Guidance

Using bollards to reduce threats from vehicles (TAL 02/13)

How bollard schemes affect pedestrians, and planning advice to help with installing bollards to reduce vehicle threats.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 23 May 2013
• Last updated: 23 November 2017
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  1. 23 November 2017

     Text amended to recognise the use of a vehicle as a potential weapon as well as alterations to traffic calming and bus stop designs to limit these attacks.

  2. 15 November 2016

     Guidance revised to incorporate the release of Influence of bollards on pedestrian evacuation flow (TAL 01/16).

  3. 23 May 2013

     First published.

Documents

Bollards and pedestrian movement

Ref: TAL 02/13

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Details

This traffic advisory leaflet (TAL) outlines studies that assess whether permanent bollard schemes affect pedestrian movement or cause additional health and safety concerns.

It also gives guidance to help with the planning and design of bollard schemes installed for hostile vehicle mitigation.

The guidance was revised in November 2016 for the release of Influence of bollards on pedestrian evacuation flow (TAL 01/16).