Street lighting fault categories and definitions

Emergency, urgent and routine street light fault categories and definitions.

Fault categories and definitions

Category	Definition
Emergency	street light or illuminated sign knocked down three or more adjacent street lights unlit street light door missing hanging lantern or bowl involves the emergency services any risk of electric shock damaged apparatus posing a risk to the public school crossing patrol warning light (in term time)
Urgent	apparatus leaning more than twenty degrees out of vertical alignment illuminated bollard shell missing obscene or racist graffiti illuminated bollard knocked down missing Belisha beacon globe or a sign plate illuminated sign plate bent away from road users
Routine	non-illuminated sign plate bent away from road users non-offensive graffiti on any apparatus unauthorised attachments on any apparatus failure to replace any anti-climbing measures on any apparatus the luminaire or bracket on any apparatus is not vertically and horizontally aligned lamp forming any part of a lighting point is not operating within specified parameters twisted attachments, including sign plates and lighting units any material damage to apparatus missing or incorrect numbering photometric performance failure structural and mechanical failure electrical inspection and test failure protective paint system failure

Borough Road Lights

Milestone Infrastructure
Unit 9, Twin Bridges Business Park
Selsdon Road
South Croydon CR2 6PL
United Kingdom

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