Proposals for full speed camera information to be publicly available by April 2011
Information to be published includes data about accident rates at camera sites
Full information will have to be published by local authorities and the police about speed cameras under new proposals.
The government wants information about cameras to be easily available to public by April 2011, including data about accident rates at camera sites, vehicle speeds and the numbers of motorists prosecuted or offered training after offences recorded by cameras.
The Department will be working with police and local authority representatives as well as the Highways Agency to discuss the details of what should be published and how.
Road Safety Minister Mike Penning 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 will help show what impact cameras are having on accident and casualty rates and also how the police are dealing with offenders."
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