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Welcome to the Safecam website
I hope you will find these pages interesting and that they will give you a better understanding of what we are doing on your behalf.
Safecam is an integral part of a multi-agency initiative to reduce deaths and injuries on the roads of Avon and Somerset. Speed remains a major contributory factor in a high proportion of collisions and is linked to the severity of injuries.
The Partnership was formed in 2002 to enforce speed limits and red traffic lights using camera technology and has proved extremely successful in reducing traffic speeds and casualties.
Recent years have seen changes in our operations with an increasing emphasis on driver education rather than enforcement with a view to changing driver behaviour and understanding. This has been supported by a programme of road engineering to improve safety.
To maximise their effectiveness, safety cameras have now been integrated into the wider road safety process and are being used, in conjunction with other initiatives, such as a range of Driver Education schemes, Community Speed Watch and traffic calming measures to ensure that our two local road safety partnerships – The West of England and Somerset - have a full range of measures to tackle all potential road safety issues.
We are all aware of the detrimental impact traffic speeds have on safety in our communities and we encourage everyone to slow down. It is imperative that drivers recognise that travelling at excess speed is socially unacceptable and presents a danger not only to themselves but also to their passengers, cyclists, pedestrians and others living or working on or near our roads.
Road collisions not only cause suffering for the victims and their families, but place a heavy burden on already stretched emergency and health services and cause widespread disruption to local communities through road closures.
I hope you find this website informative since your understanding and help in supporting the aims of the project is vital.
Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Roberts
Chair
Safecam
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Focusing on safety (18 June 2009)