Point-to-point speed cameras are coming to regional black spot areas

Speed cameras at two notorious crash sites on NSW regional highways will be upgraded on May 1.

A trial of point-to-point cameras will measure the average speed of motorists on a 15km stretch of the Pacific Highway between Kew and Lake Innes, and along 16km of the Hume Highway between Coolac and Gundagai.

There were a combined total of six fatalities and 33 serious injuries between 2018 and 2022 at these two locations.

Unlike fixed cameras, which capture a vehicle's speed at a specific moment, these speed cameras measure how fast a car is travelling on average from point to point.

In NSW previously point-to-point speed cameras only enforced speeding offences for heavy vehicles.

This trial brings NSW in line with Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.

Data shows that in the past five years (2018-2022) almost 80 per cent of all fatalities and serious injuries across all existing 31 point-to-point speed camera lengths in NSW did not involve a heavy vehicle.

Regional transport and roads minister Jenny Aitchison said the majority of road trauma occurs in regional NSW.

"I know this trial will be a change, particularly for regional people who travel through the areas where these two camera lengths are in place, which is why we are committed to ensuring that the community is aware of what we are doing," she said.

The trial will have a two-month warning letter period for light vehicle drivers caught speeding on both lengths of road before it is switched to full enforcement mode.

Regional NSW is home to a third of the population but is where two-thirds of all road deaths happen.

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