A21 Hastings Road & A232 Croydon Road

It is neither inevitable nor acceptable that anyone should be killed or seriously injured when travelling in London.

The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) is committed to Vision Zero, eliminating death and serious injury from London’s roads. The Vision Zero Action Plan sets out our ambition and next steps to achieve this. It details our plans to reduce road danger, including proposals to implement safer speeds on the roads we operate and manage across London.

What are we doing?

TfL is responding to concerns raised by residents groups in relation to road danger on both the A21 Hastings Road and A232 Croydon Road and propose the reduction of the current speed limit from 40mph to 30mph in order to align to speed limits at each end of the proposed area.

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A21 Hastings Road

On the A21 Hastings Road, the length of the 40mph speed limit is approximately 630m, a single carriageway with an average width of 9.6m. Speed at either end being 30 mph. It is largely residential with four access roads on the east side and significant woodland with Knowle Wood to the west.

There are partial advisory cycle lanes on both sides and footways on either side of the carriageway. There are six sets of pedestrian traffic islands and one pedestrian refuge on this section.

A232 Croydon Road

Why do we want to lower speeds?

Collision data from around the world is very clear. It shows the faster a vehicle is travelling the more likely a collision will occur because the driver has less time to react, stop or avoid the collision and the more severe an injury resulting from the collision will be. Safer speeds make London safer for people to live, work and commute, encouraging more Londoners out of their cars to walk, cycle and use public transport. 

More people using healthier and more sustainable forms of travel is vital to reducing congestion and air pollution.