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Common Crossing Types

Common UK street crossing configurations

Type		Photograph	Description	Primary Tags	Additional Tags
Legally Defined Crossings	Zebra		Legally defined zebra crossing, with beacons and zig-zags. Note: It is also permitted to have a legal zebra crossing across a cycleway, without the need for beacons or zig-zags.	highway=crossing crossing=marked crossing_ref=zebra	crossing:markings=zebra;dots
	Parallel		Modified version of the zebra crossing, with a separate parallel lane for cycles.	highway=crossing crossing=traffic_signals crossing_ref=parallel	crossing:markings=zebra;dots
	Pelican		Legally defined pelican crossing, with push button for pedestrians and red/green man lights on opposite side.	highway=crossing crossing=traffic_signals crossing_ref=pelican	crossing:signals=yes crossing:markings=*
	Puffin		Legally defined puffin crossing, with push button for pedestrians and red/green man lights on the boxes with the button.	highway=crossing crossing=traffic_signals crossing_ref=puffin	crossing:signals=yes crossing:markings=*
	Toucan		Legally defined toucan crossing, with push button for pedestrians and cyclists. Can have red/green man and cycle lights on the opposite side (like a pelican crossing) or on the near side (like a puffin crossing).	highway=crossing crossing=traffic_signals crossing_ref=toucan	crossing:signals=yes crossing:markings=*
	Pegasus		Legally defined pegasus crossing, with push button for horse-riders. Can have the red/green horse lights on the opposite side (like a pelican crossing) or on the near side (like a puffin crossing).	highway=crossing crossing=traffic_signals crossing_ref=pegasus	crossing:signals=yes crossing:markings=*
Other Crossing Types	Informal		Natural crossing point, but without any markings or designed infrastructure (e.g. drop kerbs).	crossing=informal (Note the deliberate absence of highway=crossing.)	crossing:markings=no
	Unmarked		Designed crossing point, with e.g. drop kerbs and/or tactile paving, but no markings on the road. Crossings of the side-road at a T-junction are usually of this type.	highway=crossing crossing=unmarked	crossing:markings=no
	Raised Table		Designed crossing point, utilising a raised table in the road.	highway=crossing crossing=marked	crossing:markings=surface
	Informal Zebra		Crossing with zebra stripes but without full legal design features (i.e. beacons and zig-zags on approach). Commonly used in supermarket and retail park car parks.	highway=crossing crossing=marked crossing_ref=informal_zebra ??	crossing:markings=zebra

Tagging of Additional Crossing Features

Feature	Photograph	Description	Tagging	Object to Tag
Tactile paving		Typically sand-coloured paving slabs with an array of raised bobbles to allow vision impaired users to feel where the crossing is.
Audible crossing indicator		Some signal-controlled crossings will emit an audible beeping sound when the green man is shown to aid visually impaired users.
Tactile crossing indicator		Many signal-controlled crossings will have a small plastic cone protruding from the underside of the call point box. This cone rotates when the green man is shown to aid visually impaired users.

Wiki Links

• Key:crossing
• Tag:highway=crossing
• Key:crossing_ref#United_Kingdom
• Crossings_in_the_United_Kingdom

External Links

• BBC News: The secret button at pedestrian crossings
• Department for Transport Traffic signs manual