Morocco Expands Traffic Surveillance: 522 New Speed Cameras Installed in 2022

To fight against speeding, which is one of the main causes of road mortality, the authorities want to further strengthen road control, reports Médias24.

Thus, the National Road Safety Agency (Narsa) announced that these units will increase from 120 to 672 against an initial target of 1,200. The cost of the investment is estimated at 278.5 million dirhams.

As for the fixed radars, which total 552 units, they will be used to monitor speed and compliance with the red light inside and outside urban areas. Their installation will take place just after the completion of the operation to locate the installation sites.

Among these radars are 72 speed control devices on the motorway network, 276 speed control devices outside urban areas, 204 devices to control compliance with traffic lights and speed in urban areas.

As for the speed control devices, they will be installed on the motorway network and will make it possible to control the average speed of vehicles on motorway sections over several kilometers.

The peculiarity of these new radars is that in addition to detecting speeding and traffic light offenses, they can detect more than one vehicle at a time, up to 24 vehicles. They have several other features, namely the detection of offenses related to the continuous line, the distinction between light and heavy vehicles, the possibility of operation in both directions (away-approaching) and the use of laser scanning technology.

With the arrival of the new radars, the number of regions equipped with automated traffic surveillance will increase from seven to twelve. Distributed in descending order among the 12 regions, 108 will be placed in Casablanca-Settat, 92 in Marrakech-Safi, 69 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 62 in Fès-Meknès, 51 in Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma, 45 in the Oriental, 43 in Béni Mellal-Khénifra, 38 in Souss-Massa, 13 in Drâa-Tafilalet, 11 in Guelmim-Oued, 10 in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and finally 10 in Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab.