The City of Oakland will install speed safety cameras at 18 locations across the city as part of a new program, the city’s Department of Transportation announced Monday.

The cameras will be installed by mid-January next year.

These cameras will detect when a vehicle exceeds the speed limit by more than 11 mph and will automatically capture images of its license plate number. City staff will then review the images before issuing fines of between $50 and $500, depending on the speed of the vehicle. The locations for the cameras were chosen after reviewing the crash data from the city’s “High Injury Network”. This network of streets comprises 8% of city streets that account for 60% of the severe and fatal collisions that occur in the city.

City officials said that after the last camera is

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