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Deployment Strategy:
Not all camera sites are in operation at the same time. We prioritise camera resources among the existing fixed speed and mobile camera sites, ensuring that cameras are deployed to the areas where they are most needed. Each site is categorised as Red, Amber, Green or White according to a combination of:
- The number of collisions resulting in personal injury at the camera site in the previous three years, using the guidelines for installation of a new camera site as a baseline.
- The mean 85th percentile speed (the speed at which 85% of vehicles are travelling at or below) according to speed surveys conducted at each site over the last three years in relation to the ACPO enforcement threshold.
- The number of offences detected by the camera during the previous three years.
Deployment is then prioritised among fixed speed sites as follows (resources permitting):
- Red sites will receive a minimum of 4 deployments per month, each deployment lasting up to 4 days.
- Amber sites will receive a minimum of 2 deployments per month, each deployment lasting up to 4 days.
- Green sites will receive a minimum of 1 deployment per month, each deployment lasting up to 4 days.
For fixed speed camera sites in operation as of 1 November 2008 (281), the split is as follows:
- Red = 16% of all sites
- Amber = 23% of all sites
- Green = 44% of all sites
- White = 17% of all sites
Service Level Agreement:
Please click on the link below for a copy of our Agreement (the document is in PDF format, please download Acrobat Reader):
Service Level Agreement
Guidance and Best Practice:
Prior to April 2007, the West Midlands Casualty Reduction Scheme (then West Midlands Casualty Reduction Partnership) deployed camera technology in accordance with the Department for Transport's "Handbook of Rules and Guidance for the National Safety Camera Programme for England and Wales". From 1 April 2007, the National Safety Camera Programme ceased to operate, but the Casualty Reduction Scheme continue to abide by the DfT's guidance in order to provide best practice. These guidelines cover the way in which new sites are selected, along with visibility and signing of existing camera sites.
A full set of the DfT guidance and best practice for installation and operation of safety cameras is available at:
Use of Speed and Red-light Cameras for Traffic Enforcement: Guidance on Deployment, Visibility and Signing
This Circular provides guidance and best practice advice on the deployment of speed and red-light cameras after 1 April 2007. The guidance does not restrict of fetter the police’s discretion to enforce covertly anywhere, at any time.
How the Casualty Reduction Scheme works to achieve regional road safety targets:
The West Midlands area has several key road safety actions supporting 2010/11 casualty reduction targets. Whilst clearly WMCRS are not in a position to support the majority of this work, there are several areas that benefit from the Scheme's activities:
| Requirement |
Casualty Reduction Scheme involvement in achieving target |
| Organise and deliver road safety education in schools |
Liaison with local authority road safety education officers |
| Organise and manage cycle skills training in line with recognised good practice. |
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| Organise and manage practical, on-road pedestrian skills training with 5-9 year old pupils, to target areas with higher numbers of child pedestrian casualties, particularly in areas of higher deprivation. |
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| Develop and promote an annual regional publicity campaign in conjunction with partners in statutory and voluntary organisations. |
Promotion of safety camera scheme and development of campaigns highlighting the dangers of inappropriate speed, drink-driving, use of mobile phones and anti-social use of vehicles |
| Ensure an effective and efficient SCP service. |
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| Develop child safety audits. |
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| Ensure all schools receive information containing both local, regional and national road safety information |
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| Deliver driver improvement courses in conjunction with West Midlands Police. |
WMCRS manage driver improvement courses alongside West Midlands Police |
| Promote regional initiatives to combat speeding in conjunction with WMCRS |
WMCRS undertake all work relating to safety cameras and promotion of adherence to speed limits |
| Support national publicity campaigns with local initiatives. |
DfT anti-speeding campaigns supported with WMCRP distribution of materials |
To ensure strategies are complimentary, WMCRS attends regular meetings with local authority engineers and road safety officers to discuss details relating to: Local Transport Plan targets, performance indicators, traffic calming, general engineering practice, campaigns and research.
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