The number of camera vans operating in North Yorkshire has doubled. Six new, smaller sized, vehicles are expected to concentrate on villages and “more built-up areas”
They’ll be added to the six transit-sized vans already in the force’s mobile “speedcam” fleet. Chief Constable Dave Jones says the new vans mean drivers are likely to be caught on camera “in areas they didn’t previously expect”
The announcement will reawaken the controversy about how effective the police policy is on controlling vehicle speeds.
The force says, “Our mobile safety camera vehicles aim to reduce the number of collisions, deaths and serious injuries on our roads”.
FOI requests asking for trend data on average speeds – and accident rates – on roads subject to regular speed camera visits were ignored last year.
So all we know is that around £1 million a year is being taken in fines and “speed awareness course” income. This effectively pays for the camera vans and is a powerful incentive to use them where non compliance is at its most likely (essentially on trunk roads)
North Yorkshire speed stats
In effect the only success measure that is published is the number of vehicles found to be exceeding the speed limit on a day. This data can be viewed by clicking here
The Police site also lists the roads which are currently liable to be monitored
In York the list currently is:
York
- Tadcaster Road Dringhouses York
- Strensall Road Huntington York
- Church Lane, Wheldrake
- Millfield Lane Poppleton York
- A64 Eastbound Heslington York
- A64 Westbound Heslington York
- A64 Westbound Murton
- A64 Westbound a Fulford
- A64 Claxton
- A19 Skelton
- A64 Jack Daw Crag Overbridge-Westbound
- A64 Jack Daw Crag Overbridge-Ebound
- B1222 Cawood Junct of Kelfield-
- B1217 Saxton
- A59 Poppleton Road (Holgate)
- A59 Boroughbridge Road (opposite shops)
- A1036 Huntington South Moor