A tyre found flat outside a Cricklewood flat on a Monday morning, or in the Ventura car park after shopping, should stay exactly as it is until we look at it, not be driven round the corner.
On the London A5, cars sit for days in permit bays off Kilburn High Road and Maida Vale, and a slow leak from a gutter screw has time to empty the tyre completely. Further out, commuters return to Milton Keynes Central station car parks or Dunstable's Quadrant to find the same. It is tempting to drive a short way to a petrol station air line, but a tyre rolled flat, even slowly around Cricklewood, grinds its sidewall from the inside.
Leave the Kilburn or Dunstable car where it sits and phone with the street or car park plus the size. Diagnosis happens at the kerb. A single tread puncture can be repaired to BS AU 159, a leaking valve replaced, a bead leak on a corroded rim cleaned and resealed. If the flat has ruined the sidewall, a new tyre is fitted from the van. Verdict and price reach you before a spanner turns.
On run-flat tyres? They behave differently once deflated, so check the handbook's limits and read our page on run-flat tyres; we fit replacement run-flat tyres at the car near the A5 as well.
You can book broken tyre replacement on the A5 or 24 hour tyre service on the A5 on the same call.
Residential streets off the A5 in Kilburn, Cricklewood and Burnt Oak where the bay allows, the Broadwalk in Edgware, Milton Keynes Central car parks, Dunstable's Quadrant, Ventura retail park. Red-route kerbs are not usable. If the flat leaves you stuck in an Edgware Road lane, dial 999.
| Road | A5 Edgware Road and Watling Street |
|---|---|
| Operator | Transport for London (London) / National Highways (trunk sections) |
Straight after a flat on Brockley Hill or Elstree Hill North, slow down, indicate and turn into a road towards Borehamwood or Bushey Heath instead of stopping on the A5. Keep passengers away from the traffic side, find the nearest street name, and send that to us with a location pin.
A tyre on its rim outside a Colindale home or in a Milton Keynes Central car park tells a story, so read it. Screws from Edgware Road gutters can reach more than one wheel, so glance at the rest. A valve bent by a kerb, or a scrape low on the wall, points elsewhere. Do not drive it to an A5 garage; even slowly, the rim chews the sidewall. Space-savers are stopgaps for a short hop, not something for the Watling Street trunk road.
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Flat tyre near the A5? Leave the car still and phone the Brent Cross team.
