Green Cross Code

Green Cross Code

The Green Cross Code is a brand created by the National Road Safety Committee. It was created to raise awareness of pedestrian road safety in the UK. The original adverts were broadcast on British television from 1975 to 1990. In 2014 the Green Cross code Man series was revived, with DavidProwse playing the character.

About Green Cross Code in brief

Summary Green Cross CodeThe Green Cross Code is a brand created by the National Road Safety Committee. It was created to raise awareness of pedestrian road safety in the UK. It replaced the earlier Kerb Drill pedestrian safety campaign. The Code has undergone several changes over the years, the basic tenets have remained more or less the same. The Green Cross Man is a costumed superhero character created in England in mid-1970 as an aid to teaching young children. The original adverts were broadcast on British television from 1975 to 1990.

David Prowse, who went on to portray Darth Vader in the film Star Wars, played the character in a series of Public Information Films sponsored by the British Government’s Central Office of Information for the Department of the Environment. In 2014 the Green Cross code Man series was revived, with DavidProwse playing the character. The new campaign was targeted at young adults alerting them to the danger of pedestrian accidents caused by distraction from using smartphones, and wearing headphones.