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Research into the effects of speed cameras on accident rates and driver behaviour was cancelled by the government, it has emerged.

Responding to a request made under the Freedom of Information act, the Department for Transport said the research was replaced with a study looking at the wider affects of cameras.

Anti-speed camera group Safe Speed has described the cancellation of the research as "astonishing and grossly irresponsible".

And it speculated that the DfT cancelled the research because it would have shown that cameras have a negligible effect on accident rates.

Safe Speed has published the results of its own research into the effects of cameras and says that the number of deaths and injuries has not seen any significant decrease as a result of their introduction.

"I would love to see a DfT point-by-point response to our new report but of course they cannot properly respond because they have cancelled their research," said Safe Speed founder Paul Smith.

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