New regulations for speed camera data

Councils and the police will have to publish information about speed cameras under new proposals announced by the Road Safety Minister Mike Penning.

The new rules concerning speed cameras could be brought into force by April 2010.

They have been created to give members of the public access on accident rates at camera sites, vehicle speeds and the number of motorists prosecuted.

Mike Penning said the move was part of the Government’s ‘commitment to improve the transparency’ of their data.

He said: “Public bodies should be accountable and if taxpayers’ money is being spent on speed cameras then it is right that information about their effectiveness is available to the public.

“The proposals I have announced today will help show what impact cameras are having on accident and casualty rates and also how the police are dealing with offenders.”