Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and successors, General Traffic Division: Registered Files

The General Traffic Division, set up in 1962 with responsibility for the regulation of road traffic and the implementation of road safety measures, was concerned with the regulation of road traffic outside the London Traffic Area, including speed limits, pedestrian crossings, traffic signs and signals. It also exercised general oversight over the use of the powers of local authorities to provide parking places and to impose waiting restrictions, one-way traffic systems, weight restrictions and other forms of traffic regulation within their areas. The Division dealt directly with these matters on trunk roads. In 1966 the General Traffic Division was re-organised, retaining responsibility for road safety matters while traffic subjects were taken over by the Urban Traffic Division. Urban Traffic Division itself was amalgamated shortly afterwards with planning and highways divisions to become Transport Planning Methods Division - TTP.