ANPR or CCTV?

Sharq · 23 Nov 2013 at 16:44

Hi i was involved in a car accident last week which took place at a cross junction controlled by a set of traffic lights. I was a passenger and the car was hit on the drivers side front wheel. The impact left me unconcious with severe head injuries and i slipped into a coma etc.

This all happened about 1:20am and was reported in the local news.

http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/young-woman-battles-life-after-6307235

Both girls travelling in the other car are fine but im left with nerve damage. They were let out the following day and i spent a week in hospital.

Someone obviously had jumped the lights. I cannot remember a thing as I was not knocked unconsious and i woke up in hospital.

Both drivers are saying they went through a green light and the Police are saying that there is no cameras and they can not prove who was at fault! :confused:

I am looking for CCTV of the incident and i came accross these cameras right next to the lights and was wondering if anyone could tell me if they are ANPR or CCTV?

The lampost marked "26" has two cameras on it:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&...d=V4606xPv9iqGTbZKSg8DQQ&cbp=12,39.4,,0,-2.84

Appologies for any grammer & spelling errors my head is not all here.
Thank You.

NoobCannon · 23 Nov 2013 at 16:56

sure look like cctv to me!. [the two detectors on the traffic light aren't cameras btw before anyone suggests it]

almoststew1990 · 23 Nov 2013 at 18:56

Anprs are usually brighter colours and on a dedicated pole with an equipment box nearby. From my experience.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:48

An accident that serious and the police couldn't work out who was at fault ! That's a worry. Always a chance those cameras aren't even on

tomparker95 · 23 Nov 2013 at 20:35

That looks like CCTV

BigBoy · 23 Nov 2013 at 22:08

Looks like traffic monitoring systems for the highways agency.

dfarrall · 23 Nov 2013 at 22:49

BigBoy said:
Looks like traffic monitoring systems for the highways agency.

This

Sharq · 24 Nov 2013 at 00:05

If its a traffic monitoring system, do they record any footage?

GeX · 24 Nov 2013 at 10:54

I don't think so, they use ANPR to track how long it takes a lot of cars to get from point to another - this is used to calculate the speed / traffic conditions on the road.

Sharq · 24 Nov 2013 at 12:16

Hmm. Okie doke. Im going to council office on monday to verify the camera and if it recorded anything. I would imagined the police to have noticed it as they "investigated the scene for several hours", so im not holding my breath!
Wish me luck and thanks for the replies x

Meridian · 24 Nov 2013 at 18:13

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
An accident that serious and the police couldn't work out who was at fault !

Unless there are witnesses, how could they? Even a half a minute after the accident it's impossible to work out who's fault it was without someone seeing it. And recalling it correctly.

Sin_Chase · 24 Nov 2013 at 18:20

GeX said:
I don't think so, they use ANPR to track how long it takes a lot of cars to get from point to another - this is used to calculate the speed / traffic conditions on the road.

It is used for this, but not solely.

ANPR hardware will normally almost always be accompanied by IR illumination for night time/low light usage, those camera do not look like an ANPR installation.

Diagro · 24 Nov 2013 at 18:22

You will get a massive pay out if they were at fault! that's prob why they denying anything!

godinman · 24 Nov 2013 at 18:29

OP - They look like deployable traffic survey equipment, we make and sell similar.

Speak to the council in the area and ask if their traffic planning or similar department has installed anything, or if a third party has done so for them.

edit - beaten! Hope you get it sorted!