{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pelican-pedestrian-crossings-regulations-and-general-directions-1987/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pelican-pedestrian-crossings-regulations-and-general-directions-1987/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Pelican Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pelican-pedestrian-crossings-regulations-and-general-directions-1987",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Precedence of pedestrians over vehicles on a “Pelican” crossing",
  "text": "When the vehicular traffic light signal at a “Pelican” crossing is showing a flashing amber light, every pedestrian, if he is on the carriageway, or a central reservation within the limits of that crossing (but not if he is on a central reservation which lies between two crossings which form part of a system of staggered crossings) before any part of the vehicle has entered those limits, shall have precedence within those limits over that vehicle and the driver of a vehicle shall accord such precedence to any such pedestrian.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/16/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:34:22.595720+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}