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Average speed cameras coming to London

19/01/2010

Average speed cameras similar to those used to police motorways are to be deployed on a stretch of the A13 in London, Transport for London (TfL) has announced.

The cameras - which record the time each passing vehicle takes to cover a fixed distance - are currently being fitted along a "notorious" stretch of the road between Canning Town and the Goresbrook interchange, in a bid to halve the number of people killed or seriously injured.

TfL said that the route's accident rate is almost one-fifth higher than is typical of the capital's major roads, with speeding causing one half of all crashes. Between 2006 and 2008 there were nearly 500 collisions on the 7.5-mile section of road, with three fatal and 34 serious accidents.

The scheme, which will see 84 cameras installed at 37 locations, will be the first time in the UK that such cameras have been deployed to police speed on an urban road with multiple entries and exits. As part of the project, which is due to be completed by the summer, the speed limit on a section of the route will be raised from 40mph to 50mph.

"Once operational, the new cameras on the A13 will cut the high casualty rate along the road, and should significantly reduce collision-related traffic congestion in the local area," said Ben Plowden, TfL's director of integrated programmes.

Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, said that taking targeted action to address a specific problem was exactly the right approach to road safety.

"Average speed cameras are already a familiar feature in road works and they have the advantage of smoothing traffic flow rather than creating the stop/start sort of driving often associated with fixed cameras."

"The fact that the speed limit is actually going to be increased is an acknowledgement of this," he added.

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