Marion HarvieCommunications Officer

‘Go Safe on Scotland’s Roads – it’s Everyone’s Responsibility’

- Scotland’s Road Safety Framework for 2020

What are the aims of the ‘Partnership’?

…The cost per fatility in Scotland in 2007 was estimated to be in the region of £1.65 million

encourage better driving through education

enforce, where necessary, the speed restrictions

to reduce the number and severity of road casualties in Fife

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Site selection

History of casualties and/or speed

Website - deployment sites.

Signage indicates the start of site

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Road Traffic Regulation Act, sections 81,86,89 & sch. 6

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Fixed cameras: radar measures speed. Vehicle detected exceeding speed is confirmed with 2 x photos taken 0.5secs apart. Road markings 2.0m apart confirm speed that has been photographed.

Mobile cameras: laser measures speed and is linked to video camera that records offence

Red light cameras controlled through cables energised when traffic light is red, camera takes photograph.

Average speed cameras trial: SPECS - A77 measures speed between 2 distance points.

VAS signage acts as a reminder to encourage compliance and offences have reduced on sites where these have been installed – Halbeath Rd.

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Twenty zones

Mandatory speed limits

Variable-outside schools

….male drivers aged 17-25yrs are more likely to be involved in a collision than females from the same age group

How do Fife Safety Camera Partnership meet its aims…

Partnership working

Providing intelligence led enforcement

Promoting better driving

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Partnership working

Road Safety Unit

Institute of Advanced Motorists

Local Community

Safer Travel Task Group

….male drivers aged 17-25yrs are more likely to be involved in a collision than females from the same age group

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Partnership working with Building Services

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…..up to 1/3 of all road crashes involve someone who is driving for work purposes…..

Promote better driving……

driver training

journey planning www.fifesafetycameras.org

fleet packs, information inserts, speed stickers

educational and awareness campaigns

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….more employees are killed in ‘at work road accidents’ than in any other occupational accidents….

providing intelligence-led enforcement….

high visibility mobile units

999.9 metre range (1Kilometre) view – 750m range is used in Fife

range: both sides of the road

3 penalty points + £60 fine.…..

…there are approx. 50 sites across

Fife where safety cameras operate.

(Road Safety Strategy for Fife 2003-07)

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Fife: road casualty numbers by year and severity*extract from Fife Council Road Crash Database 15 April 2009

1012929

909785

737

184172

189138

114

798742

701633

609

3015

1914

140

200 400 600 80010001200

20032004

20052006

20072008

2009

TotalSeriousSlightFatal

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2008 Speeding offences reduced by 27% on 2007

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