Street lighting at rural roundabouts

[Ryan Penn]

I recall an article in Transport Xtra last year which said that Devon County Council, as part of balancing road safety and environmental considerations, choose not to light a new rural roundabout. I’m unsure of the proposed speed limit at the Devon location, but is anyone aware of other highway authorities taking a similar approach?

[Andrew Fraser]

Hello, Ryan.

I suggest that you contact the Institution of Lighting Engineers, who have done some work on this:

https://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=450640

Andrew.

[Nigel Flower]

Ryan, I work for Devon and was involved in this, happy to chat through this and also have some documents to go with it.

Nigel Flower
01392 383895

[Andrew Fraser]

Nigel,

Although I’ve retired from paid employment, I would still be interested to know how you handled the traffic signs around an unlit roundabout.
I came across one in Clackmannanshire during a power cut one night, and couldn’t read any of the chevron type signs on the splitter islands.
I’ve always thought that route confirmatory signs placed on the left of each exit would be more appropriate at all roundabouts, for several reasons, amongst which is giving road users a better chance of being able to read them in time in unlit situations.
So, what did you do?

Regards,

Andrew.

[Ryan Penn]

Hi Nigel, thanks for reaching out. I’ll give you a call over the next week or so as I think that would be really useful. Thanks, Ryan

[Author]

Posts