Local Road Safety Scheme- Collingham Road junction with Harrington Gardens and Collingham Gardens

Overview

Kensington and Chelsea Council is striving to become a Greener, Safer and Fairer borough. To make the borough safer, each year we review the roads and junctions across the borough to see which ones have the poorest safety record and develop plans to make them safer.

One of the junctions we have identified is Collingham Road / Harrington Gardens / Collingham Gardens. Over the three years between 2021 and 2023 there were six injury collisions at the junction, two of which resulted in serious injuries to people riding bicycles. 

Having reviewed its collision record, we are proposing to replace the existing mini-roundabout with a new priority junction, which will still be raised to just below the level of the pavement, as now, to encourage drivers to slow down on all approaches to the junction. The priority at the junction would be for northbound (ie towards A4 Cromwell Road) and southbound traffic. Traffic travelling eastbound and westbound would give way.

Enabling more journeys on foot is also one of the Council’s objectives and helping to make it easier and safer for pedestrians to cross the road is an important step in meeting that objective. Following several requests from residents to improve pedestrian facilities at the junction, the proposed changes will include a new zebra crossing across the northern arm, Collingham Road. The pavements on all four arms of the junction will be widened, to reduce the crossing distance for pedestrians. The narrower road will mean we will also remove the pedestrian islands. 

The new zebra crossing will mean that the two pay by phone bays on the eastern side of Collingham Road will need to be reduced to one pay by phone bay.

The approximate position of the zebra crossing can be seen in the plan below. 

Why your views matter

We are keen to hear your views on this proposal, so this is the chance for you to have your say.

If you would like to support or object to these proposals, or make any other comments about them, please complete this short survey by Sunday 13 July 2025.

The Council’s Director for Highway and Regulatory Services will consider all the comments received, in consultation with Courtfield ward councillors and the Lead Member for Environment and Planning before deciding on whether to proceed. 

If you require assistance in another language or a hard copy of the survey, please email traffic@rbkc.gov.uk