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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
Series
Ministry of Transport and successors, General Traffic Division: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: MT 112
What's it about?
MT 112
This series consists of registered files concerning the regulation of road traffic outside the London area, and which deal with such matters as speed limits, pedestrian crossings, traffic signs, and parking.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 112
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and successors, General Traffic Division: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files concerning the regulation of road traffic outside the London area, and which deal with such matters as speed limits, pedestrian crossings, traffic signs, and parking.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files of the GT series have been re-registered in the UT series in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GT Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Urban Traffic Division, 1970-1976
- Ministry of Transport, General Traffic Division, 1962-1966
- Ministry of Transport, Urban Traffic Division, 1966-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 460 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1982 Department of Transport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11161/
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