"Excellent service from start to finish. He came out quickly to help my mum change her tyre and was extremely friendly."
Mobile tyre fitting
in Tividale.
Tividale straddles the A4123 New Birmingham Road between Dudley and Oldbury, in Sandwell, with junction 2 of the M5 not far off. Rescue Tyres replaces tyres wherever the vehicle is standing: a drive, an estate forecourt or a retail car park.
A fitter at your car
in Tividale.
The A4123 defines Tividale. It is a busy dual carriageway, and much of the tyre trouble here is picked up on it: debris from lorries, a pothole at the edge of a lane, a sidewall caught on a kerb at the Burnt Tree junction. Around it sit streets of houses and a scatter of trading estates. Give the size, say if the vehicle is outside the house or at a unit, and the tyre is fitted there.
| Postcode districts | B69, DY4, DY2 |
|---|---|
| Main roads | New Birmingham Road (A4123); Burnt Tree (A461); Birmingham Road (A461); Dudley Port (A461) |
| Nearest stations | Dudley Port (National Rail), Tipton (National Rail) |
| Nearest motorway junction | Junction 2 (Oldbury), about 1.9 miles away |
| Estates and parks nearby | Oldbury Green Retail Park, Great Bridge Retail Park, Portway Trade Park |
| Distance from our base | about 101 miles from Brent Cross, NW2 (straight line) |
| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
| Parent area | Mobile tyre fitting in Dudley |
Tyre work in Tividale.
New tyres come matched to the sidewall of the car or van, with commercial fitments common on the estates. A screw lodged in the centre of the tread, where the hole meets the BS AU 159 limits, earns a proper repair, with the cover unseated from its rim and a patch plug bonded inside. A tyre torn on the dual carriageway is changed for a new one. Locking nuts without a key are extracted. The line takes callouts around the clock.
Repairs follow BS AU 159; the legal minimum tread is 1.6mm (GOV.UK).
Drives, bays and car parks.
The house drive does most of the work here, and a van on a unit forecourt at Cleton Business Park or the Burnt Tree Industrial Estate can be dealt with once the site manager knows. Retail park bays at Oldbury Green work for a driveable car. The A4123 carriageway, its lay-bys beside moving traffic and the Burnt Tree junction are all out of bounds for a jacked vehicle, whatever the time of day.
People ring from the houses either side of Tividale Road and Dudley Road West, from the Dudley Port end towards the canal, and from units on the Burnt Tree Industrial Estate and Cleton Business Park. Postcodes run across three districts, B69, DY4 and DY2, so the postcode in full beats the place name every time. The New Birmingham Road itself is no place for a stationary car: traffic moves along it without a break, and the fitter will not set up on its verge. Oldbury Green Retail Park and Great Bridge Retail Park give open, marked bays, and the Tesco Extra car park at Burnt Tree is another option with the store's say so. The Portway Trade Park suits a van. Sandwell has no clean-air zone to worry about.

24 hours in Tividale.
Tividale's night calls are mostly from drivers who have come off the A4123 or the M5 with a tyre failing, and from van drivers due out before dawn. The phone is answered, the arrival time is worked out honestly, and the price is agreed in advance during that conversation.
What drivers say.
"Arrived and was very kind and polite. Reassured me about changing the tyres and was quick and attentive straight away."
Questions from Tividale.
What if the tyre fails on the M5 near junction 2?
Is a van on the Burnt Tree Industrial Estate covered?
Does the cover stretch to Tividale, which is in Sandwell?
Where can I wait with the car near the Birmingham New Road?
Around Tividale.
Stuck in Tividale? Call now.
From the A4123 to Cleton Business Park and Oldbury Green Retail Park, Tividale tyres are changed at the car.
