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13/11/2003
6,000 drivers caught speeding in three-month period
More than 6,000 drivers were detected speeding by fixed and mobile safety cameras in the first three months of the Northern Ireland Safety Camera Scheme, it was revealed today.
The figures have been issued by the Police Service as the fourth fixed camera comes into play at Belfast's Springfield Road, in the west of the city.
The scheme was launched on July 1 as part of a drive to reduce the numbers of deaths and serious injuries on Northern Ireland's roads. Speed is a contributory factor in one in four of all road deaths in Northern Ireland.
Superintendent Ian Hamill, head of the Police Service's Road Policing Development Branch said: "The aim is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries at clearly identified hotspots through targeted speed detection and enforcement and by encouraging drivers to change their attitudes and behaviour.
"While, tragically, more people have been killed on our roads so far this year than for the same period last year, there has been a significant reduction of just over 16 per cent in the number of serious injuries. That accounts for 184 fewer people being injured seriously."
He explained that the initial three fixed camera sites in the greater Belfast area had been supplemented by the use of mobile cameras at more than 80 locations across Northern Ireland which have a history of injury collisions and evidence of speeding.
"I am delighted that we now have a fourth fixed camera in place at Springfield Road. We will be seeking to introduce more in the first half of 2004. Indeed, the aim is to have 20 fixed cameras and 14 red-light-running cameras installed within two years. In addition, there are seven mobile police camera teams," Supt Hamill added.
(MB)
The figures have been issued by the Police Service as the fourth fixed camera comes into play at Belfast's Springfield Road, in the west of the city.
The scheme was launched on July 1 as part of a drive to reduce the numbers of deaths and serious injuries on Northern Ireland's roads. Speed is a contributory factor in one in four of all road deaths in Northern Ireland.
Superintendent Ian Hamill, head of the Police Service's Road Policing Development Branch said: "The aim is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries at clearly identified hotspots through targeted speed detection and enforcement and by encouraging drivers to change their attitudes and behaviour.
"While, tragically, more people have been killed on our roads so far this year than for the same period last year, there has been a significant reduction of just over 16 per cent in the number of serious injuries. That accounts for 184 fewer people being injured seriously."
He explained that the initial three fixed camera sites in the greater Belfast area had been supplemented by the use of mobile cameras at more than 80 locations across Northern Ireland which have a history of injury collisions and evidence of speeding.
"I am delighted that we now have a fourth fixed camera in place at Springfield Road. We will be seeking to introduce more in the first half of 2004. Indeed, the aim is to have 20 fixed cameras and 14 red-light-running cameras installed within two years. In addition, there are seven mobile police camera teams," Supt Hamill added.
(MB)
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