{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-14/part-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016/schedule-14/part-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/362",
  "legislation_title": "The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/traffic-signs-regulations-and-general-directions-2016",
  "path": "schedule/14/part/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Light signals at level crossings, swing or lifting bridges, airfields and premises used by emergency vehicles",
  "text": "(1) The light signals included in the sign provided for at item 5 of the Part 2 sign table must be illuminated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) The sequence for the illumination of the light signals must be the amber light, followed by the red lights as follows—\n(a) the amber light must illuminate and remain illuminated (in a steady state) for the period provided for in sub-paragraph (3) (subject to sub-paragraph (4));\n(b) the red lights must then illuminate in an intermittent nature such that the lights flash at a rate of not less than 60 nor more than 90 flashes per minute, and in such a manner that one light is always shown when the other light is not shown.\n(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the duration the amber light must remain illuminated is—\n(a) in the case of light signals at level crossings, not less than 3, and not more than 5, seconds.\n(b) otherwise, 5 seconds.\n(4) The requirement in sub-paragraph (3) is considered to have been met if the duration is 0.25 seconds more, or less, than that specified.\n(5) The significance of the light signals is that specified in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7).\n(6) The amber signal conveys the prohibition that traffic must not proceed beyond the stop line or the road marking provided for at item 68 in the Part 2 sign table, except that a vehicle which is so close to the stop line that it cannot safely be stopped without proceeding beyond the stop line may proceed.\n(7) The intermittent red signals convey the prohibition that traffic must not proceed beyond the stop line or the marking provided for at item 68.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 14 Pt. 1 para. 8(3)(a) substituted (S.) (28.6.2018) by The Traffic Signs Amendment (Scotland) Regulations and General Directions 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/161), regs. 1(2), 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 14 Pt. 1 para. 8(3)(a) substituted (E.W.) (13.12.2017) by The Traffic Signs (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations and General Directions 2017 (S.I. 2017/1086), regs. 1(2), 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 Pt. 1 para. 8 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/362/schedule/14/part/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:34.516500+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."
}