Request a road safety improvement through Safer, Better Streets

Safer, Better Streets is our framework, a set of principles and rules, that we use to assess and prioritise safety improvements in Brighton & Hove.

What we're doing to improve road safety

We receive many requests from residents about road safety. These include concerns about speeding, rat running, cycle safety or perceived collision blackspots. 

We carefully consider all requests and first check whether the location meets the minimum criteria for improvements. An initial assessment is carried out to measure vehicle speeds and/ or pedestrian counts. Small measures such as road markings, signs or Motion Vehicle Activated Signs (MVAS) may be introduced to resolve issues quickly, where appropriate.  

If a location is successful in initial assessment, we carry out a more in-depth full assessment to gauge how urgent improvements are. This full assessment takes into consideration a wide range of social and safety factors, including:

  • perceived risks to pedestrians and cyclists
  • improvements for mobility impaired
  • access to public transport
  • routes to school
  • Speeding vehicles
  • Collision history
  • Streetlighting and road widths
  • Active travel and walkability improvements
  • Links to the South Downs 

Every year, using the above criteria, we produce a list of the top ten locations where improvements are most urgently needed. These are presented to and approved by councillors

We then aim to improve as many locations on the top ten list as we can, subject to available funding. 

Each year we try to improve as many locations on the top ten list as we can, subject to funding availability. 

List of locations

Sites that didn’t pass the initial assessment under the safer, better streets process

How to request a road safety improvement

Contact your ward councillor to make a new Safer, Better Streets request.

When you complete the form, there is a drop-down menu under 'What is your enquiry about?'. Select one:

  • Pedestrian Crossing Requests
  • Requests for traffic calming

Please give us as much information as possible, and tell us:

  • the exact location - describe the location, for example, outside a house number or business or at a particular junction
  • an exact description of the road safety issue (for example rat running, speeding, lack of pedestrian crossing infrastructure). Please only include the most significant issue.    
  • who it impacts
  • if it is a problem at a specific times of day, for example:
    • the school run
    • rush hour (am/pm)
    • weekends

More information

There's more information about road safety in Sussex, including how to report anti-social driving to Operation Crackdown on the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership website.