Red Light Camera Interventions for Reducing Traffic Violations and Accidents: A Systematic Review

• In Event: Evidence-Based Crime Policy III

Abstract

This study is a systematic review of the empirical research assessing the impact of red-light cameras on the incidence of red-light violations and the incidence and severity of traffic crashes. It updates and expands the previous Cochrane review by including information under the EMMIE framework on mechanisms, moderators, implementation, and economic costs of red-light camera interventions. In addition to examining the impact of red-light cameras on road traffic crashes overall, this study evaluates the effect on different types of traffic crashes, such as rear end and right angle crashes. It also investigates potential moderators of intervention effects, and summarizes the different aspects of implementation of traffic enforcement devices and their respective costs. The results of this review will be incorporated in an online toolkit devised by researchers at the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science.

Authors

• Ellen G. Cohn, Florida International University

• Suman Kakar, Florida International University

• Phil Edwards, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Rebecca Steinbach, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Chloe Perkins, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine