Comparison of European road signs

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Example of a Swiss sign

Despite an apparent uniformity and standardisation, European traffic signs present relevant differences between countries. However most European countries refer to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals — adopted in Europe by Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey^[1] and Ukraine. The convention has not been adopted in Ireland, Moldova, Spain, and the UK.

Differences between European traffic signs

The main differences relate to

graphic design details
local regulatory significance
the colour-coding of directional signs
local language texts (sometimes bilingual)

Graphic differences

Warning signs in Ireland are yellow and diamond-shaped (as in the Americas, Australasia, and some east Asian countries), and thus differ from the white or yellow, red-bordered, triangular signs found in the rest of Europe.
The design of individual pictograms (tunnel, pedestrian, car, etc.), while broadly similar, often varies in detail from country to country.
Type of arrows may be different.
Fonts of written words

Different typefaces in texts

These are incomplete. You can help by adding missing countries or fonts.

Albania and Italy use the Alfabeto normale font (with the narrow variant Alfabeto stretto), a heavier version of the British Transport typeface.
- Albania has recently started using Arial Narrow Bold font.
Austria and Slovakia use the TERN font. In the past, Austria used until 2010 the "Austria Mittelschrift and Engschrift fonts. Slovakia used until 2014 the Universal Grotesk font.
Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine use fonts based a font specified in a Soviet standard ГОСТ 10807–78. In Belarus, the according standard is СТБ 1140–99, in Ukraine it's ДСТУ 4100–2002, in Russia it's ГОСТ Р 52290–2004.
Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, and Serbia use the SNV font. Switzerland used this font until 2003.
Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Turkey, Portugal, and the United Kingdom use the Transport font. (Motorway font is used on United Kingdom motorways)
Denmark uses the Dansk Vejtavleskrift font. The font is a derival from the Transport font.
Estonia and Moldova use the Arial Narrow Bold in mixture with Helvetica font.
France uses the Caractères font.
Germany, Czech Republic, Latvia and Romania use the DIN 1451 font.
Greece used a modified version of the transport font and uses nowadays a modified version of DIN 1451.
Hungary does not use any predefined typeface as the letters are defined one-by-one in the national regulation. The font resembles the DIN 1451 font closely.^[2]
Luxembourg uses the Arial (Bold), Caractères Italic and the SNV font, often disordly.
Turkey and Ukraine use the FHWA font.^{[citation needed]}
Spain uses two fonts derived from the FHWA fonts: Autopista (derived from FHWA series E) for highways and Carretera (or Traffic Type Spain D^[3]) for ordinary roads. The font Carretera is identical to the Italian Alfabeto Normale.
Netherlands use a derival from the FHWA font: ANWB/RWS Cc (narrow), Dd (medium) and Ee (wide).
Norway uses the Trafikkalfabetet font.
Poland uses the Drogowskaz font.
Sweden uses the Tratex font.
Switzerland uses the Frutiger font.

Different colour codes

Warning signs

In most European countries, it is indicated by red borders and a white background.
An amber background is used in Sweden, Greece, Finland, Iceland, the Republic of Macedonia, and Poland (in some other countries it means a provisional road work sign).
- Also, the yield sign/give way sign in Sweden, Finland, and Poland has a yellow background.

Road works/construction

Many countries normally have adopted an orange or amber background.
A yellow background is used in France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, and Romania.

Motorways

White texts on a blue background is used in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania (from 2020), Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
White texts on a green background is used in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania (until 2020), Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.

Primary roads/Expressways

White-on-blue (the same as motorways) is used in Belgium, Latvia, and Netherlands.
White-on-blue is used in Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland ABD Turkey.
White-on-green is used in France, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
Black-on-yellow is used in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Serbia, and Slovenia.
Red-on-white is used in Denmark (though white-on-blue on motorway exits and all overhead gantries)
Black-on-white is used in Austria and Spain.

Secondary roads

Black-on-white is used in Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
In Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Sweden, black-on-white indicates only urban roads or urban destinations.
White-on-green is used in Austria to indicates locations like regions, city center, city districts.^[4]

Differences in meanings

Sometimes similar signs have little differences in meanings, following the local traffic codes.^{[citation needed]}
All European countries use the metric system (distances in kilometres or metres, speeds in kilometres per hour, heights/widths in metres) with the exception of the United Kingdom, where distances, speeds (miles per hour), and heights/widths are still indicated in imperial measurements (miles, yards, feet, and inches), with an optional indication in metres, weight limits are also indicated in the metric tonne.

Table of traffic signs comparison

Priority

	40px Austria	40px Belgium	40px Czech Republic	Denmark	40px Estonia	40px Finland	40px France	Germany	40px Greece	40px Hungary	40px Iceland	40px Ireland	Italy	40px Netherlands	40px Norway	40px Poland	Russia & Belarus	40px Slovakia	40px Spain	40px Sweden	Switzerland	40px Turkey	40px Ukraine	United Kingdom
Give Way		60px		60px	60px				Error creating thumbnail: File missing	60px		or		60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
Stop		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px			60px	60px
Priority road		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			60px	60px	NOT USED				60px		60px	60px			60px	60px	NOT USED
End of priority road		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		NOT USED				60px		60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
Give way to oncoming traffic		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Priority over oncoming vehicles	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px 60px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Warning

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Give Way ahead		60px	50px	60px	60px		60px		15px	60px 40px			60px	60px 40px		60px 40px	60px 40px	60px 40px	60px	60px 40px	60px		60px 40px	60px 45px
Stop ahead			50px	55px	55px				15px	60px 40px			60px	60px 40px		15px	60px 40px	60px 40px	60px	60px 40px	15px		60px 40px	60px 45px
Traffic signals ahead		60px		60px	60px					60px			or 60px			60px	60px	60px	60px			60px	60px	60px
Roundabout ahead		NOT USED		60px	60px		60px	NOT USED		60px		60px or 60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px
Two-way traffic ahead		60px		60px	60px or 60px		60px			60px		60px or 60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px or
Traffic queues likely ahead	15px	60px		60px	60px		60px			60px	NOT USED	60px	60px			60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	55px
Level crossing without barriers ahead		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px	NOT USED					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
Level crossing with barriers ahead		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px ^{[nb 1]}		60px	NOT USED	or				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
Level crossing					60px					40px	NOT USED	NOT USED							60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Level crossing (multiple tracks)					60px		15px	NOT USED		40px	NOT USED	NOT USED					60px		60px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Tram crossing	15px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	NOT USED		60px	NOT USED					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Crossroads with priority to the right		60px	60px	15px	60px		60px			60px		NOT USED		^{[nb 2]}		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px			60px	NOT USED ^{[nb 3]}
Crossroads with a minor road		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px						60px	60px	60px	60px			60px	60px	60px
Junction with a minor side road	60px	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px	15px	NOT USED		60px					15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px
Road narrows on both sides		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px	60px					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
Road narrows		60px		60px	60px	15px	60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Dangerous crosswinds		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px		60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Low-flying aircraft		60px		60px or 60px	60px		60px			60px	60px					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px or 60px		60px	60px	60px or 60px
Steep descent		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px 35px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Steep ascent		60px		60px	60px		NOT USED	60px		60px						35px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Road bump	15px	60px		60px	60px		60px	NOT USED		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px
Uneven road ahead		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px	60px					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Curve		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px	60px	60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Double curve		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Slippery road surface		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Loose road surface	15px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Children		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Pedestrian crossing ahead		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		or 60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Cyclists		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px			60px			60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px
Falling rocks or debris		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px				NOT USED		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Opening or swing bridge	15px	60px	60px	60px	NOT USED		60px	60px		60px	NOT USED					60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px
Unprotected quayside or riverbank	15px	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px or 60px	60px	60px				60px	60px or 60px	15px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px or 60px
Domestic animals		60px		60px	60px	15px	60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Wild animals		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Tunnel ahead	NOT USED	NOT USED		60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px
Accident area / accident ahead	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED	60px 50px	NOT USED	NOT USED	50px			60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px 35px 35px	60px 55px
Roadworks ahead		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			60px					60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px	60px
Other danger		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px				60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Other danger (temporary)	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Prohibitory

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Road closed to all vehicles in both directions		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px	60px	NOT USED		60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
No entry for vehicular traffic		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px		or		60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No motor vehicles		NOT USED		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px
No motor vehicles except motorcycles		60px		NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED			60px		NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px		60px	NOT USED	60px
No motorcycles		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px	60px	60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No bicycles		60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No pedestrians	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px	60px	60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No heavy goods vehicles		60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
No tractors	15px	NOT USED		60px	60px		60px	15px		60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	15px
No horns or motor noise		NOT USED	60px	15px	60px	15px	60px	15px		NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	15px	60px	60px	15px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
No overtaking		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
No overtaking by heavy goods vehicles		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px		60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
Maximum speed limit	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px					Error creating thumbnail: File missing	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px			60px	60px
Speed limit zone		60px	15px	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px or 60px	15px	60px
Maximum height		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Maximum width		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
Maximum vehicle length	or 60px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px	60px	60px		15px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px or 60px
Maximum weight		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px					or	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Maximum weight per axle		NOT USED		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
Maximum weight per tandem axle	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
No vehicles carrying dangerous goods		60px or 60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No vehicles carrying dangerous water pollutants	NOT USED	60px		NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px			60px	60px	NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED		60px	60px	NOT USED
No vehicles carrying explosives	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px		60px	NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px 30px	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px
Minimum safe following distance between vehicles	15px	NOT USED		15px	60px		60px		60px	60px or 60px		NOT USED		NOT USED	NOT USED	15px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No right turn		60px		60px	60px		60px	NOT USED		60px			NOT USED	NOT USED		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No left turn		60px		60px	60px		60px	NOT USED		60px			NOT USED	NOT USED		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px
No U-turn		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px			NOT USED			60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No parking		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px				60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
No stopping and parking		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			60px				60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
End of prohibition (overtaking used as an example)		60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	35px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Mandatory

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Proceed straight (no turns)		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Turn right		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px			NOT USED		60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px		60px	NOT USED	60px
Turn right ahead		60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px						60px	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Proceed straight or turn right		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		NOT USED				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	NOT USED
Pass on this side		60px		60px	60px		60px or 50px		60px	60px or 60px						60px	60px	60px		60px		60px	60px	60px
Pass on either side	15px	60px		60px	60px		15px	15px		60px	60px					60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px
Roundabout	15px	60px	60px	60px	60px		15px			60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Mandatory direction for vehicles carrying dangerous goods		60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px	NOT USED
Minimum speed limit		NOT USED		60px	60px	15px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px		60px	60px
Bicycles only		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px					15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Pedestrians only		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px		15px			15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	15px
Equestrian path		60px	60px	60px	60px		60px			NOT USED		NOT USED			NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Special regulations

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
One-way street	60px	60px		15px	60px	NOT USED	60px	60px		60px						60px		60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
One-way street	60px	NOT USED		60px	60px		15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	NOT USED		60px		NOT USED	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px
Pedestrian crossing	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		or 60px				60px	60px	60px	60px	60px or 60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
Living street		60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px		NOT USED						60px			or 60px	15px	60px
Limited-access road	60px	60px			NOT USED		60px			60px	NOT USED	NOT USED						60px	60px			60px	60px	NOT USED
Motorway		60px		60px	60px					60px	NOT USED							60px				60px	60px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Indication

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
No through road		60px		60px	60px					60px		or 60px						60px	60px	60px		60px
Hospital		60px		15px	NOT USED	15px	60px or 60px	15px		60px				60px	15px	60px	60px	60px	60px	15px		60px	60px	60px or 60px
First aid		60px		60px	60px		60px			60px	60px	NOT USED		60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	NOT USED
Pharmacy		NOT USED	NOT USED	15px	NOT USED	15px	15px	60px	15px	60px			60px	60px	15px	15px	15px	15px		60px	60px	60px
Bus stop	15px	NOT USED	Front: or Rear:	60px	60px	or	60px		60px	60px		15px		60px or 60px ^{[nb 4]}			60px	60px	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px
Tunnel	60px	60px		15px	60px		60px		60px	15px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px or		15px	60px	15px	60px	60px	60px		60px	15px	NOT USED
Parking place	60px	60px		60px	60px		60px		60px	60px						60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px	60px
Entering built-up area	60px	60px or 60px	15px	60px	15px	15px	60px	60px	15px	15px	15px	15px	15px		15px	60px	15px	15px	60px	15px	15px	15px	15px	15px
Leaving built-up area	60px	60px or 60px	15px	60px	15px	15px	60px	60px	15px	15px	15px	15px	15px		15px	60px	15px	15px	60px	15px	15px	15px	15px	15px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Border Crossings

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Schengen Area	60px	60px or 60px	60px	60px	60px	60px or 60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED		60px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	60px		60px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED
National speed limits	60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px		60px	60px		NOT USED	60px	60px	15px	60px	60px 60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px	60px
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Checkpoints

	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom
Customs		60px		15px	60px		60px			60px or 60px	NOT USED	NOT USED		60px or 60px		60px	60px	60px	60px	60px or 60px	or 60px	60px	60px	NOT USED
Police	15px	NOT USED	15px	15px	60px		60px or 60px	15px	15px	60px	NOT USED	NOT USED		NOT USED	15px	15px	15px	60px	15px	15px	or 60px	60px	15px	60px
Toll	15px	60px or 60px	15px	15px	NOT USED	NOT USED	60px	or		60px		NOT USED		NOT USED		60px	15px	15px	60px or 60px	15px	15px	60px	15px	NOT USED
Other Control	15px	NOT USED	15px	60px	60px	15px	15px	15px	15px	15px	NOT USED	NOT USED	NOT USED			15px	60px	60px		60px	15px	NOT USED	60px	NOT USED
	Austria	Belgium	Czech Republic	Denmark	Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Netherlands	Norway	Poland	Russia & Belarus	Slovakia	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Ukraine	United Kingdom

Notes

↑ This sign is being phased out by 2019, and being replaced by the previous sign.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ In the Netherlands, this sign means "Dangerous crossroads"
↑ There is no "priority to the right" (or left) rule in the United Kingdom.
↑ In the Netherlands, the first one is always used because otherwise it wouldn't be an official bus stop. The bottom one is sometimes used to inform drivers a bus stop is coming up, mostly outside the built-up area.

References

European Standard for Traffic Signs - EN 12899-1:2001 Fixed, Vertical Road Traffic Signs – Part 1: Fixed Signs, Requirements

↑ http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612722/index.pdf
↑ Útügyi műszaki előírás, e-ÚT 04.02.12.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ http://www.fuerboeck.at/verkehrsrecht/verkehrszeichen/hinweis/wegweiser-lokal/

External links

[5] This sign is being phased out by 2019, and being replaced by the previous sign.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[6] In the Netherlands, this sign means "Dangerous crossroads"

[priority-7] There is no "priority to the right" (or left) rule in the United Kingdom.

[8] In the Netherlands, the first one is always used because otherwise it wouldn't be an official bus stop. The bottom one is sometimes used to inform drivers a bus stop is coming up, mostly outside the built-up area.

[1] ttp://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612722/index.pdf

[2] Útügyi műszaki előírás, e-ÚT 04.02.12.

[3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[4] ttp://www.fuerboeck.at/verkehrsrecht/verkehrszeichen/hinweis/wegweiser-lokal/

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