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Following the Department for Transport‟s announcement
in December 2005 that funding for road safety, including
enforcement cameras, was changing in 2007 the mem-
bers of the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership
(TVSRP) came together to set a fresh direction for part-
nership activity in this new era.
The funding previously ring-fenced for safety camera
activity has been allocated to highway authorities to
spend on any road safety activities necessary to achieve
the casualty reduction targets. Whilst speed and other
traffic enforcement remains a key function of the new
TVSRP, the range of activities undertaken will be broad-
ened and tailored to improve the safety and quality of
life in communities, neighbourhoods and on the roads in
the Thames Valley area.
In order to meet this challenge the partnership has un-
dergone a re-structuring to give more influence and ac-
countability in the decision making processes to the
partners with a focused partnership team providing day
to day support on issues that matter in Thames Valley.
Accountability to the public, as well as the partners is a
key part of the new partnership and this first annual re-
view will provide that by outlining the work of the part-
nership over the first year of operations, as well as re-
porting on progress to the key targets, both national and
local, that drive the work of the partners.
Richard Owen—TVSRP Operations Manager
Published December 2008
Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership
AANNUALNNUAL RREPORTEPORT [2007-2008]
A new partnership, a fresh challenge
ContentsContents
Reports Achievements
Casualty Figures 7 2 New Road Safety Constables
Camera Site Performance 8 3 Educating Motorists
Fines & Income 9 3 Route Alert
Expenditure 10 4 Safe Drive Stay Alive
Targets 5—6 Plans
11-12 2008 and beyond
Partnership working: Police and
local authority officers delivering
enforcement and education at the
roadside.
VISION
To secure a safer environment
on the roads in Thames Valley by promoting safe driving and
riding, reducing collisions and improving safety to protect the health and wellbeing of all road
users, residents and visitors in
the area.
2007 saw the lowest number
of casualties recorded on the
roads of Thames Valley in
modern times. Road casual-
ties have fallen by nearly 20%
since the year 2000, and the
most severe of collisions
(those in which someone was
either killed or seriously in-
jured—KSI) have dropped by
30% in the same time period.
The number of fatalities on the
roads in 2007 was also the
lowest on record.
Progress towards the govern-
ment‟s RCR2010 targets is
positive, with the number of
people killed or seriously in-
jured in 2007 being 34% be-
low the 1994-98 average.
Child KSI targets and “Slights
per 100m vehicle kilometres”
are both below the 2010 tar-
get value showing an encour-
aging trend, although child
KSIs have risen slightly since
2006.
However, whilst the overall
2007 casualty figures are very
encouraging, some key areas
remain of concern to the Part-
nership. The number of casu-
alties from crashes where the
driver was fatigued has risen
by 14% compared to 2006.
Figures for vulnerable road
users are not reducing as fast
as we would like: pedestrian
and pedal cycle casualties re-
main at around the 2006 level
and both significantly higher
than the equivalent figures in
2005. Pedal cycle casualties
have seen no significant re-
duction since year 2000. Motor
cycle KSI casualties remain
around the 2006 level but are
lower than equivalent figures
in the 2000-2003 period. Mo-
torway casualties are also
increasing. Whilst the 2007
figures include two high pro-
file motorway coach crashes,
casualty totals in the region
have risen for the 4th year in
succession; they are now at
a higher level that they were
in 2000.
For a more detailed report on
collisions in Thames Valley,
visit www.saferroads.org
Casualty Figures Hit All-Time Low
Page 2 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Cas
ual
tie
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er
year
Thames Valley 2007
Killed 117
Seriously Injured 1007
Slightly Injured 8371
Safety camera sites con-
tinue to perform well
across the region, with
the number of people
killed or seriously injured
in the last 3 years being
43% lower than in the
three years before cam-
eras were used. All casu-
alties have also reduced
at sites by 23% compared
with the periods before
installation.
Full details on the per-
formance of every camera
site in Thames Valley can
be found on the website.
The number of fixed cam-
eras hasn‟t increased sig-
that TVSRP now operate en-
forcement activities at 295
fixed speed cameras, 206
mobile locations and 22 red-
light cameras.
Full details can be found on
our website using an interac-
tive search tool. This in-
cludes information about
when a camera was installed
and the number of casualties
Offences detected and No-
tices of Intended Prosecution
(NIP) are down on the last
operational year clearly dem-
onstrating that motorists in
Thames Valley are slowing
down at camera sites. This
is backed up by evidence
from the DfT which shows
that in 1997, 70 per cent of
cars travelled at speeds in
excess of the limit but by
2007, this has dropped to
less than half.
Enforcement levels have
been maintained and the
number of mobile camera
sites has increased slightly.
During the year, 27 new mo-
bile camera locations were
commissioned. This means
recorded before and after instal-
lation.
For the first time in 2007-08, as
many people attended a speed
awareness course as paid fines.
Over 43,000 people attended
courses between April „07 and
March „08 with another 3,000
going on a course aimed at
those caught using a handheld
mobile phone whilst driving.
Collisions At Camera Sites Down 43%
Numbers of Offences and Fines Reduced
Page 3 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
nificantly since the late 90‟s
with mobile units now being
deployed around Thames
Valley to address speeding
concerns. Early 2008 saw
the introduction of the first
DVD based mobile systems
with full conversion from the
old VHS cameras due in
2008.
Last year also saw the use
of average speed cameras
on the M4 during the road-
works between junctions 10
and 12. Collisions on that
stretch were down a third on
the previous three year‟s
average demonstrating the
benefits of using these cam-
eras in long-term road-
works. Furthermore, many local
commuters said that their journeys to
work were quicker with less conges-
tion—an added bonus.
Speed & Red-Light
Cameras (not Officer
Issued) 05 - 06 06 - 07 07 - 08
Offences detected 193,428 219,786 159,298
All NIPs 148,619 143,525 117,042
Conditional Offers 97,303 84,768 52,027
Paid 90,833 75,248 42,422
The new Tele-Traffic Concept digi-
tal speed detection system in use
in Thames Valley
In 2006 and early 2007 the
partnership went through its
first annual budget-setting
process without the require-
ment of submitting a business
case to the Department for
Transport.
The total amount available to
the partnership was
£5,898,540 based on the total
Local Transport Plan Road
Safety Fund distributed to the
nine highway authority part-
ners by the DfT, plus an esti-
mated contribution of admini-
stration fees collected from
those attending education
courses.
The total agreed budget for
„07-‟08 was £4,718,913, with
any surplus retained by the
contributing partners for lo-
cal road safety activities.
As a result of in-year effi-
ciencies the total spend on
partnership operations was
£4,245,457. Together with
a small amount of extra in-
come, the net result is that
£547,475 will be returned to
the contributing partners in
„08-‟09. The budget for „08-
‟09 has been set at
£4,506,945 although work
will continue on identifying
even more efficient ways of
carrying out the work of the
partnership. There will
therefore be a minimum of
£1.7 million retained by con-
tributing partners for local
road safety work.
DfT contributions from the road
safety fund will decrease by
about 4.3 percent year-on-year
for the next 3 years, meaning
the partnership will remain fo-
cussed on reducing expendi-
ture, whilst maintaining exist-
ing levels of activity. Clearly
this will provide a challenge
but already, new technologies
are being introduced help re-
duce workload, and improve
performance. An example of
this can be seen in the TVP
Fixed Penalty Support Unit
where a new system is being
introduced to allow online
viewing of offence photo-
graphs, removing the need to
send hard copies in the post.
Partnership Expenditure Reduced
07/08 expenditure review Budget Expenditure
2007 - 2008
Capital Spend
Total camera equipment and site costs £187,100.00 £127,718.22
Total vehicles costs £133,056.00 £110,680.82
Total IT and communications costs £15,660.00 £9,174.50
Total refurbishments costs £500.00 £0.00
Total other capital costs £14,000.00 £1,218.50
TOTAL CAPITAL SPEND £350,316.00 £248,792.04
Revenue Spend
Total staff costs £3,067,391.88 £2,575,983.82
Total equipment maintenance costs £435,003.00 £416,380.09
Total accommodation costs £208,766.15 £227,321.81
Total communications costs £141,500.00 £115,057.25
Total other revenue costs £516,006.46 £661,922.94
TOTAL REVENUE SPEND £4,368,667.49 £3,996,665.91
TOTAL SPEND £4,718,983.49 £4,245,457.95
Page 4 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
The partnership has set 12
targets or performance indica-
tors that will demonstrate its
performance in respect of:
Casualty reduction
Enforcement and
processing
Education, training
and publicity
Efficiencies
Service delivery
These targets are monitored
on a yearly, quarterly or
monthly basis (depending on
March 2011 from the cur-
rent baseline of 92%
b) Reduce the use of
hand-held mobile phones
by drivers within Thames
Valley from the current
baseline of 1.7% to 1% by
March 2011.
2007 - 2008 Surveys carried
out by the Transport Research
Laboratories (TRL) show
92.2% of driver wearing seat-
belts and 1.58% using hand-
held mobile phones. Further
surveys will be carried out the
next operational year (08-09).
Enforcement and
Processing
Target 3
To undertake 7,200 days of
fixed camera enforcement,
Casualty Reduction
Target 1
To achieve at all TVSRP
speed and red light en-
forcement sites:
a) A 40% reduction in KSI
casualties; and
b) A 20% reduction in all
casualties.
Current levels based on data
to the end of 2007 show:
a) 43%
b) 23%
Target 2
Through enforcement, edu-
cation, training and public-
ity:
a) Improve driver seatbelt
wearing rates to 96% by
and 11,160 hours of mo-
bile speed camera en-
forcement per annum.
Figures for Year 1 show
7,598 days fixed (excluding
roadworks) and 7,225 mo-
bile hours. This second part
of the target has therefore
been missed and several
partnership management
groups are looking into how
this can be improved. The
principle reason for the tar-
get being missed was that
the enforcement team was-
n’t at full strength for the
whole of the year.
Cont...
Partnership Targets—Progress Report the target) and regular up-
dates provided to the partner-
ship management groups.
Monitoring performance and
setting goals enhances the
partnership accountability,
both to the contributing part-
ners and the public. Setting
appropriate targets was at
times a lengthy process and
they will be constantly re-
viewed to ensure they remain
challenging and realistic.
The following reports cover the
period of the last operational
year (April „07—March „08)
unless otherwise mentioned.
In order to asses partnership
progress, several years‟ in-
formation may be required
and therefore these reports
provide an indication of cur-
rent levels only.
It is not expected that all
targets will be achieved im-
mediately but significant pro-
gress should be made with
extra attention and possibly
resources devoted to those
areas where targets are not
being met.
Page 5 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
Efficiencies
Target 7
To reduce the total partner-
ship budget by a minimum
of 4.3% for the financial
year 2008 – 2009 and to
identify areas of increased
savings in partnership op-
erations where there is re-
ducing workload.
Total partnership budget re-
duced by 4.49% for the next
financial year.
Target 8
To process 95% of Condi-
tional Offers through to
payment or court.
Only 92.8% were successfully
dealt with, although this repre-
sents an improvement of 1.6%
on the previous year. Further
investigations will be under-
taken to see how this can be
improved further through the
TVSRP Operations Group.
Service Delivery
Target 9
To provide accurate and
complete collision data to
all partners and the DfT no
later than three months af-
ter the end of each period.
This target was met twice but
also missed another two times.
In both cases the delays were
minimal and work has taken
place to ensure this does not
...Cont
Target 4
To undertake 8,064 hours
(90% of available time) of
road safety activity per an-
num using partnership em-
ployed Road Safety Consta-
bles.
Actual figures for the first
monitored year (Jun '07 - May
'08) show 8,034 hours and
99% of available time
Education, training
and publicity
Target 5
To educate 100,000 identi-
fied offenders by offering
and completing Diversion-
ary Education Courses for
speeding, mobile phone,
seatbelt and motorcycle
related offences.
A total of 45,635 courses were
delivered. This target has
now been reviewed and
amended to a more realistic
and achievable level for the
forthcoming year.
Target 6
To raise the level of
prompted public aware-
ness of TVSRP from its cur-
rent level of 13% to 25%
by March 2011.
The initial survey to set base-
lines was only carried out this
year. This means the next
surveys will show progress
towards the set target.
happen again.
Target 10
To increase net public sat-
isfaction with the services
provided by TVSRP from
its previous level of 16%
to 25% by March 2011
As this survey has only been
conducted once, progress will
be reviewed next year.
Target 11
To raise the level of core
partner net satisfaction
with the services and ac-
tivities provided by the
TVSRP partnership team
to 95% by March 2011.
The initial survey to set
baselines was only carried
out this year. This means
the next surveys will show
progress towards the set tar-
get.
Target 12
To respond to at least
90% of public enquiries
received by the Partner-
ship Team within 10
working days.
94.1% were responded to
within the set timescale with
an average response time of
3.12 days
Page 6 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
In April 2007, five new posts
were created within the part-
nership for Road Safety Con-
stables (RSC) within Thames
Valley Police to be funded by
TVSRP. The purpose of these
officers is to work with and
support local authorities in
their road safety activities.
Their role is different from that
of other TVP Traffic Officers
who already work on the roads
in Thames Valley although
they will work with colleagues
in TVP on specific activities.
and they have a broad remit to
cover numerous traffic of-
fences in accordance with local
priorities.
Broadly working within their
own areas of Oxfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Milton
Keynes, Berkshire West and
Berkshire East, these five offi-
cers undertake numerous ac-
tivities including:
Roadside enforcement and
education directed at
speed, mobile phones, drink
-driving and seatbelts
Press liaison on specific
road safety campaigns in-
cluding those directed at
vulnerable road users
Providing Dedicated Road Safety PCs Preparation of intelligence
-led road safety packages
for Roads Policing col-
leagues
Carrying out training of
TVP officers in the use of
speed detection equipment
Supporting local events
and displays through the
use of mobile exhibition
vehicles
Assessment of proposed
Community Concern en-
forcement locations
The majority of the work car-
ried out in their first year cov-
ered the preparation and car-
rying out of roadside checks,
often in conjunction with local
authority road safety officers
delivering education as well
as enforcement.
Geoff Barrell from Oxfordshire
County Council said,
“Our RSC is doing an excel-
lent job, carrying out their
work efficiently and effec-
tively”.
Chris Appleby, the Road
Safety Sergeant commenting
on the first year of operations
said,
“The team is a great tool for
partners to use to impact on
road safety, we are able to de-
liver offending drivers to au-
thorities for direct education or
use the criminal justice system
to offer diverted education or
punitive responses as appropri-
ate. Additionally the media
gain from the team has been
tremendous in selling the
safety message across the nine
local authority areas and
clearly showcases the great
work that is being done by all
the partners.”
Overall the work of the new-
team has had a massive im-
pact on the work of the part-
nership in delivering targeted
enforcement and education to
a nationally coordinated time-
table.
As you can see from the table
to the left, there have been
over 10,000 offences detected
as well as arrests for drink
driving, possession of drugs
and driving while disqualified.
Seatbelt offences 4791
Speed Offences 4551
Mobile Phone Offences 684
Construction and Use Offences 616
Insurance Offences 90
Driving Licence Offences 48
Drink Drive Offences 8
Page 7 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
the attitudes and behaviour of
12,000 drivers; all of whom
had committed a speeding of-
fence; these were divided be-
tween those attending a speed
awareness workshop and oth-
ers who had been issued with a
fixed penalty notice.
The results were startling with
female drivers almost ten times
more likely to intend to stick to
the limit following the course.
Men also improve their inten-
tions to drive within the limit by
five times.
Professor McKenna outlined
why this could be so significant
for the future of road safety.
“If drivers genuinely accept
that speed is the defining issue
in determining how serious the
effects of a crash are, then we
can make much greater pro-
gress in utilising new and exist-
ing technologies to restrict
speeds and improve safety.”
The full report, is now available
on the TVSRP website:
http://www.saferroads.org/
media/pdfs/reports/
McKenna_SAAttitude.pdf
2007 saw the first drivers at-
tending our new „Call Divert‟
scheme aimed at educating
Last year saw the one hundred
thousandth speed awareness
course delivered in Thames
Valley.since the scheme began
in 2003.
There are now three different
speed-related courses; one for
those detected in urban limits
(30 and 40 Mph, 88% of
sites); another for people in
high-speed limits (50, 60 & 70
Mph); and a longer course with
a two hour on-road tuition ele-
ment tailored to those detected
speeding well in excess of the
posted limit.
Drivers may not attend more
than one course every three
years and invitation to attend,
rather than pay a fixed penalty
or attend court, is at the dis-
cretion of Thames Valley Po-
lice. Normally however, a
driver will be eligible to attend
if they are detected in the
ranges identified on the table
below.
A research report has recently
been published by Professor.
Frank McKenna (University of
Reading) highlighting the
changed attitudes of drivers
attending the speed work-
shops. The report examined
motorists detected using a
hand-held mobile phone
whilst driving. Thames Val-
ley are the only road safety
partnership in the country
offering this type of course
and over three thousand
drivers have already at-
tended one of the sessions.
The scheme aims to educate
drivers about the real dan-
gers of making a mobile
phone call when driving and
raise awareness among driv-
ers that this is not only ille-
gal, but is a significant cause
of crashes. Drivers are four
times more likely to crash
while using a mobile phone
and research by the Trans-
port Research Laboratory has
shown that using any mobile
phone slows one's reactions
even more than alcohol at
the legal limit.
Leading on Driver Education
Speed Awareness
Minimum Speed
Maximum Speed
30 Mph 35 39
40 Mph 46 50
50 Mph 57 61
60 Mph 68 72
70 Mph 79 83
Page 8 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
The road safety problem pre-
sented by rural routes is a
cause for significant concern,
with hundreds of collisions oc-
curring on these roads each
year in areas that are difficult
to address with conventional
methods of enforcement and
engineering.
In 2004 TVSRP launched the
Route Alert! signing scheme
on 13 rural routes throughout
the area. The signs have been
regularly updated to keep the
motorist informed if casualties
at specific locations and along
the route in general.
The scheme has proven, over
the three year period as-
sessed, to be highly effective
at reducing road traffic casual-
ties on rural roads, with the
most serious collisions being
reduced by 32% in the first
year after implementation.
The biggest impact was no-
ticed at the „Hot-Spots‟ where
more specific messages were
delivered such as „Keep Your
Distance‟ or „Watch Your
Speed‟.
The report and recommenda-
tions point to limitations of
the scheme in terms of lon-
gevity, as there does appear
to be some immunity to the
safety messages that devel-
ops over time. However, the
early returns and extended
impact at hotspots still makes
intervention worthwhile on
comparable routes.
One of the biggest benefits of
the scheme is it‟s relatively
low cost with each route cost-
ing on average less than
£5,000.
TVSRP are now looking at po-
tential new routes that could
benefit from the scheme.
For more information, and a
full copy of the report, visit
the website at:
http://www.saferroads.org/
information/route-alert.html
Route Alert! 3 Year Results Very Significant
Page 9 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
year olds. The film shows a
group of young people on a
night out whose car is in-
volved in a collision. Mem-
bers of the emergency ser-
vices step onto the stage
and talk about their real-life
experiences.
Superintendent Mick Doyle,
head of Roads Policing,
Thames Valley Police, says;
“This campaign is emotion-
ally hard hitting and does
make young people think
about the consequences of
2007 saw the second year of
the highly successful Safe
Drive Stay Alive event that
has now been attended by
20,000 young people in
Thames Valley.
The programme is aimed at
reaching out to the most vul-
nerable group of drivers,
those aged under 25 who
make up a disproportionate
number of casualties (almost
a quarter of the total).
Safe Drive Stay Alive is a film
and theatre event for 16-18
their driving. People between 17
and 25 years of age are a par-
ticularly vulnerable group and the
aim of this campaign is to reduce
the number of young people who
lose their lives on the roads and
the families who suffer their
loss.”
Feedback from those who at-
tended the 2007 events was very
positive with almost 90% willing
to recommend SDSA to a friend
and more than 80% think it will
make them a safer driver.
Visit www.safedrive.org.uk for
more information.
„Safe Drive Stay Alive‟ Attended by 20,000
Seatbelt Anniversary Marked With New Campaign
new radio advert recorded on
a rollercoaster highlighting
how foolish it would be to
get on a rollercoaster with-
out a safety restraint, yet
people are making similarly
risky decisions every day
when they don‟t wear their
seatbelt .
TVSRP Road Safety Consta-
bles carried out extra checks
in February to get the mes-
January 2008 saw the 25th
anniversary of the law making
the wearing of seatbelts man-
datory for drivers and front
seat passengers. An esti-
mated 60,000 lives have been
saved since then but alarm-
ingly over a third of all drivers
killed on the roads in Thames
Valley weren't wearing their
seatbelt.
TVSRP ran a coordinated
campaign in February with a
sage out to motorists caught
not wearing their seatbelt..
Page 10 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
The first year for the new road
safety partnership has been
very exciting and even more
new and innovative initiatives
are planed for the future.
Driver Education
Building on the success of its
speed and mobile phone diver-
sion schemes, TVSRP and TVP
have developed two new
courses:
The new „Young Driver
Scheme‟ offers drivers under
the age of 25 an opportunity
to attend a tailor-made course
that explores issues relevant
to them and combines a tradi-
tional classroom-based course
with an e-learning element.
The second course is aimed at
motorcyclists and follows the
national RiDE (Rider Interven-
tion and Developing Experi-
ence ) model. Motorcyclists
who have been involved in a
road crash, or committed an
endorsable offence will be in-
vited to attend.
In addition to the new
courses, the existing speed
awareness course has been
lengthened and modified with
new content added. Soon
drivers will also be able to at-
tend a course in Thames Val-
ley—even if they have com-
mited an offence in another
force area. An online booking
system will give offenders the
option of where to attend.
Road Safety Cam-
paigns
Safe Drive Stay Alive will re-
turn again for its third year in
November „08 showing at ven-
ues around Thames Valley.
This year it‟s hoped that up to
16,000 will attend.
Other partnership campaigns
will run around themed weeks
involving public advertising
and on-road enforcement and
education targeting:
Speed
Mobile Phones
Seatbelts
Drink Driving
Motorcyclists
Young Drivers
These campaigns will be run in
full cooperation with police and
local authority partners.
New Website Fea-
tures
Developments are being car-
ried out on the
www.saferroads.org website
to improve the quality and
amount of information avail-
able to the public. A redes-
igned mapping interface using
Google Maps will include not
only the location of all en-
forcement cameras, but also
the results of speed surveys
and collisions records for the
last three years.
Partners will be able to upload
data about their own surveys
and activities which will allow
anyone to see where speed
management is being carried
out in Thames Valley. This
information will also be a
valuable resource for
Neighbourhood Action Groups
and other road safety stake-
holders.
Cont...
Plans for the Forthcoming Year
Page 11 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
...Cont
Innovations in
Collision Analysis
Having already rolled-out the
powerful „Headline Data‟
analysis tool to the partners,
the TVSRP Partnership Team
have secured £155k of fund-
ing from the Department for
Transport to deliver a similar
product nationally using web-
enabled technology.
Work on the MAST (Market
Contact us at
information@saferroads.org
Visit our
websites
www.saferroads.org
www.saferrider.org
www.safedrive.org.uk
Come to our next
public meeting
Wednesday 18th March
2009
7pm
Maidenhead Town Hall
St Ives Road,
Maidenhead, Berkshire
SL6 1RF
TVSRP: Who are we? Core Partners
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
Crown Prosecution Service
Her Majesty‟s Courts Service
The Highways Agency
Milton Keynes Council
Oxfordshire County Council
Reading Borough Council
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Slough Borough Council
Thames Valley Police
West Berkshire Council
Wokingham Borough Council
Plus other road safety stakeholders
Analysis & Segmentation
Tools) project will start in
summer 2008 with a new
dedicated member of the
team joining to oversee the
development and delivery of
the new national tool.
At the heart of the project is
the geodemographic package
pioneered by TVSRP which
has already been put to use
locally in designing new edu-
cation campaigns.
Page 12 TVSRP Partnership Report 2007—2008
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