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

In January 2023, our Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee voted to adopt a new Safer, Better Streets Infrastructure framework for assessing and prioritising road safety improvements in Brighton & Hove. 

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

After we receive a request we check whether the location meets the minimum requirements for improvements. 

If a location passes this first assessment, we make a more in-depth assessment to see how urgent improvements are. This second assessment takes into consideration a wide range of social and safety criteria, such as:

  • perceived risks to pedestrians and cyclists
  • routes to school
  • speeding vehicles
  • collision history

You can read more about the Safer, Better Streets Assessment process in the December 2023 Transport & Sustainability Committee report.

Every year, we produce a list of the top ten locations where improvements are most urgently needed. We then take this list to the Transport and Sustainability Committee for approval.

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

How to request a road safety improvement 

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

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

  • Pedestrian Crossing Requests
  • Requests for traffic calming (reduced speed limits, speed bumps, planters etc)

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
    • 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.