Number plate recognition camera to inform South-Eastern Freeway safety review

Tuesday, 15 November 2022

A mobile number plate recognition camera will be used to collect data on the numbers of interstate and intrastate heavy vehicles using the South-Eastern Freeway down-track, as part of the current safety review.

The trailer-mounted number plate recognition camera, which has been made available by the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), was set up on the Mount Barker Road ramp (the road from Eagle of the Hill) at Leawood Gardens on the weekend and will remain in place for four weeks, to provide better data about the trucks using the down-track into Adelaide.

The NHVR offered use of the camera following discussions at the two industry Roundtables held in recent months to address safety on the down-track. Those forums followed a serious accident in July when a truck crashed into several vehicles at the Glen Osmond Road/Portrush Road intersection.

The data collected will be used to provide a clearer picture of the number and origins of heavy vehicles using the down-track, to better inform proposed safety solutions. The camera will be used for information collection purposes about heavy vehicles only. Fixed safety cameras to detect speeding drivers are already in place on the freeway.

Since the most recent Roundtable in October, the Department for Infrastructure and Transport has been working to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of potential options to improve safety. A third Roundtable will be held before the end of the year.

To find out more about the South Eastern Freeway Heavy Vehicle Safety Review, please visit the website.