Improving health worldwide www.lshtm.ac.uk Phil Edwards LANTERNS Project Senior Lecturer, Department of Population Health lighting adaptation impact on road traffic injury or crime? The LANTERNS project is funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR or the Department of Health
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Improving health worldwidewww.lshtm.ac.uk
Phil EdwardsLANTERNS ProjectSenior Lecturer, Department of Population Health
Does street lighting adaptation impact onroad traffic injury or crime?
The LANTERNS project is funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of NIHR or the Department of Health
EconomyAusterity
Sustainability
Evidence for street lighting
Welsh BC, Farrington DP.Effects of improved street lighting on crime. Campbell Systematic Reviews 2008:13 DOI: 10.4073/csr.2008.13
Beyer FR, Ker K.Street lighting for preventing road traffic injuries. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD004728. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004728.pub2.
LANTERNS Project
Local Authority collaborators’ National Evaluation ofReduced Night-time Streetlight
1. Collate information on street lighting adaptation schemes nationally
2. Statistically examine whether reduced lighting has effects on traffic collisions and crime
3. Explore public opinion on street lighting provision, and potential for reducing levels
4. Investigate whether street lighting adaptation schemes offer value for money
Project aims
1. Collate information on street lighting adaptation schemes nationally
2. Statistically examine whether reduced lighting has effects on traffic collisions and crime
3. Explore public opinion on street lighting provision, and potential for reducing levels
4. Investigate whether street lighting adaptation schemes offer value for money
Project aims
METHODSControlled interrupted time series analysis
slope pre-
Monthly counts of collisions/ crime
Time (months)
slope post-
step change associated with the intervention
Lighting interventions introduced:•Part-night lighting•Dimming•White light/LEDs•Switch off
Example datasetColumn ID Easting Northing Change Regime Date change applied
58 466015 174494 White Light LED 03/02/201278 465885 173200 White Light LED 26/03/201383 466006 174470 White Light LED 03/02/201284 465977 174470 White Light LED 03/02/201285 465958 174450 White Light LED 03/02/201286 465973 174438 White Light LED 03/02/201287 466001 174448 White Light LED 03/02/201288 466034 174445 White Light LED 03/02/201289 465937 174420 White Light LED 03/02/201290 465927 174422 White Light LED 03/02/201291 465922 174389 White Light LED 03/02/201299 465544 174593 White Light LED 30/01/2011
100 465584 174600 White Light LED 30/01/2011101 465512 174571 White Light LED 30/01/2011
10207 464465 171217 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210208 464432 171206 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210209 464394 171191 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210210 464352 171170 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210211 464311 171145 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210212 464274 171119 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210213 464234 171085 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210214 464198 171049 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210207 464465 171217 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/201210208 464432 171206 Part-night lighting 00:00 to 05:30 24/02/2012
Road traffic collisionsSTATS19
– Easting and Northing of collision location– Time of day– Severity of injuries
Date: 24th Nov 2004Time: 17:20Casualty class: PedestrianAccident severity: Serious
Date: 6th Nov 2007Time: 18:02Casualty class: DriverAccident severity: Slight
Date: 29th Oct 2010Time: 01:20Casualty class: DriverAccident severity: Slight
Tompson, L., Johnson, S.D., Ashby, M., Perkins, C., and Edwards, P. (2014). UK open source crime data: Accuracy and possibilities for research. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 42(2), 97-111.
Local authorities in England & Wales invited to participate
Conclusions-Reduced street lighting over recent years has been done safely, without increasing road traffic casualties or crime.-Part-night lighting and dimming may be considered after careful assessment by qualified lighting professional, using a risk-based analysis.
Further research
AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to acknowledge the advice and support of the Institution of Lighting Professionals and the London Lighting Engineers Group.
The authors also thank: Denise Kendrick, Emily Conner and Mark Norris for advice, and the local authority street lighting managers who provided data for the project.