Smart motorway safety targets for detecting stranded vehicles are being missed, a regulator has found
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Detection rates of stopped vehicles by SVD in National Highways' five regions with ALR smart motorways is between 59.6% and 79.6%. The company's target is 80%. National Highways committed to improving SVD within the next six months and will spend £105m to replace obsolete technology such as faulty CCTV cameras and message signs.
"Our previous work on smart motorway data has shown that these roads are as safe as the motorways they replaced but the number of live lane breakdowns are higher," ORR chief executive John Larkinson said.
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