Location of Ireland's new speed cameras in accident hotspots as gardai crackdown on driver behaviour
The new average safety cameras work by monitoring a vehicle's speed over a certain distance, rather than at a single point
Gardaí have announced that testing and commissioning has begun for average safety cameras on the N3 and N5 in Cavan and Mayo.
Average Safety Cameras are intended to change driver behaviour, reducing the average speed of road users and the number of collisions that occur, making roads safer for all road users and decreasing the impact of speed on local communities.
The testing is part of further development in the roll-out of three Average and nine Static Speed Safety Cameras around the country this year.
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Average Safety Cameras have been installed on the N3 between Kilduff and BIllis, Cavan and on the N5 between Lislackagh and Cuilmore, Swinford. These areas have been chosen because they meet the criteria as being high collision sites with numerous road traffic collisions, involving injury, serious injury and fatalities.
Average safety cameras work by monitoring a vehicle's speed over a certain distance, rather than at a single point. Unlike static safety camera detection which measures the motorist's speed at one particular point along the road, average Safety cameras monitor a driver’s average speed while driving between two points.
Average safety cameras use Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology to record the time, date, and location of each vehicle that passes through an entry and exit point.
Drivers detected exceeding the speed limit i.e. travelling from point A to point B too quickly, are issued with a Fixed Charge Notice which, when processed, assigns three penalty points to the driver's licence and a fine of up to €160.
The objective of the cameras is to prevent death and serious injury on Irish roads. Speed is a factor in the severity of the outcome of some collisions, and is a cause of 30 per cent of fatal collisions.
They are one of a range of Garda technology, enforcement, visibility, and education initiatives to reduce road deaths as part of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy.
First introduced in the Dublin Port Tunnel (2017) and on the M7 (2022) between Junction 26 and Junction 27 (9km stretch), they are effective in leading drivers to reduce their speed.
Studies conducted in Sweden and Norway have shown that safety cameras can reduce fatal collisions by 38 per cent to 49 per cent, and a London School of Economics Study found fatal collisions decreased by 58 per cent to 68 per cent within 500 metres of safety cameras.
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