Written question asked by Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 February 2005. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Thursday, 10 February 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of road traffic accidents occurred on or near to the calibration lines of speed cameras in the last 12 months for which figures are available. - Inc figure and ref to report in Library.

Answer: Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of road traffic accidents occurred on or near to the calibration lines of speed cameras in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [214363] Mr. Jamieson: The specific information requested is not available. But "The National safety camera programme--Three year evaluation report", carried out by University College London and PA Consulting Group, found that there had been a 40 per cent. reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured at camera sites, and a 33 per cent. reduction in the total number of personal injury collisions at camera sites. The report was published in June 2004. Copies are available in the Library and from the Department's website.

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