The invention discloses a safe and efficient traffic signal light management system and method. The system is provided with two infrared sensing modules which are arranged in the direction that pedestrians walk towards a zebra crossing in sequence, and the walking direction of the pedestrians can be judged according to the triggered sequence of the infrared sensing modules; if the far infrared sensing module is firstly triggered and the near infrared sensing module is triggered later, it shows that the pedestrians walk towards the zebra crossing, the behavior is valid, when the behavior is valid, traffic lights on a road and traffic lights for the pedestrians are changed, the light colors are changed, and the management of the traffic lights is achieved; if the near infrared sensing moduleis firstly triggered and the far infrared sensing module is triggered later, it shows that the pedestrians walk back on to the zebra crossing, and the behavior is invalid; the behaviors of the pedestrians are effectively identified, and invalid triggering is avoided. Besides, through the combination of a pressure-sensitive sensor, double insurance is achieved; the pedestrian behaviors are furthereffectively identified and invalid triggering is avoided (if the pedestrians just want to go to a crossing to look around instead of crossing the road, the pressure-sensitive sensor cannot be triggered) while the traffic efficiency is guaranteed. The safe and efficient traffic signal light management system improves the safety and the user-friendliness.