Miami
Many communities are seeking lower auto insurance premiums after seeing up to 60 percent reductions in intersection crashes after installing red light cameras.
Source: The Miami Herald
Aventura
In Aventura, crashes have fallen by 200, which is about a 15 percent decline in the first two years of implementing a red light camera program.
Source: The Miami Herald
Nationwide
The FHWA reports that communities with camera programs are experiencing a reduction in red-light running violations ranging from 20-87 percent.
Tampa Bay
In Tampa Bay, one pedestrian is injured every seven hours.
Source: SeeTheBlindspots.org
Fact:
Red light cameras were listed as one of the seven safety measures that can cut traffic deaths significantly, but have not been widely implemented by every state.
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Nationwide
Intersection crashes account for more than 45 percent of all reported crashes and 21 percent of fatalities.
Source: National Safety Commission
Nationwide
In 2010, 829 people were killed in intersection crashes in Florida.
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 2011
Florida
Florida is the 3rd most deadly state in the nation for red-light running crashes.
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Temple Terrace
Traffic violations have dropped by 67 percent in the two years since Temple Terrace began its red-light camera program.
Source: City of Temple Terrace
Orlando
Red-light cameras in Orlando have reduced crashes nearly 40 percent.
Source: 2011 WFTV Orlando News Report
Fact:
In Miami Gardens, crashes have been reduced by 83 percent at the 12 intersections equipped with cameras.
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinal.com
Apopka
In Apopka, Fla., 10 intersection cameras totaled more than 33,000 violations in Januarytheir first month. In February, the city had already seen a decrease in violations by 30 percent.
Source: Real World/Florida case study - Saving Lives and Families through Behavior Modification
Hillsborough County
From Jan. 2010 through Feb. 2011, red-light cameras captured nearly 34,000 red-light violations at the six Hillsborough intersections.
Source: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Brandon
On average, 17 motorists per day run a red light at the Brandon Town Center Drive and Brandon Boulevard intersection, making it the third most-dangerous crossroad in the county.
Source: Real World/Florida case study - Saving Lives and Families through Behavior Modification
Nationwide:
40 percent of all crashes are intersection-related.
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Fact:
You are 150 percent more likely to be injured or killed at an intersection due to a red-light violation than due to any other driving situation.
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Nationwide:
Red-light running causes more than 180,000 crashes a year, resulting in more than 1,000 deaths and 90,000 injuries.
Source: Federal Highway Administration
Florida
Florida is the 3rd most deadly state in the nation for red-light running crashes.
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Nationwide:
A red-light is run every 20 minutes.
Source: Institute for Highway Safety
Florida
Eleven of the 25 most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians are in Florida.
Source: SeeTheBlindspots.org
Florida
According to a 2011 news report by WFTV Orlando, red-light cameras in Orlando have reduced crashes nearly 40 percent.
Florida
Traffic violations have dropped by 67 percent in the two years since Temple Terrace began its red-light camera program.
Source: City of Temple Terrace
Florida
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has seen an overall reduction in crashes with injuries at the 10 intersections where the cameras were placed last year
Florida
According to the North Miami Police Department, red-light cameras have reduced the city’s traffic accidents by 60 percent and therefore it has also reduced fatalities.
