Another 25 speed cameras will be put into operation in July

The National Speed ​​Enforcement System (SINCRO) will receive 25 new radars on July 6, joining the 98 already in place, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (ANSR) said.

The ANSR statement explained that of the 25 new speed checkpoints (LCVs), 14 are instant speed and 11 are medium speed.

Among other locations, radars will be installed in IC2 (Oliveira de Azemeis, Aveiro district), A29 (Santa Maria da Feira, in Aveiro and Vila Nova de Gaia, in Porto), IC1 (Santana da Serra, municipality of Orique). , Beja area), IP3 (Coimbra), EN18 (Evora), EN 125 (Albufeira, Faro), EN 6-7 (Carcavelos and Parede, in Cascais), IC17 (Lures), A43 (Campania, Porto) and in IC1 (Poseirão and Marateca, in Palmela Alcácer do Sal).

In these places, 115 people have died over the past five years, an average of 23 deaths per year.

Of the 37 radars that went into operation in September 2023, authorities recorded three fatalities at their sites, a figure ANSR said was “substantially lower” than the average over the past five years.

In total, with the help of the SINCRO system, which has been operating for eight years, a “significant reduction” in accidents at radar sites has been recorded: 36% fewer accidents with injuries, 74% fewer fatalities, 44% fewer injuries and serious injuries. and 36% fewer minor injuries.

The ANSR also recalls that in locations where the new radars were installed, there was a “very significant average reduction in the number of speeding vehicles” (about 90%) compared to measurements taken before their installation, with the largest reduction occurring at areas covered by radars located on the EN101 route in Guimarães, on the EN206 route in Fafe, on the IC2 route in Coimbra, on the IP7 route (Eixo Norte Sul) in Lisbon and on the IC17 route (CRIL) in Odivelas.

The installation of these radars has made it possible to increase the number of vehicles inspected. In the first five months of this year, 92,402,878 vehicles were checked in the SINCRO system, which is 1.8 times more than 51,461,809 checked during the same period last year.

In the memo, ANSR recalls that it has adopted a policy of full transparency in the deployment of radars, disclosing in advance where this equipment will be installed, “maximizing the ability of radars to save lives, namely by adopting appropriate behavior at the wheel.”

In this regard, it states that the violation rate (number of violations/number of vehicles inspected) for the use of speed cameras has always been low – compared to other unadvertised speed cameras – and stood at 0.55% in 2018, which is less than six vehicles for every thousand checked.

This figure continued to fall and reached 0.29% in the first five months of 2024.

“The reduction in crashes, 90% reduction in the number of vehicles speeding in radar areas, doubling the number of vehicles inspected and halving the rate of violations clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of urban radar. SINCRO contributes to the great cause of saving lives,” adds ANSR.