Birmingham City Council has updated it’s Road Safety Strategy – now open to consultation.

Birmingham City Council has updated it’s Road Safety Strategy and released it for consultation.

The Birmingham Road Harm Reduction Strategy has been developed to complement the Birmingham Transport Plan. It sets out to transform Birmingham’s roads and streets to make them safer, more inclusive, and more attractive.

Take part in the consultation HERE

The ambition of the strategy is to end death and serious injury for users of Birmingham’s roads in line with the Vision Zero concept, which aspires to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries. 

The previous Birmingham Road Safety Strategy was adopted in October 2016. Whilst aligned with Vision Zero, its approach did not tackle traffic volume and its significant impact on road safety.

The revised strategy adopts the Healthy Streets Approach and is aligned directly with the vision, aim, objectives and principles of the Birmingham Transport Plan:

• Prioritising active travel in local neighbourhoods – upgrading and improving streets in our local neighbourhoods to ensure they are attractive, inclusive, and safe environments for people walking, cycling and using public transport.
• Reallocating road space – consolidating most motor vehicle journeys in Birmingham onto a defined and prioritised Arterial Route Network, whilst removing through trips from residential streets wherever possible.
• Transforming the city centre – removing through motor traffic from the city centre, and redesigning public spaces to prioritise public transport, walking and cycling.
• Managing demand – proactive management of the kerbside (the part of the road closest to the footway) to release the space needed for safe, healthy streetscapes, whilst improving access to local services and facilities.

Paper copies of the consultation survey, along with copies of the strategy will be left at all of the city libraries from the week commencing 15 January 2024 (or you can email Izzy and we’ll send you one). The council also plans to hold a small number of drop in events, details of which will follow.

If you have any queries, please email: connected@birmingham.gov.uk