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This is an open letter sent to council group leaders on 19 May 2026. Demerging the environment and transport portfolios to create a Cabinet Member for Healthy Streets Dear group leaders, We are writing as several of you are working towards an agreement to govern the city following the local
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Based on current fatality rates, 106 people will be killed in crashes on Birmingham's roads during the 2026 to 2030 council term. We are partnering as an unprecedented coalition of 16 national and local organisations to ask the politicians of tomorrow: Will you make Birmingham’s roads safer?
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On Friday 1st August 2025, Better Streets for Birmingham is marking the first anniversary of of the council declaring a city wide Road Safety Emergency with a demonstration infront of the council office. Friday 1st August 2025 - Victoria Square, central Birmingham 5pm - Gather in Victoria Square 5.30pm - Speech - Martin
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It's approaching the first anniversary of Birmingham's declared road safety emergency and we are planning to mark this on Friday 1 August 2025. We are looking for people to share their stories of road danger. We are also looking for volunteers to help mark the anniversary
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Birmingham roads are more dangerous than they've ever been. Looking at the in-year statistics on reported road casualties provided by The Department for Transport (DfT), it is clear Birmingham has a spiralling road safety issue. The DfT has reported provisionally that, in 2023, there were 479 people
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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are sections of streets where through traffic to a residential area is drastically reduced through permanent infrastructure, such as bollards, planters, and signage. York Road has had its LTN since 2020 and, although receiving some criticism in its initial development, has ultimately changed a car-stricken danger
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Until 2020, Northbrook Street in Ladywood was like any other street in Birmingham: a danger zone of excessive speeds and congestion, as drivers used it to "rat-run" to other sections of the city. It was, just like many of our streets, a danger to pedestrians and residents
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On Friday 26 January 2024, we sent an open letter to city and regional leaders, setting out several challenges for authorities to go faster and reduce the opportunity for further deaths on our roads. We have now received replies from all recipients, which are published on this page. Response from
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In September 2023, 32 Better Streets for Birmingham members from across the city volunteered to watch 21 different junctions for drivers running red lights. They collectively volunteered for 50 sessions, totalling a huge 44 hours and 56 minutes. During these 50 sessions, we observed 576 people jumping red lights. That&
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We submitted evidence to Birmingham City Council's Sustainability and Transport Overview and Scrutiny Committee inquiry into active travel delivery. We also attended a roundtable with the committee and other stakeholders on Thursday 7 September 2023. Better Streets for Birmingham's submission to the Active Travel Delivery InquiryThis
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Better Streets For Birmingham welcomes the commitment of our city leaders to work together to tackle dangerous driving and road safety in Birmingham, after a spate of deaths and serious injuries on the city’s roads. Four people were killed, including two children, and 5 seriously injured between May and
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We are meeting with politicians and authorities over the coming weeks to make three asks. Two of West Midlands Police to change the culture of thoughtless driving and one of Birmingham City Council to provide safe alternatives.