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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, I wonder where you get them! However i will use this elsewhere, just to be socialabe…
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The number of road accidents in the Gwendraeth Valley has increased since speed cameras were installed.
Figures published in an independent report by the University College London show that accident casualty rates have risen in two locations where cameras have been installed.
Accidents on the A484 in Burry Port have risen since cameras were put in.
Last year, the number of deaths and serious injuries on the road increased from an average 1.7 per year in the three years leading up to 2002 to of three in 2003.
On the A476 at Gorslas Square, the study found the number of serious accidents increased from an average of 0.7 per year to two.
Both cameras were installed in April 2002.
The figures are in contrast to the national picture which revealed that the number of accidents across the country had fallen by an average of 40 per cent since in places where cameras were installed.
John Rowling, manager of the Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership, praised the role of the cameras and said – as a whole – they were helping to prevent accidents.
He said: “What this report has found is that accidents in 10 per cent of the camera sites in our area have either gone up or stayed the same.
“This means that we have had a 90 per cent success rate where accidents have been lowered by the use of cameras.
“We shall be looking at the remaining 10 per cent and take action to address the situation.
“The number of accidents in the report are very small, they might not have been caused by speed.”
Gorslas county councillor and chair of the community council Terry Davies disputed the findings of the report claiming the addition of a speed camera at the village square has greatly improved safety on the notoriously busy section of road.
He said: “I am not in favour of them but, as far as I’m concerned, the camera definitely slows traffic down as it approaches the junction.
“It is such a busy junction and the community council has been working on improving safety at the spot for a long time.”
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