Review of South Australia’s fixed and mobile speed camera programs

The use of mobile and fixed speed detection devices has long been a contentious issue. Traffic Intelligence and Planning Section of South Australia Police has conducted a review of the value of South Australia’s mobile and fixed speed camera programs. As part of the review, the following factors were taken into consideration: the potential under-reporting of speed as a contributor to fatal crashes; the number of serious injury and fatal crashes excessive speed has caused or contributed to over the last 14 years; the rate of motorist compliance with speed limits over the last six years; demographics of fatal speeders; speed detection hours worked and differences in legislation across the States and Territories. The review compared the rate of speed detection across the speed detection devices used by South Australia Police. A comparison of crash and casualty data pre and post-fixed speed camera installation was conducted across six sites. There are multiple confounding factors which interact to influence driver behaviour. Nonetheless, one of the key findings of this review is speed detection deployments increase driver speed compliance and reduce the incidence of speed-related fatalities and serious injuries.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Authors:
  • Maxwell, P
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 1st, 2015, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2015-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: Taking action together: 1st Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC2015), 14-16 October, Gold Coast, Queensland

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated enforcement; Behavior; Cameras; Crimes; Drivers; Law enforcement; Offenders; Speeding
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; South Australia
• ATRI Terms: Driver behaviour; Law enforcement; Offence; Speed camera; Speeding
• ITRD Terms: 1534: Enforcement (law)
• Subject Areas: Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01591464
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 26 2016 9:26AM