Pedestrians This Way Sign - BS 5499 Compliant
Pedestrians This Way Sign clearly directs people along designated pedestrian routes, helping maintain organised foot traffic and improve workplace safety.
• Reinforces pedestrian route instructions and guides people towards designated walking areas.
• Ideal for construction sites, industrial premises, workplaces, pedestrian zones and public access areas.
• Bold blue and white design with a recognised pedestrian symbol provides excellent visibility and quick recognition.
• Available in Aluminium Composite (3mm), Aluminium Composite With Fixing Channel (3mm), Rigid Plastic (1mm), Rigid Plastic (2mm), Self Adhesive Vinyl and Recyclable Correx ® (4mm).
• Helps improve pedestrian movement, reinforce designated walking routes and reduce confusion in busy work areas.
Product Overview
The Pedestrians This Way Sign provides a clear mandatory safety instruction for locations where people are required to follow designated pedestrian routes. Featuring a recognisable white walking person symbol within a blue circle and bold white lettering stating "Pedestrians This way", this sign helps communicate important pedestrian access and walking route requirements. Its high-contrast blue and white design makes the instruction easy to recognise at construction sites, industrial premises, workplaces, pedestrian zones and public access areas. By clearly directing pedestrians towards designated walking routes, the sign helps improve foot traffic organisation, reinforce pedestrian safety procedures and support safer movement around busy workplaces and controlled access areas.
Where to Use
- Construction sites and designated pedestrian routes
- Industrial premises and factory walkways
- Warehouses and distribution centre pedestrian areas
- Public access areas and workplace entrances
- Pedestrian zones and controlled site walking routes
Key Features
- Clear Pedestrians This Way mandatory safety instruction
- Recognisable white walking person symbol within a blue mandatory circle
- Bold white lettering on a blue background for high visibility
- Simple design for quick recognition and clear pedestrian guidance
- Helps reinforce designated walking routes and improve pedestrian safety awareness
Materials & Options
- Aluminium Composite (3mm)
- Aluminium Composite With Fixing Channel (3mm)
- Rigid Plastic (1mm)
- Rigid Plastic (2mm)
- Self Adhesive Vinyl
- Recyclable Correx ® (4mm)
Compliance
This sign supports compliance with UK health and safety regulations, including:
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Safety Signs and Signals Regulations 1996
Frequently Asked Questions
Where should this sign be installed?
Position the sign at construction site entrances, industrial walkways, warehouse pedestrian routes, workplace access points and other locations where people need clear guidance towards designated walking areas. Ensure it is visible before pedestrians reach the relevant route or access point.
Is this sign suitable for outdoor use?
The sign is available in Aluminium Composite (3mm), Aluminium Composite With Fixing Channel (3mm), Rigid Plastic (1mm), Rigid Plastic (2mm), Self Adhesive Vinyl and Recyclable Correx ® (4mm). Outdoor suitability depends on the selected material, fixing method and installation conditions.
What does this sign indicate?
The sign instructs pedestrians to follow a designated walking route. Its blue mandatory pedestrian symbol and clear wording help reinforce pedestrian access arrangements, improve foot traffic organisation and support safer movement around workplaces and public access areas.
Trade Discounts
Rainbow Safety supplies safety signs to trade professionals across the UK.
Our trade customers include:
- Fire safety service companies
- Fire risk assessors and safety consultants
- Electrical wholesalers
- Facilities management companies
Approved trade customers receive:
- Preferential trade discounts
- Better margins for reselling safety signs
- Marketing support to help you sell more signs
- Access to our full range of safety signs
With the support and marketing tools provided, our sales have grown to over £3,000 per month.
Fire extinguisher servicing margins are not what they used to be, so supplying safety signs has become a valuable additional revenue stream for our business. On one warehouse safety survey alone we invoiced £5,100 on a single order.
We can now compete with internet prices and still make a healthy margin.
We were regularly asked to supply safety signs, but struggled to compete with internet prices while maintaining a worthwhile margin.
Working with Rainbow Safety has changed that. We can now offer our customers a competitive range of safety signs while still making a healthy margin for our business.
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Rainbow Safety rewards regular customers across the UK who order safety signs on an ongoing basis.
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- Dedicated account manager if required
“Rainbow Safety has become our go-to supplier for safety signs.”
We regularly need safety signs for maintenance work, refurbishments and ongoing compliance updates. Since ordering from Rainbow Safety, the process has been straightforward, reliable and cost-effective.
The loyalty rewards and special offers have helped us save money across repeat orders, while the wide product range means we can usually source everything we need in one place.
Fast ordering, consistent quality and ongoing rewards have made Rainbow Safety a valuable supplier for our business.
Reviews
Perfect directional sign for pedestrians — simple, clear and effective. The material feels durable, and it holds up well outdoors. Installed it on our site entrance and it’s made a noticeable difference in foot traffic flow.
Great safety sign with strong construction. The sign sticks well and the message is obvious, which is exactly what you want when directing people on site. Excellent value and exactly as described.
The sign does what it’s supposed to and clearly directs pedestrians, which is useful for site safety. However, the thin plastic material feels a bit fragile compared with more heavy-duty signs I’ve used before. Good for light use but I’d be cautious putting it outdoors long-term.
Sign is easy to read and puts pedestrians on the right path. Installation was straightforward. Would give 5 stars if there were more size options without paying extra.
Good range of material options and the print quality is crisp and easy to see even from a distance. It has helped make the layout of our pedestrian routes much more obvious. Great value for the cost.
The sign does its job and the text/symbol is clear. Materials seem sturdy for outdoor use. It would have been even more convenient if fixings (screws/ties) were included in the packaging.