Eight new speed cameras installed
The work to bring in the cameras is expected to be completed by mid-March
Last updated 4th Mar 2022
Eight new speed cameras are being installed on Scotland's roads to help improve safety.
There are four in Glasgow - including Bearsden Road, Nitshill Road, Crookston Road and Great Western Road.
The other four are on Main Road in Cardross, Dubbs Road in Port Glasgow, Regent Street in Greenock and Camelon Road in Falkirk.
The work to bring in the cameras is expected to be completed by mid-March.
Mark Patterson, Police Scotland Road Policing Chief Inspector, said: “Safety cameras are deployed where there is a history of injury collisions and an identified issue with speed.
“Every year the Safety Camera Units undertake site selection along with roads authorities to identify a list of new sites that meet the collision and speed profile criteria, as well as determining the most appropriate type of camera for enforcement.
“As a result 8 new fixed cameras will go live in March which have the advantage of being able to enforce 24 hours a day.
"The cameras should remind drivers of the importance of travelling within the speed limit at all times and will ultimately result in improved speed limit compliance and a reduction in collisions at these sites.”
Across Scotland there are presently 48 cameras deployed across 163 fixed safety camera sites with an evidenced collision and speeding profile.
Transport minister Jenny Gilruth said: “Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030 sets out a vision for Scotland to have the best road safety performance in the world by 2030.
“Safety cameras play an important role in delivering this vision, encouraging and ensuring road users travel at safer speeds and within the limits.
“A range of evidence is used in order to identify the sites most in need of these new cameras. This means we are targeting this kind of safety intervention where speed has been issue in the past, with the aim of having the maximum impact on reducing accidents.
“Where safety cameras have been installed on other routes, they have a strong track record of improving driver behaviour, reducing speeding and making our roads safer for all.
“Deaths or serious injuries on our road network are not an inevitability. Our strong belief, shared by Scotland’s road safety partners, is that even one death on our roads is one too many.”
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