Zebra crossing beacons and school crossing patrol signals

We are responsible for beacon lights at Zebra crossings and amber flashing units on school crossing patrol signs on the roads that we maintain.

If you spot lights that are faulty or not working, please tell us. 

• Belisha beacons should flash 24 hours
• The twin amber flashing units on school crossing patrol signs should flash alternately before the start and end of the school day only.

• Zebra crossing with belisha beacons
• School crossing patrol signal
• School crossing patrol signal lights out

What you can report?

• School crossing signal on 24 hours
• School crossing signal lights out
• Zebra crossing beacon lights out
• Light not bright enough
• Damage to the post or door (emergency)
• Exposed wires (emergency)
• Light covers or fixtures hanging off (emergency)

It would be helpful if you could provide the location of the lights. For example, the name of the roads if on a junction, or the name of a school if related to school crossings. 

What happens next?

We will attend emergency reports within 2 hours and repair it if we can. Most emergency faults normally require follow up repairs, so if we cannot fix it immediately, we will make it safe until we can arrange a full repair.

We will inspect other faults within 15 working days.

If the fault is with the electricity supply, we will ask the electricity supplier to carry out the repair. In these cases, the timescales are out of our control, but their typical response time is up to 35 working days.