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.
2025 / 2026 Schemes:
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ROAD SAFETY SCHEMES |
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Basons Lane / Warley Road Junction, Oldbury |
Implementation of Traffic Signals |
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Grange Road, Cradley Heath |
One-Way System |
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Hagley Road, Oldbury |
Average Speed Enforcement Cameras |
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Lower City Road, Tividale |
Road Safety Improvement Scheme |
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Powis Avenue / Cupfields Avenue, Tipton |
Road Safety Improvement Scheme |
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Silvertrees Estate, Tipton |
New 20mph Zone |
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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. |
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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 |
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Completed Schemes:
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Location |
Detail |
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Hallens Drive, Wednesbury |
Installation of permanent speed cushions to deter road racing where road casualties had been recorded. Installed in partnership with West Midlands Police. Replaced temporary bolt down cushions. |
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Hobs Road, Wednesbury |
Installation of new zebra crossing outside of Wood Green Primary School to aid children and parents walking to and from school, following the retirement of School Crossing Patrol point. |
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Lightwoods Hill, Old Warley |
Installation of Vehicle Activated electronic Speed Signs (VASS) and new 20mph limit to reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety environment following petition and community concerns. |
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Londonderry Lane, Smethwick |
Final phase of road safety and sustainable travel improvements to compliment the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre. |
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Manor House Road, Wednesbury |
Installation of new controlled pedestrian crossing outside of St Mary’s Primary School to aid children and parents walking to and from school, following the retirement of school crossing patrol point. |
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Melbourne Road, Smethwick |
Installation of dropped kerbs and tactile paving to assist visually impaired road users. |
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Oakham Road, Tividale |
Updated electronic signage, new central refuges, and associated road markings to help tackle concerns raised regarding speeding vehicles and a number of loss of control accidents. |
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Perry Hill Road, Oldbury |
Implementation of a Puffin Crossing Facility – |
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Vehicle Activated Speed Sign (VASS) Project |
Installation of a number of electronic speed activated warning signs at various locations in the borough, in response to community concerns over speeding vehicles. Includes:
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Waterfall Lane, Cradley Heath |
Implementation of a Zebra Crossing Facility – |
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Windmill Lane, Smethwick |
Installation of new controlled pedestrian crossing between Trafalgar Road and Ballot Street to aid children and parents walking to and from St Matthews CofE Primary school and the practitioners at the Jamia Masjid Mosque. |
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Wood Green Road / Myvod Road, Wednesbury |
Add pedestrian facilities to existing traffic signal junction. |
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Yew Tree Estate, West Bromwich |
Traffic calming across the whole estate, including additional road safety improvements around Yew Tree Primary School. |
Get in touch
If you require road safety input in to any community events or require help or advice, please email Road_Safety@sandwell.gov.uk. For any other road safety concerns on the highway, log onto My Sandwell or call 0121 368 1177.