Call for review of speed camera criteria as 'bar far too high'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCalls have been made for a review of speed camera installation criteria after the publication of the latest road casualty figures for Greater Manchester.
Councillors said the 'bar is far too high' in terms of how new sites for cameras are selected. Transport bosses, meanwhile, said Greater Manchester was 'pushing' the Government for an update after the Department for Transport (DfT) was advised to review the criteria THREE YEARS ago.
Sites are chosen in criteria laid down by the DfT based on the number of fatal or serious injury collisions per kilometre, currently understood to be three or four, over a specified period of time. BLACK FRIDAY OFFER: Get three months of MEN Premium for FREE with our amazing Black Friday deal.
Just click here to give it a go. The latest figures reveal a decrease in the number of people killed or seriously injured on Greater Manchester's roads in 2022.
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