Chadstone speed camera is top earner in Victoria in last three months of 2014
A SINGLE speed camera in Chadstone has racked up more fines and revenue than all 30 cameras along CityLink and EastLink combined.
A SINGLE speed camera in Chadstone has racked up more fines and revenue than all 30 cameras along CityLink and EastLink combined.
The camera at the intersection of Warrigal and Batesford roads rang up almost $6.9 million in fines, from 30,056 infringements issued, in the three months from October to December last year.
This was up from 21,206 fines issued in the previous quarter, and 13,469 fines between April and June.
By contrast, there were 28,581 fines issued, totalling $6.1 million from cameras along EastLink and CityLink collectively over the December quarter.
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The latest figures on the Department of Justice’s Cameras Save Lives website also showed almost $100 million in fines were reaped from speeding and red-light cameras over the three-month period.
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In terms of speeding, the highest number of fines — 277,469 — was for motorists exceeding the speed limit by less than 10km, while there were 132 fines issued for people travelling at more than 45km over the speed limit.
Department of Justice and Regulation spokesman David Stockman said a number of factors – such as traffic volumes, road works, camera maintenance and camera behaviour – could influence the number of fines issued at a particular area.
“It’s not uncommon to see a spike in infringements when a new camera site is activated,” Mr Stockman said.
“Over the longer term, as motorists become aware of road safety camera sites and they slow down, the number of infringements issued for the site should trend downwards.”
There was an increase in traffic volumes in the October-December period, up 10 per cent from the previous quarter.
Mr Stockman said there was no doubt road safety cameras were an effective intervention in reducing the number of traffic injuries and deaths on our roads.
Research by the Monash University Accident Research Centre found, on average, that intersections with road safety cameras had seen a 47 per cent decrease in crashes in the road where the camera was place and a 26 per cent decrease on all roads going into the intersection.
“While most motorists do the right thing, there are too many who continue to ignore the road safety message in Victoria and put their own lives and other road users including pedestrians at risk,” Mr Stockman said.
Overall there were 412,944 fines issued in Victoria during the October to December period, resulting in $97,648,220 collected.
Money from camera fines goes into the Better Roads Victoria Trust Account, which is used to improve road safety and efficiency.
*A disclaimer on the website says the number and dollar value of fines may have changed since first issued as fines may have been withdrawn, reissued or replaced with an official warning.
TOP 10 SPEED CAMERAS BY FINES ISSUED OCT-DEC 2014
1. Intersection of Warrigal and Batesford roads, Chadstone — 30,056
2. Intersection of Flinders and Williams streets, Melbourne — 18,265
3. Intersection of Fitzroy St and Lakeside Drive, St Kilda — 15,031
4. Intersection of Exhibition and Victoria streets Melbourne — 8168
5. Intersection of Stud and Heatherton roads, Dandenong — 7041
6. Princes Freeway, Point Cook, Forsyth Rd Bridge, Geelong bound — 6221
7. Princes Freeway, Hoppers Crossing, Forsyth Rd Bridge, Melbourne bound — 6179
8. Intersection of Maroondah Highway and 100m west of Hutchinson St, Lilydale — 5526
9. Princes Freeway, Lara, Avalon Road Bridge, Melbourne bound — 3947
10. Intersection of Dandenong-Frankston and Skye roads, Frankston — 3872
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