Start Safety

Start Safety supplies traffic equipment, workplace products and site essentials.

Quick overview

Its range covers barriers, signs, cones, matting and ramps, alongside workwear, tools and products for car parks and loading docks.

Barrier types include road, crowd control, queue and warehouse barriers, with components and accessories also listed.
Signs range from permanent and temporary road signs to car park, street name and custom road signs.
Matting includes ground protection, entrance and workplace products, alongside grass and gravel grids.
PPE and workwear include hard hats, respirators, hearing protection, high-visibility clothing and safety footwear.
The website has a store search, a support page and a contact form.

Introduction

Start Safety supplies traffic equipment, workwear and products for workplaces, roads and car parks. Its range includes barriers, signs, cones, matting, ramps and parking equipment.

There are also tools, lighting, street furniture and surface repair products. Shoppers can find both equipment and related accessories, including sign fixings, cone sleeves and barrier components.

What Start Safety offers

The range covers equipment for site safety, traffic management, warehouses and workplaces. It also includes products listed for events, loading docks, airports, retail settings, quarries and mining.

Alongside the main categories, Start Safety lists fire safety equipment, spill control products, first aid equipment and safety mirrors. Other products include de-icing and snow removal equipment, cable reels, hose reels, litter picking equipment and grass seed spreaders.

Product and service categories

Barriers

Start Safety sells road barriers, crowd control barriers, queue barriers and pedestrian guardrails. Road barrier types include water-filled and manhole barriers, while crowd barriers include fixed-leg and loose-leg versions. Warehouse products include railing kits, pallet racking protectors, column protectors and corner guards. The range also includes boom, swing and height restriction barriers, as well as GS6 goalpost kits, cantilever kits, bunting and warning signs.

Signs

The sign range includes permanent and temporary road signs, regulatory signs, speed limit signs and triangular warning signs. Car park signs, street name signs and health and safety signs are also listed. Temporary options include roll-up signs, cone signs, stop-go signs and signs with frames. Start Safety also sells custom road signs, sign posts, post extensions and a selection of clips, clamps and post caps.

Mats and grids

Matting includes ground protection mats, heavy-duty access mats, grass protection mats and temporary road panels. Workplace choices include warehouse, workshop, electrical safety and anti-fatigue matting. Entrance matting, garage floor matting, kitchen matting and swimming pool matting are also listed. The range extends to gravel grids, grass grids, outrigger pads, walkway grating, interlocking mats and stair treads.

Markings and paints

Road marking products include thermoplastic markings, line marking rolls, letters, numbers and speed roundels. Start Safety lists road studs, pedestrian crossing studs and temporary road studs alongside road marking paint. Floor marking products include tapes, self-adhesive signs, marker aerosols and chalk lines. Car park and playground markings are available too, including bay markings and zebra crossings.

Ramps and speed control

The ramp range includes kerb ramps, cable ramps, hose ramps and heavy-duty site ramps. Kerb ramp types include wheelchair and wheelbarrow ramps, while cable ramps include drop-over and roll-up styles. There are also speed bump kits and speed bump signs. Speed cushions and flow plates are listed alongside these products.

PPE and workwear

Respiratory products include full-face and half-mask respirators, disposable face masks, powered respirators and face mask filters. Fall protection equipment includes harnesses, lanyards, height safety kits and retractable fall arrestors. Head, eye and hearing products include hard hats, goggles, overglasses, ear defenders and ear plugs. Workwear includes high-visibility jackets, trousers and overalls, as well as work shorts, polo shirts, gilets and base layers.

Traffic cones

Start Safety lists standard traffic cones, no-parking cones and collapsible cones. There are also cones marked for disabled parking and cones for overhead cables. Cone accessories include replacement sleeves, sleeve adhesive and chain holders. Tape, rope and cone lamps are available within the range as well.

Parking equipment and bollards

Parking aids include wheel stops, wheel chocks, wheel guides and car park mirrors. Dock buffers, bumpers and trailer landing leg pads are also listed. Bollard types include retractable, folding, removable and fixed versions, alongside illuminated and reflective bollards. Verge markers, underground cable markers, overhead cable markers and traffic cylinders add to the selection.

Surface repair and covers

Surface repair products include cold-lay tarmac repair, crack and joint sealants, overbanding tape and surface repair kits. Start Safety also lists bedding mortars and pothole repair tools. The covers range includes trench covers, road plates and temporary hole covers. Manhole covers include double-sealed and triple-sealed options.

Tools, lighting and street furniture

Hand tools include spades, shovels, digging bars and measuring tools. Power tool accessories include drill bits, screwdriver bits, nut drivers and impact sockets, while fixings include hose clips and shield anchors. Lighting products include scaffold lights, hoarding lights, barrier lights and portable work lights. Street furniture includes benches, picnic tables, shelters, outdoor bins, cycle stands, notice boards and planters.

Browse the full range on the Start Safety website.

More Info

Brands named on the site

Product listings name UltraCrete, WHI Safeguard, JSP and Start Traffic.

Using the website

The website has a store search and a basket. Its support page lists topics for shoppers seeking assistance, and the contact page has a message form with a choice of subjects. A size guide is shown on a goalpost kit listing.

Frequently asked questions

What hard hat options are listed?

Start Safety lists vented hard hats and hard hats with visors. It also lists versions with chin straps or ear defenders, plus hard hat accessories.

What types of footwear are available?

The footwear range includes safety trainers, work boots and occupational footwear. Safety Wellington boots are listed too.

Are there different types of face shield?

Yes. The range includes mesh face shields, hard hat visors and forestry face shields.

What cycle parking products does Start Safety list?

Cycle parking products include bike racks, bike stands and bike lockers. Bike repair stations are also listed.

What kinds of shelter are available?

The shelter range includes smoking shelters, ticket machine shelters and trolley shelters. Bin shelters and bike shelters are listed as well.

What barrier components are available?

Start Safety lists Armco rail, posts, ends and corners. It also lists Armco kits.

Key takeaways

Traffic equipment includes barriers, road signs and cones.
Matting, grids and temporary panels are among the ground products.
Workwear and PPE cover head, eye, hearing and respiratory products.
Parking equipment includes wheel stops, mirrors and bollards.
Tools, surface repair products and street furniture are also listed.

Summary

Start Safety brings together traffic equipment, workplace products and site essentials. Its listings cover equipment and accessories, from barrier components and sign fixings to workwear, tools and outdoor furniture.