Springfield, OH Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Springfield Codified Ordinances § 371.03 sets the city's mid-block and diagonal crossing rules. Subsection (a) requires a pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk, or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, to yield the right of way to all vehicles on the roadway. Subsection (b) applies the same yield duty where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided. Subsection (c) is the strictest clause: between adjacent intersections where traffic control signals are operating, pedestrians may not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk, which is the core jaywalking prohibition along signalized corridors like downtown's Fountain Avenue and High Street.

Subsection (d) separately bars crossing an intersection diagonally unless official traffic control devices authorize it, and requires crossing only per those devices when they do. Subsection (e) preserves a driver's independent duty of due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian on any roadway, so a driver cannot use a pedestrian's crossing violation as a complete defense. The section mirrors Ohio R.C. 4511.48 but is charged as a city Traffic Code offense by the Springfield Police Division.