Road Safety

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.

Consultation:

Jowetts Lane / Allerton Lane / Rydding Lane / Wyntor Lane / Kesteven Road and Lindsey Road – Traffic Calming Scheme

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council proposes to introduce several safety and traffic calming measures along the above roads. The safety measures will be in the form of speed cushions, 20mph speed limits, a new pedestrian refuge, new parking / loading arrangements and a relocation of the bus stop outside the shops on Jowetts Lane.

The outline proposals can be viewed by visiting our Supplementary Information page.

It is proposed to locate the new traffic calming measures at the following locations:

Speed Cushions:

• Jowetts Lane: o/s numbers 54 / 53, 30 / 31 and 10 / 3.
• Wyntor Lane: o/s numbers 6, 17, 25 and 43.
• Allerton Lane: o/s numbers 44 / 83, 22 / 61, 1 Lellow St / 45, 12 / 31 and 1 Jowetts Ln / 13.
• Rydding Lane: o/s numbers 40 / 51, 28 / 43, 18 / 31, 6 / 19, 7 and nr Gordon Avenue.
• Lindsey Road: o/s numbers 21 / 23, Millpool House, 1 and nr Clarkes Lane.
• Kesteven Road: o/s numbers 7, 25 / 23, Coach and Horses PH and 55.
• Wiltshire Way: replacing the existing cushions outside 37 / 74 and 27 / 29.

It is proposed to relocate the existing bus stop on Jowetts Lane from the lay-by to outside numbers 14 / 16.

Objections in writing, stating your grounds to Mr Stewart Adams by email to: WestBrom_feedback@sandwell.gov.uk by 19th December 2025.

Consultation:

Galton Road – Traffic Calming Scheme

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council proposes to introduce several safety and traffic calming measures along Galton Road, Smethwick. The safety measures will be in the form of speed humps, a zebra crossing and new parking arrangements. The proposals will make it safer for all road users including motor vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians.

The outline proposals can be viewed by visiting our Supplementary information page.

2025 / 2026 Schemes:

Completed Schemes:

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.