| Figures for recent years were published as the latest effort to warn people about the dangers of speeding on urban 30mph routes was launched in the city.
The number of injury accidents on routes covered by the “spy” vans in Dundee has dropped from 14 in 2003 — the year the Tayside Safety Camera Partnership was introduced — to seven in 2005.
Over the same period there was a drop in fatal and serious accidents from three to just one, continuing the trend of the previous years.
The manager of the partnership,David Farmer, said they would continue to combine enforcement with education to further drive down the accident rates.
“We are very pleased with the figures,” said Mr Farmer. “It is very encouraging that we are seeing this drop-off in both fatal and serious and slight injury accidents.
“But this is no reason for complacency.
“We have got a lot to do in maintaining this level of drop, and we want to continue the good work already being done.”
The cameras are located on roads where there is evidence of speeding and collisions. Most of the sites in Dundee are on urban roads.
Added Mr Farmer, “We don’t say that safety cameras are the reason for this, and we have worked very closely with other agencies, particularly Tayside Police road safety officers.”
The camera boss said that every driver can make a difference – perhaps save a life – just by slowing down.
“Motorists who speed are not only more likely to be involved in a collision, they are also more likely to cause death of serious injury to a cyclist or pedestrian,” he said.
“That is why it is crucial that motorists drive within the speed limit and at speeds appropriate to the conditions, especially when pedestrians and cyclists may be about.”
The partnership today took to the buses to get across the message about the potentially-fatal consequences of not obeying 30mph limits.
A warning has been emblazoned across the back of a Travel Dundee single-decker.
TSCP communications officer Louise Turner said, “Our message — at 35mph you are twice as likely to kill someone as you are at 30 — will be displayed on the back of a bus as it travels across Dundee. TSCP hopes the message to slow down will get through.” |
