Speed limit being cut in city amid safety fears

The reduction from 40mph to 30mph, was fast-tracked by the city council after a road safety emergency was declared in the summer.

Work has begun to install new speed limit signs on 27 roads around Birmingham.

A speed reduction from 40 to 30mph on the routes was fast-tracked by the city council after it declared a road safety emergency last year.

Councillor Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: "Working with our police partners, swift and decisive action will be taken against those who break the rules of the road."

Campaign group Better Streets for Birmingham said at least 23 people had died on roads in the city between June 2023 and July 2024.

The city council consulted on an initial review of 40mph limits in 2023.

According to the authority, 1,674 people responded, with most - 949 (56.7%) - opposed to the switch. A total of 635 (37.9%) were in favour, with 90 expressing a neutral view.

But the council is going ahead with the move, having said the concerns of a quarter of the opponents centred on enforcement matters.

Mahmood said: "We are also working with police on red light cameras and we have just announced six new locations for average speed cameras."

The council has not revealed the project's cost but said the scheme would be funded by surplus income from the city's Clean Air Zone (CAZ) charges - sums ring-fenced for transport projects.

The council added the speed limit changes would only apply to the sections of road that were within the city's borders.

The changes are set to come into effect later this year.

Councillor Majid Mahmood said the changes would be implemented later this year.

Which roads will be affected?

• A34 Walsall Road, A34 Perry Barr Expressway, A34 Birchfield Road, A34 High Street Perry Barr from Old Walsall Road to Old Park Walk (near Bartons Arms)

• A4041 Queslett Road Perry Barr Hamble Road

• A452 Chester Road from the roundabout junction with A4041 Queslett Road East (at the city boundary), to Greenway Drive

• A5127 Lichfield Road from south of Bishops Way to the roundabout at Watford Gap Road (city boundary)

• Webster Way/Thimble End Road Sutton Walmley and Minworth From Walmley Road to Walmley Ash Road

• Ox Leys Road Sutton Walmley and Minworth Springfield Road to Fox Hollies Road

• Webster Way/Thimble End Road Sutton Walmley and Minworth From Walmley Road to Walmley Ash Road

• A38/B4148 Tyburn Road Gravelly Hill,Pype Hayes From Salford Circus to Chester Road roundabout

• B4148 Eachelhurst Road Sutton Walmley and Minworth, Pype Hayes from south of the railway bridge to the roundabout at A452 Chester Road

• A38 Kingsbury Road

• Pype Hayes, Castle Vale, Sutton Walmley and Minworth from Minworth island (A4097 Kingsbury Road), to the junction with the B4148,Tyburn Road

• A4097 Kingsbury Road Sutton Walmley and Minworth From Wiggins Hill Road to city boundary

• A452 Chester Road Pype Hayes, Castle Vale, Bromford and Hodge Hill from the new Aldi on A452 Chester Road to the Castle Bromwich interchange near Newport Road

• B4147 Newport Road Bromford and Hodge Hill from the Castle Bromwich interchange to the roundabout at Coleshill Road

• A47 Heartlands / Fort Parkway Nechells, Ward End, Pype Hayes from Spitfire island to Saltley viaduct roundabout

• A47 Nechells Parkway Nechells from the roundabout at B4132 Goodrick Way the A4540 ring road (heading into city)

• A4540 Ring Road clockwise (3 sections) Multiple wards from Dartmouth Circus to Spring Hill

• A45 Small Heath Highway Bordesley Green, Sparkbrook, Balsall Heath East, Small Heath from the junction with Bolton Road to Heybarnes Circus

• A45 Coventry Road/A45 New Coventry Road Small Heath, Tyseley and Hay Mills, South Yardley and Sheldon from Heybarnes Circus to the city boundary at Hatchford Brook

• Monmouth Drive Sutton Vesey, Sutton Trinity from Jevons Road to Somerville Road

• Weeford Road Sutton Roughley from the mini roundabout at Harvest Fields Way to the A453, Tamworth Road

• A441 Redditch Road Longbridge and West Heath, Kings Norton North, Kings Norton South from Burford Park Road to the city boundary at Longbridge Lane

• A38 Bristol Road South Rubery/Rednal, Eastbound - a section either side of the junction with Park Way, Westbound - a section either side of the junction with Park Way and extending to the city boundary at Leach Green Lane

• B4121 Wolverhampton Road South, B4121 West Boulevard, Barnes Hill, Shenley Lane Quinton, Harborne, Bartley Green, Weoley and Selly Oak, Allens Cross from the junction with Hagley Road West to the junction with Black Haynes Road

• A456 Hagley Road West Quinton from Perry Hill Lane to Bearwood Road/ Lordswood Road junction

• A41 Hockley Flyover (Soho Hill and Hockley Hill) Newtown, Soho, Jewellery Quarter, Lozells from Key Hill to Soho Hill

• Lindridge Road Sutton Roughley, Sutton Reddicap from Rectory Road to Withy Hill Road (as currently signed on site)

• Redhill Road Longbridge and West Heath, Kings Norton North from Redditch Road to the BCC Boundary (as currently signed on site)

• Walmley Ash Lane and Cottage Lane Sutton Walmley and Minworth from the junction with Walmley Ash Road to the junction with Hurst Green Road