![]() ![]() ![]() The majority of intersections in the Red Light Enforcement Program have cameras enforcing just two of the intersection approaches (directions of travel). Currently (January, 2021), 149 intersections are enforced. In subsequent years, additional intersections have been added based on crash frequency, crash type, and crash severity, as well as community input and Aldermanic support. ![]() The Red Light Camera Enforcement Program is intended to encourage drivers to obey traffic signals and reduce red light running, thereby reducing the incidence of serious and fatal crashes.Ĭhicago began its red light camera program 2003 with enforcement at just two intersections: Peterson and Western, and 55th and Western. Angle crashes – along with pedestrian and bicyclist crashes, which the Red Light cameras also helps to reduce – often result in serious injury or death. While all crash types are potentially serious or deadly, the Red Light Enforcement Program and the cameras deployed as part of that program are intended to help reduce one of the most dangerous type of crashes: angle (or “T-bone”) crashes. Crash types include angle, rear-end, sideswipe, turning, head-on, fixed object, pedestrian, and bicycle, among others. Crashes are often categorized by the type of (first) impact. The Red Light Camera Enforcement Program was created and designed to increase safety on Chicago streets by reducing the most dangerous types of crashes at the most dangerous places on our streets – namely, intersections. ![]()
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