Statistics collected by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 showed a decrease in injury crashes and fatality crash after Red Light Camera installations overall. The stats also found a decrease in driver’s running red lights. There was a slight increase in rear-end crashes (2.01 per intersection/128 intersections).
A study by U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration corroborated the reduction in right angle crashes (high injury), as well as the slight increase in rear end crashes, which occurred at a lower speed.
Jurisdictions Utilizing Traffic Infraction Cameras
Red Light Camera Programs are in operation in 43 jurisdictions statewide, including these Polk County entities:
- Lakeland
- Haines City
- Lake Alfred
- Lake Hamilton
- Polk County Schools/PCSO
- Lake Wales (currently in RFP phase)
2024 Crash Data for Red Light Camera Intersections
- Wilson & Van Fleet (SR 60): 16 crashes
- SR 60 & Crown Ave.: 9 crashes
- US HWY 17 & E Van Fleet: 16 crashes
- US HWY 98 & SR 60: 44 crashes
- US HWY 17 & Main St.: 10 crashes
- US HWY 17 & Wabash: 5 crashes
- US HWY 17 & Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.: 3 crashes
- US HWY 17 & Georgia: 4 crashes