Camera Partnership goes online

The Avon and Somerset Safety Camera Partnership has launched its own web site – www.safecam.org.uk - giving up to the minute information about its campaign to cut deaths and injuries on local roads.

The web site lists the geographic location of all of the 58 fixed roadside cameras and the 21 red light cameras that are triggered by motorists who ignore traffic lights at busy junctions. And it provides maps of each district, with a zoom button to bring up a detailed sketch plan pinpointing the exact position of every one of these cameras.

The 136 roads on which mobile speed detection cameras are used are also listed on the web site, together with the areas in which the mobile camera teams will be operating each day - up to a week ahead.

"The aim of the Partnership is to reduce deaths and injuries on our roads, which have such a devastating effect on the lives of victims, their families and local communities," says project manager, Dick Bowen. "This website is the latest stage in our campaign to encourage road users to drive at an appropriate speed for road and weather conditions."

Other information on the website includes answers to questions that people most frequently ask about the Partnership and its work, links to other road safety organisations and a feedback section.

For further information about this article contact Dick Bowen on 07966 220890