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At the end of 2016, as a safety measure, speed control cameras from SINCRO (Sistema Nacional de Controlo de Velocidade, the national speed control system), began to be installed in different parts of the country. The first application was in 2006 at several spots in the urban area of Lisbon. Cameras were installed in 20 of these locations. This study, using the location of the speed control cameras (which were only effective in 19 spots) and the 2004\u20132011 crash databases, sought to assess the effectiveness of the measure. The results showed that there was a positive effect on crash rates soon after implementation, but it was also perceived that this effect was attenuated in subsequent years. It is assumed that the reasons for this are due to the familiarization with the system, together with inefficient sanctioning of the violators, and additionally due to malfunctioning equipment not being repaired in a timely manner, which was evident to the users.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/safety5010004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,16]],"date-time":"2019-01-16T03:09:13Z","timestamp":1547608153000},"page":"4","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Evaluation of the Speed Control Cameras in the City of Lisbon"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Nuno Dias Crespo Martins dos","family":"Santos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CERIS, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Carmen de Jesus Geraldo","family":"Carvalheira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, High Institute of Engineering of Lisbon, 1549020 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2072-3188","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lu\u00eds Guilherme de","family":"Picado Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERIS, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Radmila","family":"Magu\u0161i\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CERIS, Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2015). 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