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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for speed cameras
1 results foundAuthor: Steinbach, Rebecca Title: Speed Cameras to Reduce Speeding Traffic and Road Traffic Injuries Summary: Background Exceeding the speed limit is one of the most common criminal offenses committed in the UK and can engender tremendous social harm. Speed limits on roads regulate traffic speeds by establishing a safe upper limit on vehicle speeds. Measures aimed at enforcing traffic speed limits include the use of speed cameras. Objectives To update and expand a Cochrane systematic review of traffic speed enforcement cameras. Search strategy We searched the following electronic databases: OVID Transport database (1988 to June 2015); National Police Library (to June 2015), Cochrane Injuries Group Specialised Register (to 16/03/2015), Cochrane Library CENTRAL database (to 16/03/2015); Ovid MEDLINE(R), Ovid MEDLINE(R) In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid OLDMEDLINE(R) (1946 to 16th March 2015); Embase Classic+Embase (OvidSP) (1947 to 16th March 2015); ISI WOS: SCI-EXPANDED (1970) & CPCI-S (1990) to 16th March 2015); PROQUEST (to 12/06/2015); EBSCO (to 12/06/2015); Web of Knowledge (to 12/06/2015); Heritage (to 12/06/2015). Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials, interrupted time series and controlled before-after studies that assessed the impact of speed cameras on traffic speeding, road crashes, crashes causing injury and fatalities, were eligible for inclusion. Data collection and analysis We independently screened studies for inclusion, extracted data from full text reports, assessed methodological quality; we reported study authors' outcomes and calculated standardised results based on the information available in each study. Main results In this updated systematic review an additional 16 evaluations met the inclusion criteria and were added to the 35 studies in the previous Cochrane review. Across both newly and previously identified studies, the implementation of speed camera programmes was associated with a reduction in average speed of 7% (95% CI 0-13%), in percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit of 57% (95% CI 50-64%), in crashes of 19% (95% CI 14-24%), in injury crashes of 18% (95% CI 13-23%) and in severe or fatal crashes of 21% (95% CI 13-29%). There was little evidence that the effect of interventions differed by type of speed camera, whether overt or covert, fixed or mobile, or that effects differed in urban and rural areas. However, there was some evidence to suggest that fixed cameras had a slightly greater effect on all road traffic crashes and those resulting in fatalities or severe injuries, than mobile cameras. Authors' conclusions This review provides evidence that speed cameras are an effective intervention for reducing speeding behaviour, and can help combat some of the negative consequences of speeding such as fatalities and injury crashes. Considering continuing increases in traffic volumes, speed cameras appear to be a worthwhile intervention to protect public safety. Details: London: Cochrane Injuries Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 2016. 66p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 29, 2017 at: http://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Systematic_Review_Series/Documents/Speed_Cameras_SR.pdf Year: 2016 Country: International URL: http://whatworks.college.police.uk/Research/Systematic_Review_Series/Documents/Speed_Cameras_SR.pdf Shelf Number: 146613 Keywords: Public Safety Speed CamerasTraffic Enforcement |