This site contains background information, facts on the number of deaths and injuries, the locations of where the safety cameras will operate and a schedule informing you where they will be and when.

There are also sections that explain the legal process if you get stopped, some advice on how to plan your journey to avoid excessive speeding, an online press office and a discussion forum where you can ask for assistance and discuss the project with others.

We welcome feedback as to how we can improve the service and make your use of the county's road safer.

You can contact us via email at safety.cameras@wiltshire.police.uk.

Killing Speed, Saving Lives:

Wiltshire & Swindon Safety Camera Partnership comprising the following organisations:

Wiltshire County Council

Swindon Borough Council

Highways Agency

HM Courts Service

Wiltshire Police

Crown Prosecution Service

NHS

has one simple aim - to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries caused by excessive or abuse of speed.

In 2002 there were:

 - 49 fatal crashes in which three children died;
 - 410 serious road traffic accidents that injured 56 children under the age of 17;

There were also

 - 2437 'slight injury' accidents.

In 2008 (after 5 and a half years of camera enforcement) there were:

 - 39 fatal crashes in which two children died;
 - 267 serious road traffic accidents that injured 26 children under the age of 16;

There were also

 - 1248 'slight injury' accidents.

Like previous campaigns involving seat belts and drink driving, the safety cameras project is about raising public awareness and changing attitudes to the dangers of inappropriate and dangerous speeds. We have some of the most picturesque but potentially lethal roads in the UK with 76% of all accidents happening at 47 hot spots.

Contrary to popular belief, the campaign is not about income generation. The WSSCP has invested significant funds and effort into the deployment of safety cameras to improve conditions on the county's roads.

Project information is completely in the public domain and the safety cameras team has publicised the list of locations where the mobile safety cameras will be sited.

The police camera team operates from highly visible vans with bright, distinctive markings, so alert, safe drivers can easily see them.

The WSSCP has set itself a target of reducing deaths and injuries on our roads by 15% over a three-year period. However, as demonstrated by the pilot projects, a higher success rate is not out of the question.

Furthermore, Government figures reveal that every road traffic fatality costs approximately £1.87 million - and a serious road traffic injury costs approximately £215,000 - these estimates include the cost of the emergency services, disruption to traffic, working hours lost etc. As can be seen, there is not only a human cost to road accidents, but also a severe financial penalty that the public has to subsidise.