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Safe travel<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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We are responsible for over 8,000 miles of road, from major principal routes to narrow country lanes. We work with district councils and emergency services to ensure that our roads are as safe as possible for all users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We encourage all users to Share the Space and be patient and kind on all roads and paths.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n

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Quicklinks<\/h2><\/header>
\"Give<\/figure><\/div>

Reallocation of roadspace<\/a><\/h2><\/div>
New statutory guidance for highway authorities regarding the urgent need to reallocate road space towards pedestrians, cyclists and \u2018active travel\u2019.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Public<\/figure><\/div>

Road safety<\/a><\/h2><\/div>
Road safety information, training, signposting and services including the ‘road safety offer to schools’.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ice\"<\/figure><\/div>

Winter travel<\/a><\/h2><\/div>
Find out what we do to maintain our roads, find out how you can help to look after your local roads and get advice on safe driving during winter.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"driving<\/figure><\/div>

Drivers<\/a><\/h2><\/div>
Drive safely, stay alert, and help prevent avoidable road collisions by avoiding the key risks that put drivers and other road users in danger.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"community<\/figure><\/div>

Community transport<\/a><\/h2><\/div>
Find out about safe travel options for people with restricted mobility, those on low incomes and people who live in isolated rural areas.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":748,"featured_media":286,"parent":0,"menu_order":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-16927","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 06:10:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16927"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26028,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16927\/revisions\/26028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}