Westminster Council has launched a consultation on plans for informal zebra crossings to improve pedestrian safety across Westminster.

This follows changes to Rule H2 of the Highway Code in 2022, “Wait for the pedestrian to cross the junction before turning. This applies if you are turning right or left into and out of the junction.”

It is further explained that, at a junction you should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross a road into which or from which you are turning.

As it is believed that many road users may be unaware of this guidance, the Council is trialling the informal zebra crossings at side road crossing points across Westminster, including;

• Chapel Street/Transept Street
• Chapel Street/Cabbell Street (North – outside Edgware Road station)
• Chapel Street /Cabbell Street (South)

Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Cabinet Member for City Management and Air Quality, said:

“We hope this will improve pedestrian safety for residents, visitors and people working in Westminster. Consultation has started on the locations and we will start installation later this year. We’ll then give the crossings time to bed in and we will start monitoring early next year. The aim is to gather more data, see if we need to change anything and then update our modelling so we can improve our forecasting to help deliver further schemes at many other sites in the future.”