Speed cameras could be installed across Bradford if the Government accepts a bid to reduce road deaths using the controversial safety traps.

Bradford Council is helping put together a business plan which will be laid before ministers next month.

If approved, the installation of the cameras on some of the district's most dangerous roads could begin by next April.

The Council is part of a working group called the West Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership which is looking at where fatal and serious roads accidents occur.

It was set up as part of the Government's "Netting Off" policy which allows partnerships to be set up to tackle road accidents using speed and junction cameras.

The scheme includes the police, all five West Yorkshire authorities, the Highways Agency, the Crown Prosecution Service, health authority and the magistrates' courts office.

At present Bradford only has red light safety cameras at road junctions like Leeds Road and the Shipley Airedale Road.

But if the group's recommendations are accepted, speed cameras could be installed on roads where accidents are shown to be caused by speeding traffic.

Steve Thornton, the group's spokesman, said: "It's very early days yet and there is quite a lot to do in terms of looking at the statistics.

"We are definitely sticking to the Government's guidelines and looking at where we need to reduce fatal and serious road injuries.

"Certainly we will have appropriate publicity to make sure people know where these cameras will go."

Mr Thornton said the scheme would be non-profit making with all the money made from fixed penalty tickets ploughed back into the cameras via the Treasury.

According to West Yorkshire police figures there were 120 deaths from road accidents last year, with a further 1,179 serious injuries and 12,426 slight injuries caused by collisions on the roads.

Eight speed camera pilot schemes introduced across the country last year have cut road deaths by 600 in just 12 months, according to Home Office statistics.

An AA spokesman said: "What we don't want is every single road in Leeds and Bradford with speed cameras on it.

"We want them focused on the accident black spots and to reduce people's speed."