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Use the pavement
Use pavements where provided, avoid walking with your back to traffic, and look both ways before stepping into the road.
No pavement available
Keep to the right so you can see oncoming traffic, walk single file on narrow roads, and consider crossing before a blind bend.
Help yourself be seen
Wear bright or light-coloured clothing in poor daylight, and reflective materials at night — visible up to three times further away.
Young children
Never leave young children alone near traffic. Hold hands firmly, and don't push a buggy into the road just to check it's clear.
Organised walks
Large groups walking along a road should use the pavement, or keep left with lit look-outs front and back if walking at night.
Motorways
Pedestrians must not be on motorways or slip roads except in a genuine emergency.
The Green Cross Code
Find a safe place, stop at the kerb, look and listen all around, wait for a safe gap, then cross without running.
At a junction
Once you've started crossing at a junction, traffic turning in should give way to you.
Safety barriers
Cross only at the gaps provided in pedestrian barriers — never climb over them or walk between the barrier and the road.
Tactile paving
Raised studs or bars underfoot warn blind or partially sighted pedestrians of crossings and other hazards.
One-way streets
Check which way traffic is actually moving — bus and cycle lanes can run the opposite way to everything else.
Bus & cycle lanes
Take extra care crossing these — traffic can be moving faster, or against the main flow.
Routes shared with cyclists
Stick to your marked side where paths are split, and take care not to obstruct cyclists on shared, unmarked routes.
Parked vehicles
If crossing between parked cars, treat their outside edges as the kerb — and never cross in front of or behind one with its engine running.
Reversing vehicles
Never cross behind a vehicle that's reversing, showing reversing lights, or sounding a warning.
Moving vehicles
You must not get onto or hold onto a moving vehicle.
At night
Wear something reflective, and cross near a street light if there's no nearby crossing.
At all crossings
Check traffic has actually stopped, cross between the markings, and never loiter on a crossing — that part's a legal requirement.
Zebra crossings
Give traffic time to see and stop before you start, and keep checking both ways even once it has.
Zebra with central island
Treat each half as a separate crossing — wait on the island and reassess before continuing.
At traffic-light crossings
Only start crossing on the green figure. If it goes out mid-crossing, you should still have time to finish safely.
Pelican crossings
Push-button operated. Don't start crossing once the green figure begins flashing — but finish if you've already started.
Puffin crossings
Signals show on your side of the road, with no flashing green phase — press and wait for the steady green figure.
Congested traffic
Traffic on your side may stop for other reasons even on green — still wait for your own crossing signal.
Toucan crossings
Shared by pedestrians and cyclists, crossing together on the same green signal.
Accessible signals
Some crossings add a bleeping sound, voice signal or tactile signal for blind, partially sighted or deafblind pedestrians.
Equestrian crossings
Built for horse riders — wider crossing space and higher control panels.
Staggered crossings
Crossings either side of a central island that aren't in line count as two separate crossings — press again on the island.
Crossings controlled by a person
Only cross when signalled by a police officer, traffic warden or school crossing patrol — and always cross in front of them.
No controlled crossing nearby
Use a central island and the Green Cross Code for each half of the road in turn.
Emergency vehicles
Keep off the road when an ambulance, fire engine, police or other emergency vehicle approaches with lights or sirens active.
Buses
Only get on or off once the bus has stopped, and never cross directly in front of or behind one.
Tramways
Trams move quietly and can't steer around you — look both ways along the track, and never walk along it.
Railway level crossings
You must not cross when red lights show, an alarm is sounding, or barriers are being lowered.
Pavement repairs
Take extra care if a closed pavement means you're directed to walk in, or cross, the road.
Two classes
Class 2 (pavement only, 4mph max) and Class 3 (also road-legal, 8mph max) — the class determines where you can go.
Which rules apply
Follow vehicle rules on the road, and pedestrian rules on the pavement.
On pavements
Pavements are safer — use them when available, and give pedestrians priority at all times.
Pavement speed limit
Powered wheelchairs and scooters must not exceed 4mph on pavements or in pedestrian areas.
Moving onto the road
Look round before joining traffic, and use a dropped kerb wherever possible, even if it means going further to find one.
Rules paraphrased from the official Highway Code published at gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code, Crown copyright, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These are summaries in our own words for quick reference — the rule text itself, including exact legal wording and referenced legislation, is on GOV.UK and is the authoritative version your test is based on. The MUST markings here are taken directly from the official pages rather than assigned by hand.