Routes across East Lancashire where average speed cameras have been installed have seen speeding and crashes dramatically reduced. 

The cameras were installed between 2017 and 2018 on Grane Road, Gisburn Road and on the A675 in Belmont to reduce the number of speeding offences on the roads.

Another five roads in the county had average speed cameras installed.

Since the average speed cameras were introduced, speeding offences have reduced by more than half.

Analysis of the impact the average speed cameras have had in the two years since they went live demonstrates they have been successful in reducing the number of speeding vehicles on all eight routes with some, such as Grane Road, having huge success -reducing detections of excess speed by more than 70 per cent.

Since the installation of the cameras on the A682 Gisburn Road, in the two years from August 2018, police have recorded a reduction of 45.43 per cent of detected offences.

In the two years from June 2017, there has been a reduction of 66.68 per cent of detected speeding offences on the A675 Belmont.

Supt Damian Darcy said: “Slower speeds mean safer roads for all road users, residents and communities. We thank those drivers who obey the limits. We are pleased to see that the number of both collisions and offences detected on these roads has reduced so significantly. Those who continue to choose to speed on Lancashire’s roads will not be tolerated and offenders will continue to be dealt with appropriately."

Average speed cameras are a visible and effective deterrent to speeding drivers. They are part of a range of safety camera technologies used by the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership, the aim of which is to reduce the numbers of people killed or seriously injured on Lancashire’s roads.

Due to the success of the installations in reducing both offences and collisions, projects are in place to install five further average speed camera routes in Lancashire around the county.

The data used in the calculations compares month one to month 25.