Request ID: FOI-1181-2324 Date published: 07 August 2023
You asked
Dear Transport for London,
New signs have been erected indicating that the A4 Bath Road, between the junction of Hatch Lane and Newport Road, has had a speed limit reduction from 50mph to 40mph.
I am trying to understand the rationale behind this. Can you please state, over the past 5 years, how many serious or fatal road traffic collisions have occurred on this stretch of the A4.
We answered
TfL Ref: 1181-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 14 July 2023 asking for information about the A4 Bath Road speed limit.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked: New signs have been erected indicating that the A4 Bath Road, between the junction of Hatch Lane and Newport Road, has had a speed limit reduction from 50mph to 40mph. I am trying to understand the rationale behind this. Can you please state, over the past 5 years, how many serious or fatal road traffic collisions have occurred on this stretch of the A4.
Collision data is available on our Road Danger Reduction Dashboard available via the following link:
On page 4 of the reports, a search can be carried out for collisions and casualties within a particular area; data is available from January 2025 to February 2023 which is the latest data we hold. Records are added as soon as they are published.
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.
By way of background, the speed reduction scheme was developed in response to the fatality of a person who was sadly killed using the pedestrian crossing outside the Compass Centre in April 2019. More recently there has also been another fatality of a pedestrian outside the Staybridge Hotel in May this year.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
