Tag: speed camera
Deaths and serious injuries top 1,100 on Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire roads
Over 1,100 people were killed or seriously injured on the roads of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire between November 2018 and November 2019. This equates to almost 20 serious injuries and at least one death every week.
Between November 2018 and November 2019 in Bedfordshire there were 272 serious injuries on the counties roads, and 20 fatal incidents.
The shocking figures have been released by police at the start of this month’s speed campaign to remind motorists that speeding devastates lives.
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Bedfordshire Police supports European speeding campaign
Targeting speeding drivers in support of a European campaign will be a focus for the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit over the next two weeks.
Sergeant Ian Manley, of the BCH RPU, said: “We know speed is one of the main contributing factors of collisions in our counties and I would urge people to stick to the speed limits, which are there to keep us all safe.
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More average speed cameras to be installed across Bedford Borough
The villages of Bromham, Clapham, Colmworth, Elstow and Willington are set to have average speed cameras installed, alongside Hillgrounds Road in Kempston and Mile Road in Bedford
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Transport Secretary refuses to return a penny of speed camera fines to Bedford Borough
The Government has rejected a joint call from Mayor Dave Hodgson and a number of Parish Council Chairs to stop hoarding all of the fines raised by local average speed cameras and instead reinvest the cost of their installation in further road safety measures.
Bedford Borough Council became the first place in the in the country to install the cameras on local roads in 2012, after Mayor Dave recognised the breadth of public concern about speeding traffic. They are incredibly effective at bringing down speeds and hence have been popular where they have been installed, and a large waiting list of sites has grown as more communities have called for them.
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More average speed cameras are coming to Bedford Borough
Mayor Dave Hodgson announces further expansion of popular average speed camera programme
Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced another expansion of his popular programme to install average speed cameras where local communities have called for them.
The extension of the programme is in defiance of the government’s refusal to reinvest any of the fines generated to the local area, and instead to hoard the cash in Whitehall.
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