Safety in focus as seatbelt cameras go live in 2024
Mobile phone detection cameras will begin enforcing seatbelt offences from mid-2024 following the successful passage of legislation through NSW Parliament.
Seatbelt compliance is being added to the work of world-first mobile phone detection cameras used across the state.
Between 2018 and 2022, more than 140 lives were lost on NSW roads in fatal crashes where people were not wearing a seatbelt.
The expansion of mobile phone detection cameras to also apply to seatbelt offences reinforces the NSW Government’s unwavering commitment to enforcing the 50-year-old seatbelt law which has improved road safety and reduced fatalities on NSW roads.
It will take around six months for the existing suite of mobile phone detection cameras to be prepared to enforce seatbelt laws.
During this period, an extensive education campaign will be delivered to inform the community about the upcoming change.
The NSW Government is urging motorists to use this time to prepare after the legislation passed Parliament without a warning period for motorists once cameras are switched on for seatbelt detection.
Read the full media release here (PDF, 86.99 KB).