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Latest
news from the Cambridge Safety Camera Partnership (June 2003)
You may have noticed a few new safety cameras popping up around
the county this spring. Cambridgeshire Safety Camera Partnership
has installed four new cameras on the sites which, in total,
have seen 19 people killed or seriously injured in the last three
years, due to excess speed.
The new cameras, which will be commissioned in July 2003, can be
found in the following locations:
| Camera
site |
Speed
limit |
Fatals |
Serious |
| Ditton
Lane, Cambridge |
30 |
0 |
6 |
| Milton
Road, Cambridge |
30 |
0 |
5 |
| A1123
Bluntisham |
60 |
2 |
2 |
| A10
Brandon Creek |
60 |
1 |
3 |
The
figures above cover the period 1st January 1999 to 31st December
2001.
Fixed sites conform to the guidelines for safety camera partnerships
announced by government in December 2001, ensuring the cameras are
yellow, clearly visible and signed in advance.
Winter driving advice
>>
Mobile
speed units
From the 10th July, 2003, the 3.3 miles of the A1073 from the A47
to the county border should become a safer route as it is being
patrolled by the mobile safety camera vans. In the last three years,
the road has seen four deaths, 25 serious and 64 slight injuries.
The route has been subjected to speed surveys and crash data analysis
to ensure it meets government guidelines. Signage has also been
introduced to ensure all road users are aware that the road will
be covered by mobile vans.
Where are the mobile units this week?
>>
Cambridgeshire police have also been trialling mobile speed units
around the county in a further attempt to cut the number of speed-related
accidents. The vans will be clearly visible and not hidden behind
any obstacles. The vehicles are bright yellow and blue, displaying
the logo of the Safety Camera Partnership. The routes will cover
stretches of road where people have been killed or seriously injured
in the last three years and there is a history of excess speed.
Where
are the mobile cameras?
|
| Fri
6th Aug |
A1101,
A142, A1123, A14 |
| Sun
8th Aug |
A14,
A141 |
| Mon
9th Aug |
A605,
A1073, A14 |
| Tues
10th Aug |
A1101,
A142, A141 |
| Weds
11th Aug |
A141,
A47, A14, A1123 |
| Thurs
12th Aug |
A142,
A1307, A47, A1073 |
| Fri
13th Aug |
A1123,
A14, A47, A605 |
| Sat
14th Aug |
A14,
A141
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Static
cameras
Between April and August 2002, the county's static cameras were
installed at sites which have had four or more fatal/serious injury
collisions in the last three years and have a history of excessive
speed.
Bourges
Boulevard in Peterborough, for example had five serious accidents
in the last three years, one of which was a fatality.
More
information from the Safety Camera Partnership,
including locations of cameras and details about speeding tickets
>>
Where
are the county's cameras?
We want drivers to realise the cameras are there to protect
them, their passengers, their family and friends from suffering
the trauma of a road crash  |
| Sergeant
Andy Chatfield, Project Manager |
Sergeant
Andy Chatfield, Project Manager, said: "These new cameras will undoubtedly
save lives as they are located where there is a history of speed
related collisions.
"The
partnership is determined to ensure people are aware that cameras
are located where there is a heightened danger in driving over the
speed limit. We want drivers to realise the cameras are there to
protect them, their passengers, their family and friends from suffering
the trauma of a road crash."
Speed
camera survey >>
Winter driving advice
>>
Speed
Camera Locations:
| Road
Number |
Nearest
Town/Village |
Speed
Limit
|
| A47
Wisbech Road |
Thorney |
30
|
| A47
Wisbech Road |
Thorney |
30
|
| A14 |
Lolworth |
70
|
| A428 |
Bourn |
60
|
| A47 |
Thorney |
60
|
| A47 |
Guyhirn |
60
|
| A1 |
Stibbington |
70
|
| A1 |
Stibbington |
70
|
| A14 |
Bythorn |
70
|
| A1123
|
Bluntisham |
60
|
| A14 |
Godmanchester |
70
|
| A14 |
Fen
Drayton |
70
|
| A14 |
Connington |
70
|
| A14 |
Swavesey |
70
|
| A14 |
Hemingford
Abbots |
70
|
| A14 |
Fenstanton |
70
|
| A14
|
Swaffham
Bulbeck |
|
| A14
|
Stow-cum-Quy |
|
| A47
The Causeway |
Thorney |
30
|
| Goldhay
Way |
Goldhay |
30
|
| Oundle
Road |
Orton
Longueville |
30
|
| Crowland
Road - Eye Green (2) |
Eye |
30
|
| A15
Bourges Boulevard |
Peterborough |
|
| A15
Lincoln Road (2) |
Peterborough |
40
|
| B198
Lynn Road |
Wisbech |
30
|
| B198
Cromwell Road |
Wisbech |
40
|
| A605
Eastrea Road |
Whittlesey |
30
|
| A605
Elton By-Pass |
Elton |
60
|
| A142
Isle Of Ely Way |
Chatteris |
60
|
| A141
Old Hurst |
Old
Hurst |
60
|
| B1040
Woodhurst/Bluntisham |
Woodhurst |
60
|
| B1049
Histon Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| A1307
Huntingdon Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| Ditton
Lane |
Cambridge |
30
|
| A1303
Newmarket Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| B1061
Wood Ditton |
Wood
Ditton |
60
|
| A603 |
Barton |
40
|
| A603
Little Eversden Crossroads |
Little
Eversden |
60
|
| A505 |
Fowlmere |
60
|
| A505
|
Duxford |
60
|
| Victoria
Avenue |
Cambridge |
30
|
| A605
Peterborough Road |
Whittlesey |
40
|
| B1050
Station Road |
Willingham |
30
|
| A1309
High Street |
Trumpington |
30
|
| B1514
St John's Street |
Huntingdon |
30
|
| A1134
Elizabeth Way |
Cambridge |
30
|
| Milton
Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| A1134
Barnwell Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| A1134
Mowbray Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| Cherry
Hinton Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
|
A1307
Hills Road
|
Cambridge
|
30
|
| St
Peters Road |
Huntingdon
|
40
|
| A1134
Perne Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| A603
Barton Road |
Cambridge |
30
|
| B1101
The Avenue |
March |
30
|
| A605
Syers Lane/Whitmore Street |
Whittlesey |
|
| A1101
Mildenhall Road |
Littleport |
|
| A10 |
Brandon
Creek |
60
|
| A10 |
Melbourn |
60
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Map
of speed cameras >>
Winter
driving advice >> |