Il verbale di accertamento segue il codice della strada.

Because Italian normally uses the definite article much more often than English.

• Il verbale = the report / the notice
• il codice della strada = the highway code / the road code

In English, we might sometimes drop the in official or general expressions, but in Italian it is very normal to keep it.

Also, each noun phrase here has its own article:

• il verbale di accertamento
• il codice della strada

So the two il words are not repeating the same thing; each one belongs to a different noun.

No. This is a very common false friend.

In everyday English, verbal usually means spoken. But Italian verbale can also be a noun, and in formal or legal language it often means:

• report
• record
• official written notice
• statement drawn up by an authority

So il verbale di accertamento is not something spoken aloud. It is a formal written document.

Di often means of, but in Italian it is also widely used to link nouns and create fixed expressions.

Here:

• verbale = report / notice
• accertamento = ascertainment, verification, determination, official finding

So verbale di accertamento literally means something like report of ascertainment or report of an official finding. In natural English, this would usually be translated more idiomatically.

This pattern is very common in Italian:

• carta di credito = credit card
• camera da letto = bedroom
• codice della strada = highway code

So di is not unusual here; it is just the standard way to connect these nouns.

Yes, very much so. It belongs to bureaucratic and legal Italian.

Native speakers may recognize it as the kind of wording used in:

• police documents
• administrative notices
• traffic fines
• official reports of violations

So even if you can analyze it word by word, it is best learned as a chunk: verbale di accertamento.

Segue is the third-person singular form of seguire in the present tense.

The subject is il verbale di accertamento, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular:

• io seguo = I follow
• tu segui = you follow
• lui/lei segue = he/she/it follows

So:

• Il verbale ... segue ... = The report ... follows ...

Even though verbale di accertamento contains several words, the head noun is still singular: il verbale.

Because seguire normally takes a direct object.

So Italian says:

• seguire una regola = to follow a rule
• seguire il consiglio = to follow the advice
• seguire il codice della strada = to follow the highway code

English also says follow the law/rules, not follow to the law, so the structure is similar here.

Della is a contraction of di + la.

• di = of
• la = the
• di + la = della

So:

• il codice della strada literally = the code of the road

In more natural English, this is usually the highway code or the road code, depending on context.

This kind of contraction is extremely common in Italian:

• del = di + il
• dello = di + lo
• della = di + la
• dei / degli / delle = plural forms

Because codice della strada is the established expression.

Italian often uses di + article in fixed noun phrases when the second noun is understood as a specific domain or category:

• il ministro della salute
• il codice della strada
• le regole del gioco

So della strada here does not just mean any road in a vague sense; it identifies the area the code belongs to: road traffic / the road system.

This is something you mostly learn as a set phrase.

Italian uses capital letters less often than English.

Common nouns are normally lowercase, even when they refer to institutions, laws, or official concepts, unless you are reproducing a formal title exactly or following a specific stylistic choice.

So in ordinary running text, lowercase is very normal:

• il codice della strada
• la costituzione in some contexts
• il ministero dell’interno in many contexts

You may still sometimes see capitals in official documents or headings, but lowercase is standard in normal prose.

Yes, but the given order is the most neutral and standard:

• Il verbale di accertamento segue il codice della strada.

Italian word order is fairly flexible, but changing it usually affects emphasis or style. For example, moving parts around may sound more literary, marked, or unnatural in ordinary administrative language.

For a learner, the safest choice is:

• subject + verb + object

That is exactly what you have here.

It is pronounced roughly SEH-gweh.

A few useful points:

• seg- sounds like seg in second, not like English seej
• -ue in segue is pronounced, so it is not like the English word segue pronounced SEG-way
• stress falls on the first syllable: SE-gue

Also:

• strada = STRA-da
• accertamento = ac-cher-ta-MEN-to

It is more natural to understand it in an extended sense such as:

• follows
• is based on
• complies with
• is in accordance with

Italian seguire can mean physically following something, but also following:

• rules
• instructions
• laws
• procedures
• logic

So in this sentence, it is not about walking behind a code. It means the report is in line with the road code.

Because none of the words here require elision.

Italian uses apostrophes mostly when a vowel drops:

• l’amico
• un’amica
• dell’acqua

But here the articles and prepositions already fit naturally with the following words:

• il verbale
• di accertamento
• il codice
• della strada

So no apostrophe is needed.

Yes, depending on the exact meaning you want.

Possible alternatives include:

• rispetta = respects / complies with
• si basa su = is based on
• è conforme a = is in accordance with

For example:

• Il verbale di accertamento rispetta il codice della strada.
• Il verbale di accertamento è conforme al codice della strada.

But these are not identical in tone. Segue is a straightforward way to say follows, while the others can sound more explicitly legal or formal.