in 80 UK-sited, which covered a total distance of 263 miles. which is longer than the M6.

Scotland saw the largest increase, with average-speed cameras being installed along a 100-mile stretch of the A9 back in 2014. Transport Scotland said that the cameras had helped reduce casualties on the road.

Average-speed cameras are different from traditional speed cameras. Average speed cameras work by recording the time it takes a vehicle to travel between two positions on the road.

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The research, which was conducted for the RAC Foundation, found that back in 2013, the distance covered was just 127 miles. Since then, more than 130 miles of road have been installed.

The new data excludes sites where average speed cameras are deployed temporarily, such as to monitor speed limits through roadworks.

The RAC Foundation said that the analysis was the first of its kind.

The longest stretch of average speed cameras in England is now on the A614 Old Ruffed Road near Ollerton, In Nottinghamshire – which is 12 miles long.

Richard Owen , from Road Safety Analytics – who carried out the report – said that one of the main reasons for the rise in average speed cameras is that they have become a lot cheaper, making them more appealing for authorities.

The average cost per mile now works out at around £100,000, back in the early 2000’s it was more like £1.5m per mile.

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