Sussex Safer Roads Partnership adopts Siemens average speed cameras

A Siemens SafeZone camera

A Siemens SafeZone camera

The Sussex Safer Roads Partnership has adopted Siemens’ SafeZone average speed detection solution by improving safety and speed compliance in two key locations in Brighton and Hastings.

The Home Office type-approved solution will be fully integrated to the back- office penalty notice processing facility run by Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. Mark Trimmer, operations manager for the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, said: ‘The aim of the SafeZone cameras is to reduce the speed vehicles travel along the seafront at Brighton, in order to reduce the risk of a serious collision. It is hoped the cameras will provide a safe environment for local residents and visitors to one of the county’s most popular visitor destinations.”

The seafront at Hastings is prone to speeding and overtaking at all hours of the day, and the road is still a main thoroughfare to the other side of the county.

Trimmer said: “To contend with the large number of visitors Hastings gets, average speed cameras will be installed to maintain a safe environment along one of the busiest roads.”

Three SafeZone SiCore cameras will be installed on Brighton’s Marine Parade West, Marine Parade East and Madeira Drive, and a further two cameras will operate on the A259 Grosvenor Crescent and Marina East in Hastings.

SafeZone uses automatic number plate recognition technology. By identifying all vehicles as they enter the enforcement zones, SafeZone calculates average speed over a measured distance travelled within the zone, ensuring high compliance to the speed limits and safer traffic flow.

Evidential records are only created for vehicles that exceed the speed limit and are sent remotely to the back office in-station for processing through a fixed communications network.