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Police to use drones to spot speeding motorcyclists and record dangerous behaviour
24 April 2023
Devon & Cornwall Police, in partnership with the Vision Zero South West road safety project, have become the first to use drones to record driving offences in the pursuit of improving road safety.
The drones can detect motorcyclists exceeding the speed limit and record dangerous driving behaviours.
Chief Inspector Ben Asprey, Head of Roads Policing at Devon & Cornwall Police sited the following figures:
In 2022, 16 motorcyclists were killed on roads in Devon and Cornwall – the highest figure recorded in the previous five years.
187 motorcyclists were seriously injured in the same year.
Many of these incidents did not involve another vehicle, but rather were caused by inappropriate riding and motorcyclist error.
The above figures, which represent around one third of all serious and fatal collisions in these regions, exist despite the fact that motorcyclists make up less than 1 per cent of all traffic.
Inspector Colin Harper from Devon & Cornwall Police’s Drone team said, "This innovative use of drones will give us early warning of any offences and allow us to be far more targeted in our approach on the ground.
“We will be deploying this technology on roads where we know motorbikes are travelling too fast, and also around dates and locations where motorcycle events are scheduled to take place.
“This technology can and will be used to help detect speeding and dangerous driving in all vehicles on our roads.
"At present, our focus is on motorcyclists who are at highest-risk according to our data, particularly at this time of year when more riders will be venturing out again after the winter."
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