Shrivenham & Faringdon: A420 Corridor - proposed speed limits

We're asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 50mph speed limit on the A420 Swindon to Oxford road in place of existing sections of 60mph National limit in order as to create a continuous limit between Bourton & Hinton Waldrist, joining up with the section eastwards to the start of the Southmoor/Kingston Bagpuize bypass.

Additional speed limit amendments will also be made on roads adjoining the A420 in order to help facilitate continuity of the new limit on; Faringdon Road (Watchfield), Fernham Road (Little Coxwell), Park Road and London Street (Faringdon), and the A417 Stanford Road from Faringdon).

The proposals are being put forward for road safety reasons and are part of the County Council's commitment to ‘Vision Zero’, which includes the elimination of deaths & serious injuries from road traffic collisions in Oxfordshire by 2050. The Vision Zero programme aims to ensure the highway network is safely designed, implemented and maintained.

Vision Zero focuses on a whole safe system approach, rooted in the belief that every death reflects a human failure in the system. This ensures that the programme is not just a technical solution but also encourages a behaviour change and cultural shift towards a more human-based approach to road safety. Further details are available here.

Have your say.

Please read the detailed information provided on this consultation and take the time to complete the survey as your views and opinions matter. Your response should be completed and returned by 5pm on Friday 23 August 2024.

Whilst we will endeavor to answer simple queries during the course of the consultation, any more complex questions/issues will be appraised and dealt with as part of consultation process.

What happens next?

The County Council will review the responses and if necessary (i.e. if objections are received) prepare a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highway Management at a meeting scheduled for later in 2024. This will be public meeting at which members of the public may apply to speak. The agenda and reports for meetings will be made available on the Oxfordshire County Council web site about a week before the meeting (please note that occasionally it is necessary to defer reports to a later meeting, and it is therefore advisable to check the agenda ahead of attending a meeting). The Forward Plan of decisions meetings can be viewed here.