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pedestrian crossing

point on a road at which some means are employed to assist pedestrians wishing to cross
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Summary

pedestrian crossing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,637 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: crossing system[2], transport infrastructure[3], crossing[4], pedestrian infrastructure[5]
  • Part of: street[6]
  • Commons category: Pedestrian crossings[7]
  • Unicode character: 🚸[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pedestrian crossings[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: highway=crossing[10], footway=crossing[11]
  • Described by source: Dictionary of Civil Engineering Terminology (1st edition)[12]
  • P14692: Ken Jennings[13]

Why It Matters

pedestrian crossing has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 011894, 011892
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bo', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gsso id: 011892, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157148586|pedestrian crossing (#157148586)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6077|Gender, Sex, "
  2. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Ken Jennings
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  3. 23w ago · Hirho · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Dictionary of Civil Engineering Terminology (1st edition)
    Topic's main category → Category:Pedestrian crossings
    Part of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Dictionary of Civil Engineering Terminology (1st edition)"
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