Continuing efforts to introduce an average road traffic speed control system, it is planned to include 17 more areas in this system in Latvia. Electricity connection and equipment location planning is already underway.
EnerGrid LLC won the rights for this project in an open tender.
The price of the contract is EUR 129 734.31 (VAT included), as reported by Latvian State Roads.
The next 17 sections are planned on the following national roads: Tallinn highway (A1) from Vitrupe to Svētciems (74.5 – 81.15 km); Valmiera highway (A3) from Stalbe to Rubene (40.1 – 55.55 km); Riga bypass (A5) (Salaspils-Babīte) after the Mass channel to the petrol station Virši (14.1 – 20.1 km); Daugavpils highway (A6) from Dzelmi to Upleji (66.1 – 77.1 km) and the road Sloka-Talsi (P128) from Ragaciems to Klapkalnciems (13.5 – 19.38 km).
On Vidzeme highway (A2) they will be in the following locations: from Krasta Street in Ieriķi to the road P20 (turn to Cēsis) (72.25 – 77.15 km) and from Berzkrogs to Smiltene circle (94.8 –125.7 km). In turn, on the Riga bypass (A4) (Baltezers–Saulkalne) at the following places: from the intersection with the road P4 to the bridge over the Maza Jugla (9.65–13.9 km) and from the intersection with the road P5 to the overpass over the Daugavpils highway (14.5–19.98 km).
On the Liepaja highway (A9): behind Liepaja highway 10 km to Tireli (9.9–23.1 km); from Apšupe to Tiltiņi (39.1–56.7 km) and from Blīdene to Brocēni (79.91–93.6 km), but on the road Jekabpils-Rēzekne-Ludza-Russian border (Terehova) (A12) in the following sections: from Varakļāni to Kristkeliai (61–69 km and before Greiškāni to motorway A12 108 km (106.25–108 km).
On the motorway Tīnūži-Koknese (P80), the average speed control stages will be from Tīnūži to Ziediņi (0.35-1.75 km) and from the overpass over the motorway P80 to the roundabout (40.9-60.2 km).
Locations could still change throughout the project’s development stage.
The current locations were selected using statistical data regarding all traffic accidents recorded in the past three years.
The new average road traffic speed area project received EUR 300 000 from Latvian Vehicle Insurers’ Bureau (LTAB).
Average road traffic speed control will be introduced in Latvia to improve overall road traffic safety. According to statistical information, the most common form of road traffic accidents is collision, and the most common reasons for vehicle collision include motorists’ reckless driving, which is further exacerbated by high driving speed. Other countries’ experience shows that on roads with average speed control measures the number of road traffic accidents goes down.
Currently there are 16 average speed control sections on roads.
Initial statistical data indicates that in August and September, when compared to the same period of 2022, the number of road traffic accidents on roads with average speed control went down by 46%, the number of road traffic accidents with victims went down by 64% and the number of people injured in road traffic accidents went down by 73%.
The average driving speed control system is an automatic measuring system that measures driving speed based on the time spent crossing a specific road section.
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