Pedestrian community resources

Recent research into crashes involving pedestrians crossing roads, concluded that failure by pedestrians and drivers or riders to observe rules and responsibilities may be a significant factor in these crashes.

Surveys with pedestrians and drivers also revealed some misunderstanding of the rules related to who has to give way when pedestrians are crossing.

Video and print resources

VicRoads has developed a set of engaging video and print resources to inform the community about pedestrian safety when crossing roads.

These include animations that can be viewed on the VicRoads YouTube channel (External link).

Fact sheets

• Crossing at intersections with traffic lights [PDF 491 Kb]
• Crossing at intersections without traffic lights [PDF 439 Kb]
• Midblock crossings - choosing a safe place to cross [PDF 471 Kb]
• Using pedestrian crossings and children's crossings [PDF 516 Kb]
• Pedestrians and roundabouts [PDF 2.5 Mb]

Newsletter inserts

• Crossing at intersections without traffic lights 1, colour [JPEG 739 Kb]
• Crossing at intersections without traffic lights 1, black and white [JPEG 164 Kb]

• Crossing at intersections without traffic lights 2, colour [JPEG 186 Kb]
• Crossing at intersections without traffic lights 2, black and white [JPEG 457 Kb]

• Midblock crossings - choosing a safe place to cross, colour [JPEG 859 Kb]
• Midblock crossings - choosing a safe place to cross, black and white [JPEG 555 Kb]

• Using pedestrian crossings and children's crossings, colour [JPEG 205 Kb]
• Using pedestrian crossings and children's crossings, black and white [JPEG 500 Kb]

• Pedestrians and roundabouts, colour [JPEG 201 Kb]
• Pedestrians and roundabouts, black and white [JPEG 460 Kb]

Sample media releases

• Media release 1: Pedestrian crossings [DOCX 13.7 Kb]
• Media release 2: Choose safe places to cross [DOCX 14.5 Kb]
• Media release 3: Pedestrians warned to take care at roundabouts [DOCX 13.0 Kb]