AutomatedTrafficEnforcement AnnualReport 2023| TownofStonyPlain
2023ATEAnnualReport
Introduction
AutomatedTrafficEnforcement(ATE)referstotheuseofmobilespeedmonitoringwhereamotoristisnotstopped foraspeedviolation.Theregisteredowneroftheviolatingvehicleissentaspeedviolation(ticket)inthemail. Mobilespeedmonitoringiscompletedbycontractedpeaceofficersauthorizedtoconductmobilespeedoperations. SpeedmonitoringvehiclesareidentifiedbyDriveSafedecalsplacedonthevehicle.AllATEapprovedzones complywiththeGuidelinesestablishedbytheGovernmentofAlberta.
TheAutomatedprogramisasingletoolthatisdeployedalongsidetraditionalspeedenforcement.Community PeaceOfficersandRCMPcontinuetoenforcespeedingviolationswhilepatrollingthecommunity,andduring targetedspeedoperations.
TotalNumberofATEDevicesandLocations
TheTownofStonyPlaincontractsGlobalTrafficGroupLtd.toconductATEinapprovedzonesthroughoutthe community.Thereare10approvedzonesinthecommunity:
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1.Zone2903 44AvenueEBbetweenAberdeenWay&43Street 2.Zone2904 44AvenueWBbetweenAberdeenWay&43Street 3.Zone2923 FairwayDriveEBbetweenBelfryFairwayCrescent&CopperheadPl 4.Zone2924 FairwayDriveWBbetweenBelfryFairwayCrescent&CopperheadPl 5.Zone2937 OatwayDriveEBatornearForestGreenSchool 6.Zone2938 OatwayDriveWBatornearForestGreenSchool 7.Zone2939 43StreetNBatornearMeridianHeightsSchool 8.Zone2940 43StreetSBatornearMeridianHeightsSchool 9.Zone2941 51StreetNBatornearSMLChristianAcademy 10.Zone2942 51StreetSBatornearSMLChristianAcademy
ContraventionsObservedvsTicketsIssued
In2023therewere143,767vehiclesmonitored.1,252speedingcontraventionswereobservedresulting in1,029speedingviolationsissued.Thereareoftenvariancesinspeedingoccurrencesobservedvs violationsissued.Speedingisavehicletravellingatarateabovethepostedspeedlimit.Speedtolerance levelsaresetforeachzoneenforced;vehiclesmaybecapturedunderthosesettolerancesbutstillabove thepostedlimit.
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Deploymenthours Deploymenthours 0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 NumberofVehiclesMonitored NumberofVehiclesMonitored
Numberofcollisionsoverthepast3years
Overthepast3yearstherewere705collisionsrecordedinthecommunity.569propertydamage collisions,135injurycollisionsand0fatalities.
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0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ContraventionsvsNoticesIssued NumberofSpeedingContriventions NumberofSpeedingNoticesIssued 19% 79% Collisions Injury PropertyDamage
Overthepast3years,237oftherecordedcollisionsoccurredinintersectionsacrossthecommunity, while468collisionsoccurredinplacesotherthananintersection.Collisionsotherthananintersection mayoccuronroadswithinthecommunity,parkinglots,oronprivateproperty.
ChangeinCollisionsvsthe3-yearAverage
In2023therewasa4%decreaseincollisionswhencomparedtothe3-yearaverage.
Intersections237 NonIntersection 468 Collisions Interection NonIntersection 217 0 46 171 235 0 45 190 0 50 100 150 200 250 NumberofCollisions FatalityCollision InjuryCollision PropertyDamage 2023vs3YearAverage 2023 3yearAverage 10%decrease 8% decrease 2%increase 0%increase
RevenueGeneratedin2023
In2023theTownofStonyPlain’sATEprogramgenerated$119,118infinerevenue.TheGovernmentof Albertaretained$52,565or44%ofthefinerevenuecollected.$25,562wastransferredtothepolicing andpublicsafetyreserve.$40,991wasspentontheadministrativecostsrequiredtodelivertheprogram.
Thepolicingandpublicsafetyreserveisusedtofundsafetyrelatedexpensesinthecommunity.Some examplesofwhathasbeenfundedinclude:
Crosswalksafety
Enforcementservicesequipment
FireServicesEquipment
Newintersectionlights
PerformanceTargets
In2024theTownwillworkwiththeRCMPandotherenforcementpartnerstocontinuetoreduce collisionsandimproveintersectionsafetythroughtargetedenforcementandeducationoperations.The GovernmentofAlbertahasextendedtheirfreezeontheprovincialautomatedtrafficprogram.Thisfreeze limitstheTown’sautomatedactionsandrequiresahigherrelianceonactiveenforcementbyuniformed CommunityPeaceOfficersandotherenforcementpartners.
AnalysisofhighcollisionareaswillcontinuetobemonitoredbytheTown.Theannualdeploymentof trafficmonitoringdeviceswillcontinueacrossthecommunity.Thesedevicesprovidevaluabledatathatis usedtoinformimprovedtrafficandpedestriansafety.TheTownhasadded2datafeedbacksignsthat canbemovedtocomplaintorhigh-riskareas.Thesesignsprovidelivespeedfeedbacktodriversand collectspeeddatainthedeployedarea.CommunityPeaceOfficerscontinuetoallocateaminimumof 30%oftheirtimetotrafficsafetyinitiativesinthecommunity.
EducationInitiatives
TheTowncontinuestobeanactivememberwiththeCapitalRegionIntegratedSafetyPartnership (CRISP).CRISPincludestrafficspecialistsfromtheregionandtheindustrydedicatedtothereductionof speedandcollisionincidencesacrossthecapitalregion.Theirevidence-basedapproachtotrafficsafety initiativeshasprovidedseveralbenefitsovertheir16yearsofoperating.
AnnuallytheFireDepartment,PublicWorksDepartmentandEnforcementServicesDepartmentconduct aback-to-schoolawarenesscampaign.Duringthefirstweekofschool,schoolzonesareactivelystaffed andidentifiedwithemergencylightseducatingdriversaboutincreasedschooltraffic.
TheTownparticipatesinseveraljointforceoperationswithotherenforcementpartnersthroughoutthe yeartoincreasepublicawarenessabouthigh-riskvehicleoperations.Theseoperationsincludedistracted driving,targetedspeeding,andseasonaleducationcampaigns.TheTownsEnforcementServicesweb pagecanbefoundatfollowinglink:
https://www.stonyplain.com/en/live/peace-officers.aspx
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