Speed cameras save £5m pounds (N.Wales )

[ledfoot]

A speed camera campaign designed to cut the number of accidents on north Wales roads has saved health trusts millions of pounds, a new report claims.
The controversial Arrive Alive scheme, which is run by North Wales Police, health authorities and a number of other organisations, has saved health trusts £5m in reduced accidents according to its latest figures.
Fixed and mobile safety cameras have been monitoring speed on 53 routes in the six counties of north Wales since 2001.
However some drivers have criticised the scheme, saying the police are making money from the cameras.

Figures show that casualties have fallen significantly on the blackspots targeted by the safety camera scheme.
Organisers say fatal injuries are down 38%, serious injuries are down by 34%, while slight injuries are down by 17%.
Overall, their figures for child fatalities are down by 40%, serious injuries in children down by 42% and children who suffer slight injuries reduced by 36%.

The campaign is run by the North Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership which includes the police, health authorities, all six north Wales local authorities, the Assembly Government, the Crown Prosecution Service and magistrates.

A spokesman for North West Wales NHS Trust welcomed the news but said he could not substantiate the figures.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3014406.stm

[ledfoot]

Is that Grafiti on the scamera van, or is it supposed to look like that ?

Also they don't tell us how much money they have collected in speeding fines.

If they have saved £5m and also collected another £5m in fines, then what are they doing with the £10 million bucks ?

>> Edited by ledfoot on Wednesday 25th June 21:22

[paolow]

ledfoot said:

Is that Grafiti on the scamera van, or is it supposed to look like that ? Also they don't tell us how much money they have collected in speeding fines.

either which way the target on the side needs to be made clearer - the van is demonstrably still in one piece and unscathed....

[dazren]

Does this mean they are sacking doctors and nurses in north wales? ie reducing NHS spending in the area by £5million.

DAZ

>> Edited by dazren on Wednesday 25th June 21:25

[deltaf]

And they "cant substantiate the figures".
Lies then, froth and nonsense.
Tell it to the hand cos the face aint listenin.
idiots.

[mybrainhurts]

deltaf said:

And they "cant substantiate the figures". Lies then, froth and nonsense. Tell it to the hand cos the face aint listenin. idiots.

Quite so. These enormous "cost" figures for fatalities, etc, are so astonomical that they must include costs that are there, whether or not a person dies.

They must include costs such as hospital heat, light, power, maintenance, insurance, depreciation, salaries (medical, police, ambulance, fire) ambulance depreciation, maintenance and a million other costs.

If they based the cost only on expenses directly attributable to the incident, they'd only include fuel for the vehicles, drugs, cleaning materials, overtime, etc. Nowhere near the amounts they're claiming.

Creative accounting at its best.