Reducing Road Traffic Injuries: Effectiveness of Speed Cameras in an Urban Setting

This article reports on a study that investigated the effectiveness of speed cameras on Barcelona, Spain's beltway in reducing the numbers of road collisions and injuries and the number of vehicles involved in collisions. The authors used a time-series study with a comparison group to assess the effects of the speed cameras. The "intervention group" was the beltway, and the comparison group consisted of arterial roads on which no fixed speed cameras had been installed. The outcome measures were number of road collisions, number of people injured, and number of vehicles involved in collisions. The results showed that the relative risk (RR) of a road collision occurring on the beltway after (versus before) installation of speed cameras was 0.73. This protective effect was greater during weekend periods. No differences were observed for arterial roads. Further analysis estimates showed 364 collisions prevented, 507 fewer people injured, and 789 fewer vehicles involved in collisions during the 2 year study period. The authors conclude that speed cameras installed in an urban setting are effective in reducing the numbers of road collisions.

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• Authors:
  • Perez, K
  • Mari-Dell'Olmo, Marc
  • Tobias, Aurelio
  • Borrell, Carme
• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1632-1637
• Serial:
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: American Public Health Association
  • ISSN: 0090-0036
  • EISSN: 1541-0048
  • Serial URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/loi/ajph

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Automobile driving; Behavior; Beltways; Crash injuries; Crashes; Speed; Speed detectors; Traffic crashes; Urban areas; Video cameras; Weekdays; Weekends
• Geographic Terms: Barcelona (Spain)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084591
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:09AM