WATCH: New information shows the worst intersections for red-light tickets. John Daly has the numbers and why the chances of getting caught could soon increase.
Red-light cameras have been a staple at B.C. intersections for years.
Numbers requested by The Vancouver Sun from ICBC show that province-wide more than 93,000 tickets have been issued from 2012 to 2014, more than half of them at the 25 worst intersections.
In terms of gross numbers for red-light camera tickets, the intersection of Georgia St. and Denman St. in Vancouver tops the list with 3,902 tickets issued. Oak St. and 57th Ave. is close behind with 3,852 tickets while Nordel Way and 84th Ave. in Delta comes in at third with 3,172 infractions.
ICBC is reviewing the red-light camera program to decide if it’s time to keep the cameras on 24/7. Right now, cameras are on just six hours a day.
“The number 1 goal of having these cameras at 140 intersection is really to reduce those serious crashes–those T-bone crashes, those head-on collisions. Those are the ones that result in serious injuries or worse,” said Adam Grossman of ICBC.
-with files from John Daly
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