Speed camera effectiveness or ineffectiveness
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please can you let me know what information you have regarding the effectiveness of fixed and mobile speed cameras at reducing accidents where someone is killed or seriously injured (KSIs) in the Thames Valley.
I would specifically like to know the mean increase or decrease in KSIs at camera sites after installation of a camera, for comparable time periods. I would like to know both overall increase/decrease as well as the increase/decrease where the accident is wholly or partially due to exceeding the speed limit.
Please can you let me know if you have adjusted these figures to take into account regression to the mean.
Additionally, please can you let me know if you have carried out a cost-benefit analysis of this accident reduction, or similar research, and if so what the outcome what and what, if any, subsequent action was taken,.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Waites
Dear Mr Waites
Reference No: RFI2010000875
Thank you for your request for information dated 16/12/2010 concerning
speed cameras and accident statistics
This request will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
Your request will now be considered and you will receive a response within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act, subject
to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third
party. In some circumstances Thames Valley Police may be unable to achieve
this deadline. If this is likely you will be informed and given a revised
time-scale at the earliest opportunity.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Thames Valley Police.
Yours sincerely
Jane Shields
Information Compliance Researcher
Dear Mr Waites
Reference No: RFI2010000875
Thank you for your request for information dated 16/12/2010 which, for
clarity, I repeat:
Please can you let me know what information you have regarding the
effectiveness of fixed and mobile speed cameras at reducing
accidents where someone is killed or seriously injured (KSIs) in
the Thames Valley.
I would specifically like to know the mean increase or decrease in
KSIs at camera sites after installation of a camera, for comparable
time periods. I would like to know both overall increase/decrease
as well as the increase/decrease where the accident is wholly or
partially due to exceeding the speed limit.
Please can you let me know if you have adjusted these figures to
take into account regression to the mean.
Additionally, please can you let me know if you have carried out a
cost-benefit analysis of this accident reduction, or similar
research, and if so what the outcome what and what, if any,
subsequent action was taken,.
This is to inform you that Thames Valley Police does not hold this type of
information. However the data you request may be held by Thames Valley
Safer Roads Partnership.
The Contact Details for this organisation are:
Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership
PO Box 142
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX17 1UZ
[1][email address]
Please contact them directly to resubmit your request. If you have any
further queries regarding this request then please contact them using the
above postal or email address.
Yours sincerely,
Jane Shields
Information Compliance Researcher
References
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Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership - Freedom of Information Request
Response
Dear Chris,
I write in connection with your request for information that was
transferred to us by Thames Valley Police on 16 December 2010. Your
request was for access to the following information:
The effectiveness of fixed and mobile speed cameras at reducing accidents
where someone is killed or seriously injured (KSIs) in the Thames Valley.
Result of Searches
The Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership (TVSRP) does hold the
information you require.
Your request for information has now been considered and I am obliged to
supply the information requested.
In 2010, TVSRP conducted a study reviewing the performance of camera
sites. This study compares roads containing camera sites against the rest
of the road network using collision data back to early 1990's.
Camera Site Report 09 is published on our website. You can download a copy
[1]here.
Our website also contains an interactive search tool that allows you to
view the collision statistics at each individual enforcement site before,
after and recent (3 years) the camera was installed. Please see
[2]http://www.saferroads.org/maps/map.php (click on the individual camera
icon and the stats will appear).
Complainant Rights
Internal Review
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you think the decision is incorrect, you have the right to require Thames
Valley Safer Roads Partnership to review their decision. Prior to lodging
a formal complaint, you are welcome and encouraged to discuss the decision
with the case officer who dealt with your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership made under the Freedom of
Information Act2000 regarding access to information, you can lodge a
complaint with Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership to have the decision
reviewed. Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership must be notified of your
intention to complain within 3 months of the date of its response to your
Freedom of Information request. Complaints should be made in writing and
addressed to:
Freedom of Information (Complaint)
Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership
PO Box 142
Banbury
Oxon
OX17 1UZ
In all possible circumstances, Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership will
aim to respond to your complaint within 20 working days.
Information Commissioner
If, after lodging a complaint with Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership,
you are still dissatisfied with the decision you may make application to
the Information Commissioner for a decision on whether the request for
information has been dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act (2000).
For information on how to make application to the Information
Commissioner, please visit their website at www.ico.gov.uk.
Alternatively, phone or write to:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545700
Regards
Karla Batchelor
Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership
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