§ 17. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate how many(a) lives have been saved and (b) serious injuries have been prevented in the last 12 months as a result of the installation of speed safety cameras. [159446]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe evaluation of the 2-year pilot of the safety camera programme covering 2000–01 and 2001–02 concluded that in those participating areas there had been a 35 per cent. reduction in those killed or seriously injured at camera sites. This equated to 280 fewer killed and seriously injured casualties. Information for 2002–03 will be contained in the 3-year evaluation report which will be published shortly.