Pedestrian Crossings: Visual Impairment
Commons · Question 75720 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to install (a) audible and (b) tactile signals on all pedestrian crossings on busy roads for blind and visually impaired peopl
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 11 Sep 2025
The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 permit the use of audible and tactile signals at traffic signal junctions and crossings, but the Department has no plans to make them mandatory. The Department’s good practice advice in Chapter 6 o...