UK Crossings 02 Pelican

Zebra crossings have increasingly been replaced by another type of pedestrian crossing, known as a pelican crossing (pedestrian light controlled). These are marked with traffic lights for the vehicles and green and red men icons illuminating to show pedestrians when and when not to cross. Pedestrians only have right-of-way here when the green man icon is lit or if they entered the crossing while lit. Pelican crossings were first introduced in 1969 (after an earlier failed experiment known as the Panda crossing).

There is a push button for those using the crossing. The term pelican crossing is used only in the UK, although similar traffic control devices are in use throughout the world. The pelican crossing was the first definitive light controlled crossing in the UK.

Pelican type crossings sometimes have further non-visual indication that it is safe to cross, such as a beep, vibrating button or tactile rotating cone in order to assist blind or partially sighted pedestrians.