Average speed cameras should be deployed on more trunk roads in Britain following their success on the A9 in Scotland, a safety expert has said.
David Davies, the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety’s executive director, told Transport Network: ‘There’s a good safety case for average speed cameras to be more widely used. They seem to provide traffic management and safety over a much longer section of route, in a way that’s more publicly acceptable and probably more sensible.
The A9 in Scotland: safety has improved
‘Highways England now have very ambitious targets to reduce collisions. That’s not just motorways but trunk roads as well. They’re going to have to look at various ways, and I think average speed cameras will feature.’
The cameras on Scotland’s A9 and A77 cover stretches of more than 30 miles.
Last week Scottish transport minister Derek Mackay said the A9 cameras, installed in October 2014, had improved safety, with no fatal accidents anywhere on the road from July to December for the first time since the 1970s.
Mr Davies said there was still a role for cameras at individual sites but average speed cameras were sensible for some rural A-roads.
Average speed cameras are used on such roads in England but over relatively short distances.
