Safety on the M1 junctions 31-26
Case reference FOI2024/00911
Received 25 August 2024
Published 13 December 2024
Request
The number of accidents on the M1 between junctions 31 and 26 before and after the installation of speed cameras (broken down by junction sections) for an equal time frame prior to their install to match that since their installation.
I want to see how the cameras at justified to reduce accidents and if any other changes have occurred to this part of the M1.
I am also asking for the details of how the signage is complaint with the Highway rules but unclear how this is from you but this is whom I was told to ask.
Clarification received:
These would be the cameras in use in February this year as part of the usual day to day operations around the ‘smart’ motorway changing speeds.
Response
The cameras along this section of the M1 were installed in several phases between 2019 and 2021. We have provided a breakdown of these dates as below; however, these dates do not reflect when these cameras were or were not being used for enforcement activities.
While National Highways provides speed detection equipment, the use of these cameras, and the data they capture for enforcement activity is managed exclusively by the police.
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Location |
Commissioned |
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M1 J25-J28 |
28/04/2021 |
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M1 J25-J28 |
29/04/2021 |
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M1 J28 -J31 |
10/06/2021 |
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M1 J28 -J31 |
18/02/2021 |
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M1 J28 -J31 |
13/06/2019 |
Information withheld
You also requested collision statistics for this section of the M1.
I can confirm that we hold this information. Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, we are not required to provide information which is already reasonably accessible to you.
The Department for Transport collates and publishes validated collision statistics as a part of a data set called STATS19, which is available at https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/cb7ae6f0-4be6-4935-9277-47e5ce24a11f/road-safety-data.
This data is published every year and includes reports by members of the public and any other third parties to the police. Validated data for 2024 will not be available until approximately October 2025.
An unofficial but more visual version of the data is also available at https://www.crashmap.co.uk/Search.
Advice and Assistance
If you have any further questions relating to enforcement, or when enforcement began on this road, you may wish to contact Derbyshire Constabulary directly. They are contactable online at https://www.derbyshire.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us-beta/contact-us/ or via telephone on 101.
Regarding your comment about how the signage on the network is compliant, all highway signs located on the strategic road network are designed and installed to the national standard at that time. This standard is specified in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, which is publicly available at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/contents/made.
There is more information available on our website about the standards that are required for our speed detection equipment, and for the prosecution of speeding offences at https://nationalhighways.co.uk/road-safety/variable-speed-limits/ under the section titled ‘Speed detection equipment.’
Documents
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