Safety Lockers

Safedeposit lockers are used by people who want to protect important documents, expensive items like heirloom jewellery, or emergency money reserves, among other things. Storage lockers are most commonly located in bank vaults, and are rented to banking customers. A safe deposit locker is usually protected by at least one lock, often more, and is generally made of indestructible material.

The term “safe depositlocker” is primarily used in Great Britain and current and former British Commonwealth countries, including Australia and India. Most North Americans would refer to the same concept as a “safe deposit box.” The term nearly always refers to a safe that exists as one unit among many, usually in the vault of a bank or other financial institution. Hotels occasionally will also maintain a bank of safe deposit lockers for guest use, particularly if room safes are not available. Sometimes personal lockboxes in homes and offices are referred to as safe deposit lockers, but most of the time, freestanding units are simply called safes.