Accidents are Up at Red Light Camera Intersection on Route 1 in Lawrence Township, Full Year Data Shows

Police Chief Daniel Posluszny last week reported that more crashes occurred at the intersection during the red light camera system’s first 12 months of operation than during the previous 12 months without the cameras.

Police Chief Daniel Posluszny’s announcement that, statistically, overall crime in Lawrence Township decreased 22 percent last year when compared to 2011 has been overshadowed by the news that accidents increased at the intersection of Route 1 and Franklin Corner Road/Bakers Basin Road where a red light camera traffic enforcement system was installed in late 2011. A total of 50 crashes – 39 of which were of the rear-end variety – took place at the intersection from December 2011 through November 2012, the first full 12 months the camera system was operational. By comparison, there were only 38 – including 30 rear-end collisions – between November 2010 and October 2011, before the camera system was erected, according to data sent to the …

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