Engineering
Road Safety Schemes
Local engineering schemes can provide excellent value for money in places with existing road injury problems and are designed to address recorded collisions where people are being injured on a regular basis.
By focusing on sites and areas with poor accident records, road safety engineers concentrate their efforts on places where it is known that people are being killed or injured rather than on perceived risks and that the site or area has a treatable problem.
Road casualty data provided by West Midlands Police is used to determine the safety engineering programme for the following financial year. Analysis is looked at over a 3 and 5 year historical period to identify trends and commonalities and particular emphasis is placed on those sites where there are injuries of a serious nature, or those involving the most vulnerable road users such as children and pedestrians.
Road casualty reduction schemes involves measures designed to reduce the number and severity of accidents based on an existing known pattern.
Active Travel
Active travel is using physically active means for everyday journeys, such as walking and cycling.
The Government have set a vision for half of short journeys in towns and cities to be walked, wheeled or cycled by 2030 and provided funding to Local Authorities to change and improve their road infrastructure to assist in this vision.
The advantages of active travel include increased fitness, cheaper journeys, reduced congestion and wide scale environmental benefits.
Sandwell has secured funding from the Government to introduce a number of large-scale active travel schemes over the next 4 years. The schemes being developed are not just about making local areas better, healthier and greener places for people to live, but to also allow people to walk and cycle in a much safer environment.
Active travel improvements aim to:
- make walking and cycling to work, education and leisure activities more attractive
- improve health and wellbeing by offering eco-friendly travel choices
- broaden travel choices by offering safe, quick and easy walking and cycling options, particularly for short journeys
- support zero emission journeys and reduce reliance on car travel.
Completed Schemes
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Allerton Lane, Jowetts Lane, Kesteven Road, Lindsey Road, Rydding Lane and Wyntor Lane, West Bromwich |
New traffic calming measures, speed limit changes, lining, signing and junction improvements |
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Almond Avenue, Cherry Tree Avenue, Lilac Avenue and Maple Drive, Yew Tree, Walsall |
New speed cushions |
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Forge Lane, Cradley Heath |
New electronic speed activated signage and road markings to discourage speeding |
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Newton Road / Monksfield Avenue Junction, Great Barr |
New traffic signals and pedestrian crossing facilities |
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Springfield Lane (Pap Pap Bridge), Rowley Regis |
New traffic signal control on the narrow single lane humpback bridge |
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Thimblemill Road, Smethwick |
New speed cushions and central refuges |
Transportation Schemes
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Delivery of new pedestrian and cycle routes including segregated cycle routes, resurface and widen footpaths, upgrade crossing facilities, introduce traffic calming, upgrade lighting, improve signage and road markings. |
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High Street and A457 Transport Corridor, including Oldbury Road, Tollhouse Way, Soho Way, Grove Lane and Cranford Street In and around Black Patch Park |
Delivery of new cycle and pedestrian links from two railway stations to the town centre and local hospital, aiming to boost active travel in Smethwick, the wider borough, and the region. The project will also deliver improvements in and around Black Patch Park, linking the Birmingham Canal to the park and creating access from the park to Windsor Olympus Academy. |
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Delivery of a new pedestrian link, improved pedestrian paths and cycle facilities. |
Town Centre Schemes
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Bus Interchange and Public Realm |
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Tipton Town Centre Regeneration |
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Wednesbury Town Centre Improvements |
Contact Us
If you require assistance regarding road safety engineering, please email Road_Safety@sandwell.gov.uk, including your name and address, log an enquiry via My Sandwell or call 0121 368 1177.