New-style speed cameras now targeting Stoke-on-Trent drivers

New digital speed cameras have been installed on one of the city’s busiest routes. Devices have gone up on Leek New Road, through Sneyd Green and Baddeley Green, with the technology no longer reliant on the white lines painted on the road. It comes as Staffordshire Police[1] are upgrading 20 of the county’s 254 fixed cameras – by replacing them with radar devices.

The force has not revealed which cameras are included in that first phase. But the previous cameras on the A53 in Sneyd Green[2] have been swapped for the new digital ones. They have been set up in the same place as their predecessors on both the northbound and southbound sides – close to the junctions with Berwick Road and Pomona Rise.

Unlike the former cameras the new versions have two devices at the top of the pole. READ: Two casualties in Royal Stoke after smoke engulfs home | West Midlands Ambulance Service and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Leamington Gardens, in May Bank[3] READ: Plans for giant 325-home estate behind Stoke-on-Trent Asda | The development off Scotia Road includes 232 family homes and 93 apartments for the elderly[4]

In Baddeley Green and one camera on the northbound side near to Nursery Avenue has also been replaced. As reported by StokeonTrentLive,[5] the cameras chosen to be replaced were those which have been ‘very effective in reducing road traffic collisions’. The devices now being rolled out can take ‘high quality images’ of any vehicles travelling above the speed limit which will then be automatically sent to the enforcement team. Funded by Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership, they use a radar to accurately measure the speed of a vehicle.

There is no longer a need for white lines with a ‘secondary check’ then carried out using a ‘digitally applied line’ on the offence images.

The cameras have been replaced (Image: Pete Stonier / Stoke Sentinel)

The cameras swapped over in Sneyd Green – which enforce the 30mph limit – are among a number dotted along the A53. They currently operate in Etruria, Baddeley Green, Stockton Brook, Endon and Leek.[6][7][8][9][10] Stoke-on-Trent currently has 52 speed cameras – including the revamped ones in Sneyd Green and Baddeley Green.

The image shows two photographs taken a set time apart with the overlaid digital red line markings.

The red box in the second image shows where the rear tyre of the car is expected to be if the calculated speed of 35mph is correct.

Inspector Mark Joynson, of Staffordshire Police’s[11] roads policing unit, said: “Speed limits are really important for road safety as the speed a vehicle travels at is a major contributor to the outcome if someone is involved in a road traffic collision. “The installation of the new technology will make it easier to check speeds across Staffordshire and we hope they will provide a visual reminder of the work we do every day to keep all road users as safe as possible.” Want more court and crime news?

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References

1. ^ Staffordshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
2. ^ Sneyd Green (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
3. ^ Two casualties in Royal Stoke after smoke engulfs home | West Midlands Ambulance Service and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Leamington Gardens, in May Bank (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
4. ^ Plans for giant 325-home estate behind Stoke-on-Trent Asda | The development off Scotia Road includes 232 family homes and 93 apartments for the elderly (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
5. ^ As reported by StokeonTrentLive, (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
6. ^ Etruria (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
7. ^ Baddeley Green (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
8. ^ Stockton Brook (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
9. ^ Endon (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
10. ^ Leek. (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
11. ^ Staffordshire Police’s (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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