Almost three quarters of councils have already reduced street lighting in their area, or are considering doing so. The blackouts are being rolled across thousands of streets in rural areas, suburbs and city centres in almost every county in the UK, despite concerns from residents and police that the moves will lead to an increase in traffic accidents and crime. In total, 98 out of 133 local authorities who responded to a survey said were scaling back street lighting, or were looking into doing so. Every county council which took part in the survey said they were reducing lighting or planning to do so, as did local authorities in several major cities, including Cardiff, Sheffield, Edinburgh and parts of London. Conversely, those that said they had no plans to change were mostly small councils, many of which have responsibility only for lighting in off-road areas, such as parks, car parks and footpaths.
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