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Collisions increased on Saskatoon’s Circle Drive after the introduction of speed cameras four years ago; both crashes and injuries spiked along one stretch.

Data from SGI shows collisions on Circle Drive exceeded the previous five-year average in each of the first three years since a speed camera pilot project introduced camera locations at five spots.

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From Taylor Street to the Gordie Howe Bridge, where there are three camera locations and the speed limit is 90 kilometres per hour, the number of collisions jumped, as did the average number of annual injuries.

Saskatoon city council is expected to vote Monday on a dramatic expansion of the use of speed cameras, also known as photo radar.

The City of Saskatoon’s acting director of transportation, Jay Magus, said in an emailed statement on Thursday that traffic volume across the Gordie Howe Bridge has also increased.

“Traffic incidents must also be placed within the context of traffic volume,” Magus’s statement said. “So, simply comparing the raw number of collisions, without factoring in the total traffic volume, would be erroneous and very misleading to the public.”