Derby gets smart with school safety enforcement

Derby City Council has awarded SEA a contract worth £1.2m to provide 14 ROADflow Attended systems to enforce its School Safe Havens project.

Intelligent transport systems provider SEA describes ROADflow Attended as a complete solution, comprising cameras and software that monitors keep clear zones and allows enforcement officers to view, capture and process parking and moving vehicle contraventions remotely.

Rob Shoebridge, group manager at Derby City Council, said: ‘From working with SEA and its intelligent enforcement technology we know firsthand the positive impact ROADflow systems can have on influencing driver behaviour to make our city safer.

‘SEA's ROADflow technology will enable us to better enforce school keep clear zones and school crossing patrols which will improve driver behaviour and prevent contravention of these essential areas.’

The highway authority told Highways that the contract was valued at £1,180,800.

In September 2022, Derby became the first English council outside London to begin enforcement of moving traffic violations using powers under Part 6 of The Traffic Management Act 2004.

Mr Shoebridge told the ADEPT National Traffic Managers Conference in the city’s Pride Park stadium last week that the first phase of enforcement, using warning notices, saw contraventions fall from 1,500 in the first week to 338 in week 18.

Alastair Cobb, intelligent transport systems director at SEA, said: ‘By encouraging better driver behaviour around schools, we can create a safer environment for children crossing the road and also support active travel choices, such as cycling, to further reduce the number of vehicles and consequent air pollution outside the school gates.’

SEA’s systems have been developed to support the requirements of of the current Road Traffic, Traffic Management and Civil Enforcement Acts and support transport organisations across the UK such as Transport for London (TfL), Network Rail and other local authorities.

The ROADflow product suite has been fully certified by the UK Vehicle Certification Authority.