Bakersfield is expanding its red-light camera program, adding six new cameras at intersections with the highest rates of dangerous broadside crashes. The cameras are expected to go live by late summer 2026.
Bakersfield currently has 10 active red-light cameras. The city plans to add 6 more before the end of summer at the following intersections:
- Ming Ave. & Gosford Rd.
- White Lane & Stine Rd.
- White Lane & Gosford Rd.
- Ming Ave. & New Stine Rd.
- Panama Ln. & Stine Rd.
- Panama Ln. & Ashe Rd.
Bakersfield Police Lieutenant Joseph Galland, who serves as Traffic Commander, helped identify the new locations by analyzing crash data and traffic patterns.
“The most prevalent collision when someone runs the red light is broadside. Humans are designed to take impacts from the front and not designed to take impacts from the side. For the person who gets broadsided, it can be very dangerous, resulting in higher injuries and deaths,” Galland said…