Below are links to websites which will give you information on fixed speed cameras impact on collisions, casualties and speed, as at 13:00 22/08/2011. Where data does not appear, please contact the local authority direct. Some of the links point toward Excel spreadsheets.

Avon & Somerset Local Authority (Bath & NE Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) – No data as yet on this site.

Avon & Somerset Police. Map, photo, date site established and collision history 1999 to 2009.

Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton No data published at present – estimated date to publish is end August.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published

Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington  – Mapped locations only at present.

Cleveland (Hartlepool, Middlebrough, Redcar & Cleveland & Stockton-on-Tees). Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published.

Cumbria. County level casualties only.

Derby and Derbyshire. Date site established, photograph and map.

Devon & Cornwall (Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay). Mapped locations – data to be supplied on a site by site basis.

Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. Site by site date site established, speed and collision data back to 1998 supplied.

Durham and Darlington. No fixed cameras.

Essex, Southend and Thurrock. Camera locations listed. Also casualty statistics containing date site established, baseline and historical collisions.

Gloucestershire. Date site established and collision data back to 1998 published – estimated date to publish further data
is end October.

Greater Manchester (City of Manchester, Stockport, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, City of Salford and Trafford) – Date site established, photographs and map available – estimated date to publish further data is end August.

Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton & the Isle of Wight. Site by site annual collision data compared to annualised baseline data.

Hertfordshire. Date established, map and baseline collision data available.

Humberside (East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire & North East Lincolnshire). Location, casualty and collision data available site by site in downloadable spreadsheet format.

Kent & Medway Towns. Date site established and numbers killed or seriously injured in baseline 3 years and most recent 3 years.

Lancashire, Blackpool & Blackburn with Darwen. Full location, speed, collision and casualty data available via map.

Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. Full location, speed, collision and casualty data available.

Lincolnshire. Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published.

London – 2 police force areas (Metropolitan & City) & 33 Boroughs. The numbers of speed camera sites are listed by type, but no location, casualty or speed data – estimated date to publish is end September.

Merseyside (Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens & Wirral). Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published.

Norfolk. Date site established, baseline KSI and most recent 3 years plus speed data.

North Yorkshire and York. No fixed cameras.

Northamptonshire. No data published at present – estimated date to publish is end August.

Northumbria (Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside & Sunderland). Mapped locations only at present.

Nottingham & Nottinghamshire. Date site established, percentage reduction casualties and collisions.
Somerset. No data published at present.

South Yorkshire (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham & Sheffield). Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published.

Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent. Mapped locations only at present.

Suffolk. No data published at present.

Surrey. Date established, photo and map, overall collision reduction at sites in separate location – Estimated date to publish further data is end September

Sussex (East Sussex, West Sussex & Brighton & Hove). Mapped location, baseline casualty and speed data available

Thames Valley (Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, RB Windsor & Maidenhead & Wokingham. Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published.

Warwickshire. List of site locations.

West Mercia (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin & Worcestershire). No data published at present – estimated date to publish is end September.

West Midlands (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall & Wolverhampton). Mapped camera locations and date site established, speed data and numbers killed or seriously injured in baseline 3 years and most recent 3 years. http://www.wmsafetycameras.co.uk/ or www.westmidlandsltp.gov.uk

West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds & Wakefield). Site by site historical casualty, collision and speed data published.

Wiltshire & Swindon. Site by site baseline and up to 2008 casualty and collision data published.

The document is available for download from the following address http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/speed-camera-data

The speed camera, located in a Melbourne suburb, has been dressed up to look like the robot character from the film Wall-E. A 27 year old artist is responsible utilising cardboard boxes and flannel shirts. Police have tried to press charges of interfering with the speed camera. The artist posted photos of the camera on his facebook page.

The locations of the cameras will be at sites that have a history of road traffic accidents and they aim to reduce the number of speed related accidents. So far this year in Ireland nearly 200 people have been killed on the roads. A map, showing the areas in which the cameras will be deployed is available at www.garda.ie

The new UK transport minister Philip Hammond, has said the government will not fund any new speed camera installations in an attempt to end a 14 year battle against motorists. Brake has said that both motorists and communities approve of using technology to save lives and the governments’ decision was based on an ‘archaic political bias’.

Investigators at the scene suggest the van caught fire because of an electrical fault in the vehicles wiring. The fire service was quick on the scene and rapidly put out the blaze, unfortunately the van suffered heavy fire damage.

The cameras will be sited at entry and exit points to residential areas and are capable of tracking a vehicle over 15 miles via their wireless network. They will provide a better way of controlling speed than the more traditional chicanes and speed bumps but critics of the idea say that motorists will still be prone to speeding as the system doesn’t factor in traffic lights and junctions.