Written question asked by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 November 2002. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 November 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria there are on installing roadside speed cameras on stretches of road which have a bad safety record in advance of safer stretches of highway. - Includes ref to circular, Roads 1/92.

Answer: Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria there are on installing roadside speed cameras on stretches of road which have a bad safety record in advance of safer stretches of highway. [79133] Mr. Spellar: Guidance on speed camera deployment is contained in Circular Roads 1/92. Additional rules and guidelines have been made available to those areas participating in the netting off funding system for safety cameras. In both cases the guidance is that speed cameras should be placed at sites and on routes where there is a history of speed-related crashes resulting in casualties.

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