Another four point-to-point speed cameras will begin operating in South Australia in 2015.
A new batch of point-to-point speed cameras will be turned on next year in South Australia to monitor road users travelling on some of the state’s busiest routes.
Work is currently underway on construction to install the units at four locations in SA.
Road safety minister Tony Piccolo says one camera will be erected on the 5.7km stretch of Victor Harbor Road from McLaren Vale to Willunga and another along the 18.5km between Lowbank and Wigley Flat on the Sturt Highway.
A third camera will be operational along 13.5km between Mount Barker Summit and Callington on the South Eastern Freeway, with the fourth to cover 16.6km between Virginia and Gawler on the Northern Expressway.
Point-to-point cameras measure the average speed of a vehicle between two points. A driver is fined if their vehicle exceeds the average speed limit between those points. The devices also work as normal speed cameras.
Piccolo says the four sites chosen are high-risk locations based on traffic volume and crash history.
“Over 40,000 vehicles travel daily on these four roads and there have sadly been 34 fatalities and 168 serious injuries between 2009 and 2013,” he says.
“These cameras help deter people from speeding and reduce the risk of a serious accident on our roads.”
Point-to-point cameras went operational in July on the Dukes Highway and Port Wakefield Road.
Piccolo says the units recorded 279 at-point or average-speed offences and 28 instances where drivers attempted to evade detection.
Piccolo says construction for Victor Harbor Road has almost finished and that work on placing the camera on the Sturt Highway is expected to begin this month.
Final camera installation and tests are due to start in late 2014 before the cameras become operational next year.