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• Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 09:00

  Making sense of safety camera warning signs

  While mobile safety camera vans have had a significant impact on reducing deaths and serious injuries on the county’s roads, many drivers remain confused about where and how the vans operate.
  News Category: General News
• Monday, 1 August 2011, 11:04

  Deaths and serious injuries cut by 77% at county's safety camera sites

  Safety cameras have dramatically reduced the number of people killed or seriously injured on the county's roads, new research shows.
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 11:30

  Motorists warned of temporary speed limit and safety cameras during East Kent Access road works

  Motorists are advised that from Tuesday 7 June 2025 there will be a temporary 30mph speed limit in Ramsgate on the A299 between Minster roundabout and Cliffsend North while the East Kent Access Phase 2 road works are carried out.
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 15:09

  Six points and £525 fine for motorist caught speeding and using phone

  A speeding motorist has been fined £525 and given six penalty points for exceeding the speed limit at the same time as using his mobile phone while driving.
  News Category: General News
• Wednesday, 19 January 2011, 13:30

  Six month ban and £1000 fine for 138mph speeder

  A motorist caught by a safety camera van travelling at more than double the speed on the A20 at Gorse Hill in Farningham has been banned from driving for six months and fined £1000.
  News Category: General News
• Friday, 14 January 2011, 13:15

  Drivers using mobile phones and ignoring seat belt laws being targeted across Kent

  People are being killed and seriously injured in Kent crashes involving someone using a mobile phone while at the wheel of a car and now motorists right across the county who flout mobile phone and seat belt laws are being warned of the dangers in a new road safety campaign.
  News Category: General News
• Friday, 26 November 2010, 14:32

  SIx points and £500 fine for motorist driving at twice the speed limit

  A speeding motorist has been fined £500 and given six penalty points for travelling at nearly double the speed limit through the average speed cameras on the A228 Isle of Grain in Rochester. Barry Maplesden, 51, of Dobbie Close, Sittingbourne, appeared at Medway Magistrates Court on 15 November charged with driving at 78mph in the 40mph limit on 2 August this year. Katherine Barrett, Communications Officer for the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership said: “The average speed camer
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 12:43

  As more drivers admit to using mobile phone at the wheel, kent police warn 'you will get caught'

  A report released by the RAC this month shows that the number of drivers admitting to breaking the law by using their mobile phone without a hands-free kit while driving has more than trebled in a year*.
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 12 October 2010, 15:44

  Safety Camera Partnership on the Road

  The Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership (K&MSCP;) recently received a unexpected call from road haulage and distribution experts Alan Firmin Ltd. Alan Firmin Ltd had just undertaken delivery of a new fleet of vehicles and trailers, and as part of its on-going corporate social responsibility programme has decided to donate a trailer with side curtains to 'Cut the Crashes', the latest phase of K&MSCP;'s campaign aimed at improving business related driving on Kent's roads, 'Driving Business Safel
  News Category: General News
• Thursday, 30 September 2010, 14:47

  Don't let ignorance land you with a Speeding Ticket

  More than 450 commercial vehicle drivers faced prosecution last year for speeding. Yet according to the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership, many could avoid being fined if they knew the law when it comes to national speed limits.
  News Category: General News
• Monday, 16 August 2010, 16:52

  Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership uses 'Commander' Technology to target speeding motorcyclists

  The Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership is stepping up enforcement levels onthe county’s roads in a bid to cut the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured each year.
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 1 June 2010, 09:00

  £1365 fine and 6 points for 100mph speeder

  A speeding motorist has been fined £1365 and given 6 penalty points after being charged with and found guilty of excessive speeding.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 09:00

  Medway Mum backs safety cameras

  A Medway mother of three whose husband died in a car accident has spoken out on the ‘vital role’ that safety cameras play in cutting deaths and serious injuries.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 13:00

  Partnership slams Kent law firm over "Beat the Safety Cameras" press advert

  An advertising campaign from a Kent law firm aimed at helping speeding motorists to dodge offences has been attacked as 'irresponsible' by the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 11:12

  New poll reveals public support for safety cameras in Kent and Medway

  Public opinion is swinging in favour of safety cameras and the vital role they play in cutting deaths and serious injuries on the roads of Kent and Medway.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 09:00

  Husband and wife fined £800 and given 6 penalty points each

  A speeding motorist and her husband have been fined £800 and given 6 penalty points each on their licence for failing to provide the identity of a driver at the time of a speeding offence.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 5 November 2009, 09:00

  BELT up. SLOW down.

  Road safety partners have been reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries to young people on Kent's roads and are now launching a major campaign to reduce the number even further.
  News Category: General News
• Tuesday, 27 October 2009, 09:00

  Penalty points and £990 fine as speeding motorist loses court case

  A speeding motorist who had already clocked up six points on his licence through speeding tickets was yesterday fined a total of £990 and given an additional three points after contesting a speeding ticket at Dartford Magistrates Court.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 13 October 2009, 09:00

  'Street lights mean 30' campaign drives home road safety message

  Did you know that two-thirds of all crashes in which people are killed or seriously injured happen in built-up areas where the speed limit is 30mph or less? Or that, by driving at 35mph instead of 30mph, you are twice as likely to kill someone?
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 8 October 2009, 09:00

  Motorist fined for fraudulent driving licence

  A speeding motorist has been fined £400 for providing a false driving licence after being photographed speeding in Margate.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Monday, 7 September 2009, 09:00

  Safety camera vans now enforcing mobile phone and seat belt offences

  The Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership's camera vans will be enforcing mobile phone and seat belt offences on a permanent basis, as well as speeding motorists, from 5 October.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Friday, 14 August 2009, 09:00

  Young motorists most supportive of safety cameras

  Young people have a more positive attitude to safety cameras than older drivers, according to the latest survey of driver opinions on safety cameras from the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists). The results show that 17 to 24 year-olds give the best approval ratings overall while older drivers tend to be the least supportive, with drivers over 45 giving the lowest approval ratings.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 09:00

  Speeding driver jailed over lies

  A speeding motorist has been jailed for 28 days after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 16 April 2009, 09:00

  Business driver delighted to be stopped in his tracks by K&MSCP;'s latest camera

  Gillingham business driver, Richard Hodson had no cause for complaint when he was contacted by the Partnership to inform him of news of our latest camera.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Thursday, 19 March 2009, 09:00

  We don't want your money; we want you to slow down

  To highlight the valuable contribution that safety cameras are making towards road casualty reduction in Kent and Medway, adverts are running on local television and radio, and the Partnership are encouraging motorists to log onto www.kmscp.org to see where all the cameras are.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 09:00

  Phone and seat belt crackdown catches hundreds

  Over 253 car drivers and passengers were detected not wearing seat belts and nearly 50 drivers were caught using a mobile phone in last week's crackdown by Kent Police and the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 09:00

  16 - 22 February mobile phone and seat belt clamp down

  As part of the latest European TISPOL road safety campaign, the Kent & Medway Safety Camera Partnership and Kent Police are working together to clamp down on motorists caught on camera using a phone while driving or not wearing a seat belt.
  News Category: Press Releases
• Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 09:00

  Phone and seat belt enforcement stepped up

  Despite drivers being warned that they will be caught on camera if they commit mobile phone and seat belt offences, safety camera vans are detecting about 100 offenders a month.
  News Category: Press Releases