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Rules for pedestrians, including general guidance, crossing the road, crossings, and situations needing extra care.
Who The Highway Code is for, how it's worded, the consequences of not following the rules, self-driving vehicles, and the hierarchy of road users (Rules H1 to H3).
Request a pedestrian crossing like a puffin crossing, toucan crossing or zebra crossing from the local council
Rules for road users requiring extra care, including pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists, other road users and other vehicles.
This manual supports the development and implementation of comprehensive measures to improve pedestrian safety.
How local authorities can use guardrails to stop pedestrians crossing roads at inappropriate places or accidentally walking into roads.
Using multiple-risk source model
This paper describes research by the UK's Transport Research Laboratory and Karachi's Traffic Engineering Bureau
Rules for using the road, including general rules, overtaking, road junctions, roundabouts, pedestrian crossings and reversing.
Starling's Pedestrian Detector is a camera based, AI powered sensor for signalised pedestrian crossings that runs real-time analysis of all street users.
Road safety factsheets relating to specific road user groups and any one-off or ad-hoc statistics
A guide to best practice on improving access to public transport and creating a barrier-free pedestrian environment.
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