Four new projects approved to "help improve safety" on roads in Oxfordshire
The Vision Zero programme aims to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our roads by 2050
Four new projects aimed at making Oxfordshire’s roads safer have been approved by the county council.
Among them, speed limits will be lowered on the A4074 between Oxford and Caversham, and no right turn restrictions will be brought in on the A40 at Barnard Gate on an ‘experimental basis’ according to the council.
The projects come under Oxfordshire County Council’s Vision Zero programme which aims to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our roads by 2050.
Councillor Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Transport Management said: “Vision Zero starts with a simple premise that no one should be killed or seriously injured as the result of a road collision, whatever mode of transport they are using.
“Designing roads and streets that are safe is one of the key strands to this policy, along with education, behaviour change, responses to collisions and safe speeds.
“We believe these measures approved today will help improve safety at sites where problems have been identified. However, as with all projects, we will monitor the results and make changes as required.
“More Vision Zero schemes are in the pipeline, as we continue to work with partners, stakeholders and the public, and I look forward to seeing them come forward on future agendas for decisions to be made.”
A central reservation gap on the A40 London Road at Holton/Wheatley will also be closed and a raised parallel crossing will be installed at Welch Way, Witney.
The changes to the A4074 corridor are part of the council’s review of speed limits on all A and B roads in the county which it has responsibility for.
The Vision Zero strategy and action plan, which was adopted in 2024, aims to ensure the highway network is safely designed, implemented and maintained with the safety of users at the heart of all decision making.
The County Council say the programme has a £4 million capital budget for measures delivered by 2026, plus £250,000 of revenue funding.