Crash Costs Before and After Red Light Camera Installations

BEFORE RLC:

Right Angle Crashes: 466,814,067 Rear End: $69,347,624 Total: 161,843,021

AFTER RLC:

Right Angle Crashes: $48,319,090 Rear End: $75,222,780 Total: 147,470,550

Right angle crashes go down while rear end crashes go up. People assume that drivers brake fast when they remember the red light cameras, causing more rear end crashes. Overall, however, total crashes after the red light camera installations have decreased. This can affect the economy by decreasing the profit insurance companies make because crashes are going down. Also, hospital bills may decrease as well as ticket revenue.

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Source: Scales, Kabco. "Safety Evaluation of Red-Light Cameras–Executive Summary - FHWA-HRT-05-049." Home | Federal Highway Administration. United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration, 13 June 2011. Web. 07 Dec. 2011. <http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/05049/>.