Road Signs and Markings

Mark Hunter
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many new (a) road traffic signs and (b) road markings have been included in the Highway Code in each year since 1997.

Paul Clark
The Highway Code provides information to road users about the safe and legal use of the network. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide to traffic signs and road markings, but the reference section in recent editions has included a number of depictions and explanations of selected signs and road markings as follows:

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|Edition                     |Total traffic signs1|Road markings|
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|1996                        |189                 |28           |
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|1999                        |191                 |31           |
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|2004                        |190                 |31           |
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|2007                        |200                 |31           |
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|1 Including traffic signals.|                    |             |
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Mark Hunter
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent assessment he has made of levels of (a) understanding of and (b) compliance with road signs and markings among drivers aged (i) between 17 and 24, (ii) between 25 and 30, (iii) between 31 and 35, (iv) between 36 and 40, (v) between 40 and 60 and (vi) over 60 years.

Paul Clark
This information is not held centrally. However, understanding and effectiveness of certain traffic signs are being considered as key issues for the Department's current review of traffic signs policy.