Hannibal- Hannibal police say the city's two red light cameras intersections are making the streets safer for everyone....and they've got the numbers to prove it.

You'll recall red light cameras were installed in Hannibal at Highway 61 and West Ely and 61 and Highway 168...back in the Fall of 2007.

According to crash information from the Missouri Division of Highway Safety the number of accidents caused by running red lights at those intersections monitored by red light cameras have gone down 80 percent from 2007 to 2008.

All other accidents in those intersections (not necessarily caused by running of red light) have gone down more than 50 percent.

Also police say the total number of folks running red lights has decreased from 2007, before the red light cameras were installed.

The average red light runs dropped 36 percent....from 1,135 a month in 2007 to roughly 760 in 2008.

Here's more information from the Missouri Division of Highway Safety.

Intersections monitored or in close proximity to cameras (168, Stardust, I72, West Ely, Rt. MM) for accidents attributed to Running a Red Light.

 Total Accidents                   2007                  2008                Percent of  Change
Running red light             9                   4                  56% Reduction

Total number of accidents on intersections monitored or in close proximity to cameras (168, Stardust, I72, West Ely, Rt. MM) for all related offenses.

 Total Accidents                   2007                  2008                Percent of  Change
Related offenses             72                  63                  13% Reduction

Intersections monitored or in close proximity to cameras (168, Stardust, I72, West Ely, Rt. MM) for accidents attributed to Following Too Close.

 Total Accidents                   2007                  2008                Percent of  Change
Following too close          31                 28                10% Reduction

Average Number of Detected Red Light Violations

                                                     Jan- Sept 2008                          Jan-Sept 2009                    Percent of Change

Average Violations per month               1135                                          762                                 32% reduction

Number of Violations Detected at Monitored Intersections

Month-to-Month Comparison

Month                       2008                      2009              Percent Change

January                   1205                       483                59% Reduction

 February                 1130                      653                 42 % Reduction

March                       1120                     758                  32% Reduction

April                          1061                      819                 22% Reduction

May                           1157                      885                 23% Reduction

June                         1059                      837                 20% Reduction

July                           1331                      967                 27% Reduction

August                     1213                      728                  39% Reduction

Spetember               940                       733                  22% Reduction