TfL invests in more than 50 new MOVEABLE enforcement cameras to catch motorists at London junctions

Transport for London (TfL) has awarded a contract to P Ducker Systems (PDS) for at least 50 new enforcement cameras, which the transport regulators hope will help eliminate death and serious injury on the road network.

According to TfL sources, more than 4,000 people are killed or seriously injured on London's roads each year.

TfL’s investment in new cameras, which can be moved around the road network to identified ‘hot spots’, use cutting edge technology to enforce banned turns, bus lanes, yellow box junctions and weight restrictions.

The deployable cameras can be adapted for each new location, ensuring that the rules for each particular junction can be enforced, with separate cameras for each traffic rule. According to TfL, a trial of the cameras carried out in 2020 saw an improvement in compliance of up to 60 per cent in six months.

The ability to relocate the cameras also means that they can be used to target non-compliance 'hot-spots'. This capability ensures that TfL can target junctions with the most dangerous driver behaviour and can remove cameras from locations where enforcement activity has been successful in cutting danger and making drivers' behaviour safer.

The new cameras will be introduced to the TfL road network from this autumn and TfL will be closely monitoring how successful the cameras have been at cutting road danger, reducing congestion and improving bus journey reliability.

All money recovered by drivers being penalised is reinvested in maintaining a safe and efficient road network for everyone travelling in the capital. The cameras will be used for enforcement of civil traffic rules only and will be fully compliant with data protection legislation.

Will Norman, London's Walking and Cycling Commissioner, said: “Most collisions on London's roads happen at junctions and it's absolutely vital for everybody's safety that we can enforce effectively against the minority of drivers who break the rules. We're determined to meet our Vision Zero goal of eliminating death and serious injury and our partnership with PDS to deliver these innovative new cameras will give us much-needed extra capability to tackle danger hot-spots on our road network. We'll be closely monitoring the success of this new technology and will continue to work closely with the police and others to keep our road network safe, efficient and sustainable for everybody in the capital.”