History of British Traffic Signs

The pages below present the history of British traffic signs, with a few pictures thrown in for your viewing pleasure.

1. Before the 1920s
2. Classification and Regulation
3. From War to Worboys
4. The Worboys Report
5. 1964-1987: Tinkering around the edges
6. The 1987 Direction Signs Review
7. The Guildford Rules

Most of the information here has come from the Department of Transport's brochure entitled The History of Traffic Signs, which you can get from them free.

Some information on 1908 road signs erected by the AA, RAC and local authorities in an Adobe PDF file (41KB). Many thanks to David D. Miller for providing this.