Project R-1914

Evaluation of the effectiveness of speed cameras in the field of road safety. (Research)

Central to the research is the question whether the cameras have a positive impact on road safety. Two effects are to be considered: firstly, there is the impact of the number of accidents, secondly there is the effect on driving speed. The effect on the number of accidents can be considered as the intended effect in the long term. However, this effect is indirect, since the installation of an unmanned camera can have no direct effect as such on the number or severity of accidents. The effect on the number of accidents is in fact reached through an intermediate variable, namely the speed, since an increased surveillance by unmanned cameras has in the first place a potential impact on the speed behaviour. The evaluation will take place, hence, in terms of effects on the speed and the number of accidents.

01 June 2009 - 30 June 2014