Australian traffic light manufacturer A1 Lighting and Road Solutions has pioneered a world-first point-to-point speed camera system built into a traffic light module, with the Federal Government announcing it will roll the technology out nationally from 2018.

The inbuilt system uses a host of sensors built into the red and green lights that monitor traffic flow and speed every 5ms, working across eight lanes of traffic. The data is then used to compare the time taken for the car to travel between traffic lights, with an infringement issued for any vehicles that exceed the speed limit by more than 0.2 per cent.

April Fuller, head of research and development at A1 Lighting and Road Solutions, told CarAdvice that the technology has the potential to drastically reduce the national road toll overnight.

"This new technology ensures that road users on bicycles and drivers in cars and trucks will be less likely to speed if they know their speed is being constantly monitored," Fuller said.

"We are utilising the National Broadband Network (NBN) to transport infringement data, which the government has agreed to roll out six months earlier to facilitate this new revenue stream."