Intersection safety cameras have successfully reduced the number of crashes and preventable deaths on our nations roads. Take a look at some statistics from around the country: Council Bluff, Iowa1 90% reduction in red light running crashes NO increase in rear-end collisions at intersections with red light camera systems installed. Naperville, Illinois2 33% reduction in injury crashes 75% reduction in angle/turning crashes 8% reduction in rear-end crashes 19% reduction in total crashes Texas3 45% reduction in right-angle crashes. 80% reduction in crashes in El Paso Dayton, Ohio4 44% drop in red light running crashes 16% reduction in rear-end crashes 40% reduction in right-angle crashes Toledo, Ohio5 21% reduction in accidents at photo-enforced intersections |
As part of the Columbus "Focus on Safety" program, city officials deployed intersection safety cameras at 20 intersections to deter red light running and prevent crashes that cause injury and death everyday. After installing the cameras, Columbus city officials saw significant reductions
 in citations and crashes. In the first three years, the cameras led to:
58.9%
Reduction in red light running at photo-enforced intersections 76.7% Reduction in red light running crashes at photo-enforced intersections Source: City of Columbus, "Focus on Safety: Red Light Camera Project Year End Report" 2008. |
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It's only ok until someone runs a red light and one of your family members gets killed or maimed... It's not about making money, it's about making people stop for red lights."-Gary Warman, Police Chief, Humble, Texas
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"We're looking at putting speed cameras in to effectively save lives and reducethe number of speeding offenses in these areas."Gary Leitzell, Mayor of Dayton, Ohio
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"The entire point behind this is to change the behavior of those people going through the intersections so they wont run a red light, so they won't get hurt and so that their vehicles will not be damaged." Mary Jacobs, Asst. City Manager, Sierra Vista, Ariz.
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"The [Baker Police Department's] number one goal is safety, the second goal was and still is correcting driver behavior; thirdly, its a force multiplier."Chief Mike Knaps, Baker, Louisiana
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"[The] camera is doing its job, and people are stopping and making the intersection safer, especially for pedestrians that cross at this location."Jay Dalicandro, Village Manager, Elmwood Park, Ill.
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"It frees up officers to engage in other kinds of public safety efforts because that critical traffic enforcement need is being met more efficiently through technology."John McGinnis, Sheriff, Sacramento County, Cali.
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"Red light running isn't a sport, and people who think traffic lights are only for suckers are the reason we need the cameras." -David Morris, New Orleans
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“Auto enforcement is a good idea because it is a way that we can keep our roadways safer, keep people from violating traffic laws, reduce the number of crashes, 24 hours a day 7 days a week without having to assign police officers specifically to do that enforcement activity.”J. Thomas Manger
Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland
"Automated Traffic Law Enforcement," Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland
"Automated Traffic Law Enforcement," Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
"It frees up officers to engage in other kinds of public safety efforts because that critical traffic enforcement need is being met more efficiently through technology.”
John McGinnis
Sheriff, Sacramento County, California
Sheriff, Sacramento County, California
"Automated Traffic Law Enforcement," Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
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1 "Evaluating red light running programs in Iowa," Iowa Department of Transportation, Dec 2007.
2 "City Council approves additional red light cameras," City of Naperville, July 2009.
3 "Analysis on the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems in Texas," Texas A&M University, Nov 2008.
4 Dayton Daily News, 1 Aug 2008.
5 Toledo Blade, 17 Aug 2009.