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The safety benefits of speed cameras: zilch, zero, zippo

Idris Francis, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32
14 November 2014
Casualty data provides no evidence of camera benefits, says Idris Francis
Casualty data provides no evidence of camera benefits, says Idris Francis

 

Statistics is sometimes defined as a method of drawing a straight line between an unproven assumption and a foregone conclusion but Mr Reeve (ibid) jumps from one to another without any statistics at all. As an engineer I prefer facts to guesswork and wishful thinking, which is why I have on file STATS19 data showing the severity, date, location and relevant speed limit of every reported injury accident from 1987 to 2011 in Britain and (from 2005) annual causation factors too. I have also the...

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