Haringey plans a segregated cycle lane on Green Lanes from Turnpike Lane to Hermitage Road, the borough's worst A road for injury collisions in 2025.
Haringey Council wants to build a segregated cycle lane on Green Lanes, between Turnpike Lane and Hermitage Road. A second route would run along St Ann’s Road, from Green Lanes to Seven Sisters Road. The council announced the plans on Monday 19 October.
Nothing has been decided yet. The first public step is an open meeting on Green Lanes before Christmas, with formal engagement to follow. Engagement on St Ann’s Road is due to start in early 2027.
Green Lanes runs through Harringay, about a mile east of Crouch End Broadway. It is the A105, and our analysis of Department for Transport figures shows it had more reported injury collisions in 2025 than any other A road in Haringey.
What the council is proposing
The council’s scheme page says the two routes would make “another 2.4 miles of road safer”. It lists these possible measures for Green Lanes:
- a segregated cycle lane between Turnpike Lane and Hermitage Road
- better pedestrian crossings and junctions
- changes to bus lanes “where appropriate”
- public realm and greening improvements
For St Ann’s Road it lists a segregated cycle route between Green Lanes and Seven Sisters Road, better crossings, and streetscape and greening work.
The council’s announcement adds new zebra crossings and upgraded bus stops to the wider list. It says the Green Lanes meeting will cover “an extended bus lane, a segregated cycle lane and other potential changes”. Where a cycle lane will not fit, it plans to improve bus lanes instead.
The page is clear that this is early. The council is still doing technical assessments, traffic modelling and design work. Some of it depends on funding, approvals and talks with Transport for London. “No final decisions have been made,” it says.
Why Green Lanes
The council says it is prioritising the roads with the most collisions and injuries. Cllr Gio Iozzi, Cabinet Member for Climate Action and Transport, said: “Green Lanes is one of the most dangerous roads in London, and that has to change.”
The council’s leader, Cllr Mark Blake, said: “We promised at the local elections that we would start building proper cycle lanes in Haringey, and we’re keeping that promise.”
We checked the safety case against the national record. The Department for Transport publishes every injury collision reported to police, with its location. We counted those in Haringey on Green Lanes, or at a junction with it, between Turnpike Lane station and Hermitage Road.
| On Green Lanes, Turnpike Lane to Hermitage Road | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Injury collisions | 57 | 59 |
| People hurt | 62 | 64 |
| Of whom seriously injured | 4 | 9 |
| Cyclists hurt | 17 | 27 |
| Of whom seriously injured | 0 | 4 |
| Pedestrians hurt | 16 | 12 |
| Of whom seriously injured | 1 | 4 |
No one was killed on that stretch in either year. But the number of cyclists hurt rose from 17 to 27, and serious injuries overall more than doubled, from 4 to 9.
Across the whole borough, the A105 recorded 96 injury collisions in 2025, ahead of the A10 on 86. It was also top in 2024, with 104. Those borough totals include the A105’s other Haringey stretch, Wood Green High Road.
These are collisions reported to police, so they undercount minor ones. Our stretch count includes a small area either side of the road, so a crash in a side street right at the junction is counted.
What it means for you
- If you cycle to Turnpike Lane, Wood Green or Manor House, the Green Lanes lane would be the first segregated route through Harringay’s shopping strip. Nothing changes on the road yet.
- If you run a business on Green Lanes, parking, loading and access are the questions to watch. The council says it will publish “proposed changes, timescales, access arrangements, parking, loading and consultation dates” as the projects develop.
- If you take the bus, the 29 and 141 run along Green Lanes. Bus lane changes are on the table, and the council’s meeting will cover an extended bus lane.
- To have your say, watch for the open public meeting on Green Lanes before Christmas. We will publish the date when the council does.
The council says this follows its commitment to spend £10m on new bus routes across the borough.
Separate from this scheme, the council has booked overnight resurfacing and bus stop rebuilds on Green Lanes N8 from 12 to 14 November, under temporary traffic signals. Our roadworks page has the details and this week’s other closures.
Sources
- Council unveils plans for safer cycle routes, Haringey Council, 19 October 2026: timetable, quotes, bus lane approach and the £10m bus commitment.
- New cycle lanes: Green Lanes and St Ann’s Road, Haringey Council, read 20 October 2026: route ends, possible measures, 2.4 miles and the status of the plans.
- Department for Transport road casualty statistics, collisions 2025 and 2024, with the matching casualty 2025 and 2024 files. Our count: collisions in Haringey (E09000014) with the A105 as first or second road, between latitudes 51.574 and 51.591. Borough ranking by first road.
- Weekly overview of roadworks by ward, Haringey Council, week beginning 19 October 2026: the Green Lanes N8 works on 12 to 14 November.
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