General Inspectorate of Road Transport:

Excessive speed remains one of the main causes of road accidents. Monitoring sections of roads whose infrastructure enables high speeds is intended to reduce the occurrence of road incidents with tragic consequences. Increasing the number of recording devices will lead to more speed checks of vehicles travelling on Polish roads, which is ultimately intended to reduce the number of accidents caused by failure to adjust speed to road traffic regulations.

A new stage

The Inspectorate: – The project to expand the automatic road traffic monitoring system is now entering another stage. CANARD has signed an agreement with Sprint S.A. for the delivery and installation of 43 average-speed camera systems. The UnicamVELOCITY 4 systems will be installed on expressways and motorways. They have type approval, and their functions enable effective checks. The devices to be installed are a system of yellow cameras that automatically determine the time a vehicle enters and leaves the monitored section of road. In addition to assigning an offence to the vehicle that exceeded the speed limit, the cameras will also record a range of other data, including the location, date and time of the measurement, the length of the measured section and the maximum permitted speed. The devices will also identify the lane in which the car was travelling. The technical solutions used will enable high-quality photographs to be taken at night as well. The recorded photographs will be sent online to CANARD’s central system.

Where? And why there?

Inspectors:

The locations where the new average-speed camera systems will be installed were selected in cooperation with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, which manages traffic on national roads, and the Police. These are places where, because of a real safety risk caused by excessive speed, it was essential to install automatic monitoring devices. Each system location will be preceded by an information road sign.

Because of its range and the nature of the checks carried out, an average-speed camera system can influence driver behaviour, as drivers must comply with the applicable speed limit along the entire monitored route. CANARD’s experience shows that in places monitored using average-speed camera systems, the number of road incidents falls significantly. Driver behaviour also changes – the vast majority take their foot off the accelerator.

New devices on the A4:

  • Kąty Wrocławskie interchange – Wrocław Południe interchange
  • Krzyżowa interchange – Krzywa interchange
  • Budziszów interchange – Pichorowice.

When?

The installation of 43 average-speed camera systems will cost nearly PLN 85 million. Planned completion of the project: 30 June 2026.