{"id":612398,"date":"2025-12-04T21:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/612398\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T21:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:06:19","slug":"first-new-average-speed-cameras-installed-along-a45-coventry-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/612398\/","title":{"rendered":"First new average speed cameras installed along A45 Coventry Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Published: <\/strong>Thursday,  4th December 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Average speed enforcement cameras are being installed on Coventry Road, extending the existing operation from Berkley Rd to Bordesley Middleway on the A45. <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ASE_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Before\u202fcamera\u202fenforcement begins, all required signage will be in place in line with the Highway Code and national regulations. Temporary signs\u202fwill also be used to alert drivers during the installation period and prior to enforcement going live.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the 27 roads where the council has recently reduced the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The average speed enforcement cameras are funded through the Clean Air Zone net surplus revenues and the locations agreed based on the number and severity of road traffic collisions, with the full endorsement of West Midlands Police.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If drivers stick to speed limits, collisions are less likely to happen and tend to be less severe.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Average speed\u202fenforcement cameras are proven to reduce speeding and road\u202fharm risk. They work by\u202fmonitoring\u202fa vehicle\u2019s speed over a stretch of road rather than at a single point, encouraging consistently safe\u202fvehicle speeds.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: \u201cWhen we declared a road safety emergency we promised to take action and this is what is happening. This is the first of six new locations for average speed enforcement that will help make our roads safer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no excuse for dangerous driving.\u202fWe are installing these cameras to\u202fstop those drivers who think it is\u202facceptable\u202fto put\u202fpeople\u202fat risk\u202fby travelling too fast.\u202fToo many lives have already been lost as a direct result of a few reckless motorists on the Coventry\u202fRoad\u202fand\u202fthis cannot continue.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur message here is simple: Slower is Safer. Stick to speed limits and save lives. Stick to speed limits\u202fand save lives.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither is it about money \u2013 most of the revenue will go to central government \u2013 it is about road safety and I would be happy if not a single fine was issued for excess speed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford said: \u201cI fully support this initiative, which will hopefully reduce the number of people who are killed or seriously injured on our roads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: Thursday, 4th December 2025 Average speed enforcement cameras are being installed on Coventry Road, extending the existing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,984,748,51,5034,91701,26107,2266,393,728,4884,6333,26108,26114,26105,3738,12,6985,857,26109,5006,1263,16,15,12339,7858],"class_list":{"0":"post-612398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-council","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-council","13":"tag-council-website","14":"tag-councillor","15":"tag-education","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-environment","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-housing","20":"tag-leisure","21":"tag-libraries","22":"tag-local-authority","23":"tag-local-government","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-residents","26":"tag-schools","27":"tag-social-services","28":"tag-tourism","29":"tag-transport","30":"tag-uk","31":"tag-united-kingdom","32":"tag-waste","33":"tag-west-midlands"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}