West Hampstead is set to become a 20mph zone in a bid to tackle the high number of serious accidents on the area’s roads.
New figures show that there have been 39 accidents on West End Lane over the past three years, four of which resulted in serious injuries.
As well as reducing the speed from 30 to 20mph, the Town Hall plans to make substantial changes to the architecture of the road to further calm the traffic.
The pavement near the junction with Inglewood Lane would be widened to create more space for pedestrians and a narrower road for cars.
In response to complaints by residents that drivers did not wait for pedestrians to fully cross the road before continuing, the Fawley Road zebra crossing will be split into two by a new pedestrian island.
Meanwhile an island will be removed at Lymington Road and the pavement will be built out further to reduce the long crossing distance.
The busy thoroughfare is expected to become even more congested when station improvements at the West Hampstead Thameslink are finished in December.
If the planned works go through they will be carried out between November this year and March 2012.
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