Road safety and speeding
Safety Improvement Schemes
We receive many requests and queries in relation to road safety concerns.
We have a limited budget each financial year with which to bring forward road safety improvements, and therefore it is important for us to ensure we focus this funding on the most safety critical concerns on our network.
To prioritise effectively, we rely on data analysis (such as personal injury collisions, vehicle speeds, and traffic/pedestrian movement). This evidence enables our highways officers to make informed decisions about which issues require the most urgent attention, and the type of intervention needed. This approach ensures that we make the best use of funding for long-term benefits while adhering to government and local authority policies, guidance, and best practices.
Schemes of this nature can often take several years to progress due to the amount of planning and design work involved, as well as the allocation of funding, and we are therefore unable to act upon ad-hoc requests. However, please be assured our officers continually review available data and collect updated data as necessary, to maintain a comprehensive view of road safety priorities across our network.
Any road safety improvements that involve a change to physical features or restrictions (i.e. traffic calming schemes/speed limit changes) require public consultation before we can progress. View all current and recently concluded public consultations.
Current and upcoming schemes can be viewed on our Capital Works Plan.
Speeding complaints
The enforcement of the speed limits is the responsibility of the police. If you think vehicles are travelling in excess of the permitted speed limit on a regular basis, please contact Bedfordshire Police on 101.
You can also get involved in helping raise awareness of speeding through a Community Speedwatch scheme. If this is something of interest, please contact your local town or parish council to see if there's an existing scheme you can join.