Request a safety camera

The decision upon whether a camera can be installed at a site depends upon the relevant highway authority for the area. This will either be Kent County Council, Medway Council or the Highways Agency. The Partnership's role is to enforce and maintain these sites.

All safety camera sites are selected with the aim of reducing speed-related crashes and casualties.  The Partnership sets specific criteria to ensure that cameras will only be placed at locations where they will have a positive effect on reducing speed-related crashes and casualties.

The first step of the selection process is for the Highway Unit in the relevant District Council to ascertain the number of speed related crashes and casualties at the proposed location. This is done using a crash and casualty database that is maintained using police records of crashes and casualties. This system allows analysis of all the crashes and casualties along a chosen route.

The second step of the process, unless the site is for a proposed red light camera, is for the Highway Unit to conduct a speed survey using speed data collection equipment. This information will be used to ascertain if there is an actual speeding problem.

The third and final step of the process is to have the site surveyed by a qualified road safety engineer. This is to ensure that the site is suitable for safety camera enforcement and there are no other viable engineering/road safety measures to rectify the problem.

Once all this information has been collected and analysed, the type of safety camera enforcement, if any, can then be decided upon and a formal request for a safety camera site sent to the Department for Transport for approval.

If you would like to request a camera, please initially contact your local authority as follows:

Kent County Council

Kent Highway Services
Kent County Council
Invicta House
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XX

Telephone: 08458 247 800

Email: kent.highwayservices@kent.gov.uk

Medway Council

Customer Services
Medway Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
Kent ME4 4TR

Telephone: 01634 333333 (or, out of hours, 01634 304400)

Email: customer.first@medway.gov.uk