MORE speed cameras are coming to Coventry.
Coventry City Council (CCC) is extending the Average Speed Enforcement (ASE) network to three new ‘corridors’ – Moseley Avenue and Four Pounds Avenue, Wheelwright Lane and Holbrook Lane, and Alderman’s Green Road including Parrotts Grove.
The move comes following data from Transport for West Midlands which shows that ASE locations across Coventry have contributed to more than a 40 per cent reduction in personal injury collisions, and surveys which indicated speeding was an issue in the current speed limit area.
Coun Patricia Hetherton, the council’s Cabinet Member for City Services, said: “These cameras are not being put in place to raise money – the purpose is to keep people safe and to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads.
“We have shown with the other ASE schemes we have introduced across the city that these cameras work to reduce the severity and number of personal injuries.
“Road safety is a priority for the council and drivers should be getting used to these schemes by now and realise how irresponsible speeding is unacceptable. Avoidable collisions caused by speed and driving dangerously affects many people, so anything done to reduce this is great news for all residents.
“Just by slowing down and being aware of all others around them will make the city safer for us all.”
The bright yellow ASE camera equipment will be installed on columns across the four new corridors over the coming weeks. Signs will go up in advance of the new cameras being switched on.
Average Speed Cameras record the registration of a car and calculate its speed by measuring the time taken to travel between set points. Data will be collected over time to give accurate information around speed reduction, collisions and injuries and will show how increased speeds relate to increased serious collisions and injuries.
The cameras are due to go live in March and April.
