Road signs in Belgium

Road signs in Belgium are defined in the Royal Decree of 1 December 1975 on general regulations for the road traffic police and in the use of public highways.[1] They generally conform to the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.[2] The official typeface on road signs in Belgium is SNV.[3]

Belgium signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on November 8, 1968, and ratified it on November 16, 1988.[4]

Warning signs

  • A1a: Bend to the left
  • A1b: Bend to the right
  • A1c: Double bend, first to the left
  • A1d: Double bend, first to the right
  • A3: Steep descent
  • A5: Steep ascent
  • A7a: Road narrows
  • A7b: Road narrows on the left
  • A7c: Road narrows on the right
  • A9: Opening bridge
  • A11: Quayside or riverbank
  • A13: Uneven road
  • A14: Road bump
  • A15: Slippery road
  • A17: Loose surface
  • A19: Falling roads
  • A21: Pedestrian crossing
  • A23: Children
  • A25: Cyclists
  • A27: Deer crossing
  • A29: Cattle crossing
  • A31: Roadworks
  • A33: Traffic signals
  • A35: Low-flying aircraft
  • A37: Crosswinds
  • A39: Two-way traffic
  • A41: Railroad crossing ahead with gates or barriers
  • A43: Railroad crossing ahead without gates or barriers
  • A45: Railroad crossing (single track)
  • A47: Railroad crossing (multiple tracks)
  • A49: Tramway crossing
  • A50: Traffic queues likely
  • A51: Other dangers

Priority signs

  • B1: Yield
  • B3: Yield in 150 metres
  • B5: Stop
  • B7: Stop in 150 metres
  • B9: Priority road
  • B11: End of priority road
  • B13: End of priority road in 250 metres
  • B15: Intersection with priority
  • B17: Intersection with priority to the right
  • B19: Yield to oncoming traffic
  • B21: Priority over oncoming traffic
  • B22: Bike may pass a yellow or red light to turn right, after yield
  • B23: Bike may pass a yellow or red light to go straight, after yield

Prohibitory signs

  • C1: Do not enter
  • C3: No vehicles in both directions
  • C5: No entry for motor vehicles with more than two wheels and motorcycles with sidecar
  • C7: No entry for motorcycles
  • C9: No entry for mopeds
  • C11: No entry for bicycles
  • C13: No entry for horse-drawn vehicles
  • C15: No entry for horse riders
  • C17: No entry for hand carts
  • C19: No entry for pedestrians
  • C21: Weight limit
  • C22: No entry for buses
  • C23: No entry for trucks
  • C24a: No entry for vehicles transporting dangerous goods
  • C24b: No entry for vehicles transporting flammable or explosive goods
  • C24c: No entry for vehicles transporting water polluting goods
  • C25: Length limit
  • C27: Width limit
  • C29: Height limit
  • C31a: No left turn
  • C31b: No right turn
  • C33: No U-turn
  • C35: No overtaking
  • C37: End of the overtaking restriction
  • C39: No overtaking for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
  • C41: End of the overtaking restriction for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
  • C43: Maximum speed
  • C45: End of the maximum speed restriction
  • C46: End of the restrictions imposed on moving vehicles
  • C47: Toll post

Mandatory signs

  • D1a: Ahead only
  • D1b: Turn left
  • D1b: Turn right
  • D1c: Pass on left
  • D1d: Pass on right
  • D1e: Turn left ahead
  • D1f: Turn right
  • D3a: Turn left or ahead only
  • D3b: Turn right or ahead only
  • D4: Direction of vehicles transporting dangerous goods (turn left)
  • D4: Direction of vehicles transporting dangerous goods (ahead only)
  • D4: Direction of vehicles transporting dangerous goods (turn right)
  • D5: Roundabout
  • D7: Cycleway
  • D9a: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
  • D9b: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
  • D10: Shared path for pedestrians and cyclists
  • D11: Footpath
  • D13: Bridlepath

Parking signs

  • E1: No parking
  • E3: No stopping
  • E5: No parking from the 1st till 15th day of the month
  • E7: No parking from the 16th till last day of the month
  • E9a: Parking permitted
  • E9a: Parking permitted, when using parking disk
  • E9a: Parking reserved for the disabled
  • E9b: Parking reserved for motorcycles, cars, vans (< 3.5t) and minibusses
  • E9c: Parking reserved for trucks
  • E9d: Parking reserved for coaches
  • E9e: Parking mandatory on the verge or sidewalk
  • E9f: Parking mandatory partly on the verge or sidewalk
  • E9g: Parking mandatory on the road
  • E9h: Parking reserved for campers
  • E9i: Parking reserved for motorcycles
  • E11: Half-monthly parking restriction in built-up areas

Indicatory signs

  • F1a: Start of a built up area
  • F1a: Start of a built up area
  • F1b: Start of a built up area
  • F1b: Start of a built up area
  • F3a: End of a built up area
  • F3a: End of a built up area
  • F3b: End of a built up area
  • F3b: End of a built up area
  • F4a: Start of a 30 km/h speed zone
  • F4b: End of a 30 km/h speed zone
  • F5: Start of a motorway
  • F7: End of a motorway
  • F8: Tunnel
  • F9: Start of a motorroad
  • F11: End of a motorroad
  • F12a: Start of a living street
  • F12b: End of a living street
  • F13: Turn lane(s)
  • F14: Advanced stop line for bicycles
  • F15: Indication of the choice of direction
  • F17: Bus lane
  • F18: Bus and tram lane
  • F19: One-way road
  • F21: Pass on either side
  • F23a: Number of a national road
  • F23b: Number of a motorway
  • F23c: Number of an international road
  • F23d: Number of a ringroad
  • F25: Direction sign
  • F27: Direction sign
  • F29: Direction sign
  • F31: Direction sign (over motorways)
  • F33a: Direction sign
  • F33b: Direction sign (valley or stream)
  • F33c: Direction sign (touristic destination)
  • F34a: Direction sign (important public destinations)
  • F34b1: Direction sign (for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
  • F34b2: Direction sign (for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
  • F34c1: Direction sign (touristic destinations for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
  • F34c2: Direction sign (touristic destinations for cyclists, horse riders and pedestrians)
  • F35: Direction sign (touristic destinations)
  • F37: Direction sign (hotels, hostels, restaurants ...)
  • F39: Direction sign (detours)
  • F41: Direction sign (detours)
  • F43: Municipal boundary
  • F45: Dead end
  • F45b: Dead end, except for pedestrians and cyclists
  • F47: End of roadworks
  • F49: Pedestrian crossing
  • F50: Cyclist and moped crossing
  • F50bis: Warning for cyclists and/or pedestrians when turning in
  • F51a: Crossing for pedestrians below ground
  • F51b: Crossing for pedestrians above ground
  • F52: Emergency exit in tunnel
  • F52bis: Emergency exit route
  • F53: Healthcare facility (hospital, nursing home ...)
  • F55: First aid post
  • F56: Fire extinguisher
  • F57: Stream
  • F59: Parking lot
  • F60: Parking garage
  • F61: Telephone
  • F62: Emergency telephone
  • F63: Fuel station
  • F65: Hotel or motel
  • F67: Restaurant
  • F69: Bar/café
  • F71: Camping area
  • F73: Trailer park
  • F75: Youth hostel
  • F77: Information point for foreigners or touristic information
  • F79: Reduction of lanes
  • F81: Lane displacement
  • F83: Cut through median
  • F85: Traffic allowed in both directions on a one-way road
  • F87: Hump
  • F89: Speed limit on certain lanes in ...m
  • F91: Speed limit on certain lanes
  • F93: Radio station broadcasting traffic information
  • F95: Runaway ramp
  • F97: Reduction of lanes
  • F98: Emergency bay
  • F99a: Start of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
  • F99b: Start of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs with segregation
  • F99c: Start of a road or part of a road reserved for farm vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
  • F101a: End of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
  • F101b: End of a road or part of a road reserved for pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs with segregation
  • F101c: End of a road or part of a road reserved for farm vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists horse riders and drivers of speed pedelecs
  • F103: Start of a pedestrian zone
  • F105: End of a pedestrian zone
  • F111: Cycle street
  • F117: Start of a low emission zone
  • F118: End of a low emission zone
  • F119: Start of an airport zone
  • F120: End of an airport zone

Additional signs

  • M1: Only for bicyclists
  • M2: Except bicyclists
  • M3: Except bicyclists and mopeds class A (mofas)
  • M3bis: Except bicyclists and mopeds
  • M4: Except bicyclists
  • M5: Except bicyclists and mopeds class A (mofas)
  • M5bis: Except bicyclists and mopeds
  • M6: Compulsory for mopeds class B
  • M7: Forbidden for mopeds class B
  • M8: Only for bicyclists and mopeds
  • M9: Bicyclists coming from left and right
  • M10: Bicyclists and mopeds coming from left and right
  • M16: Forbidden for mopeds class B and P (speed pedelecs)
  • GXI: Sign above only applies to the exit
  • GXa: Start of a parking regulation
  • GXb: End of a parking regulation
  • GXc: Parking regulation during the following ...m
  • GXd: Repeating a parking regulation
  • GVIId: Parking reserved for the disabled

Icons

  • S1: Airport
  • S2: Exposition center
  • S3: Harbour
  • S4: Car ferry
  • S5: Business and industrial zone
  • S10: Police department
  • S11: Fire department
  • S12: Civil protection
  • S13: Cemetery
  • S14: Bus terminal
  • S15: Train station
  • S16: Goods station
  • S17: City hall
  • S18: Religious building
  • S19: Court building
  • S20: Car shuttle train
  • S21: Post office
  • S30: Sports center
  • S31: Castle
  • S32: Ruins
  • S33: Monastery/abbey
  • S34: Cultural, recreational or amusement park
  • S35: Image of a monument or important landscape
  • S36: Park

Obsolete signs

  • C48: No use of cruise control
  • C49: End of the cruise control restriction
  • F113: End of cycle street

Traffic lights

  • Red:Don't walk
  • Green:walk

New road signs

New road signs in Belgium from June 2027.

  • A1a: Curve to the left
  • A1b: Curve to the right
  • A1c: Double curve, first to the left
  • A1d: Double curve, first to the right
  • A3: Steep descent
  • A5: Steep ascent
  • A7a: Road narrows
  • A8: Soft shoulders
  • A9: Opening bridge
  • A11: Quay or riverbank
  • A13: Uneven road
  • A14: Road hump
  • A15: Slippery road
  • A16: Ice or snow
  • A17: Loose surface
  • A18: Reduced visibility
  • A19: Falling roads
  • A21: Pedestrian crossing
  • A23: Children
  • A25: Cyclists
  • A27: Animals crossing (deer)
  • A27: Animals crossing (cattle)
  • A31: Roadworks
  • A32: Traffic queues
  • A33: Traffic signals
  • A35: Low-flying aircraft
  • A37: Crosswinds
  • A39: Two-way traffic
  • A41: Railroad crossing ahead with barriers
  • A43: Railroad crossing ahead without barriers
  • A45: Railroad crossing (single track)
  • A47: Railroad crossing (multiple tracks)
  • A49: Tramway crossing
  • A51: Other danger
  • B1: Yield
  • B5: Stop
  • B9: Priority road
  • B11: End of priority road
  • B15: Intersection with priority
  • B17: Intersection with priority to the right
  • B19: Yield to oncoming traffic
  • B21: Priority over oncoming traffic
  • B22: Yield to cyclists
  • C1: Do no enter
  • C3: No vehicles in both directions
  • C5: No entry for motor vehicles with more than two wheels and motorcycles with sidecar
  • C7: No entry for motorcycles
  • C8: No entry for tractors
  • C9: No entry for mopeds
  • C11: No entry for bicycles
  • C13: No entry for horse-drawn vehicles
  • C19: No entry for pedestrians
  • C21: Weight limit
  • C22: Axle weight limit
  • C23: No entry for buses
  • C24: No entry for trucks
  • C25a: No entry for vehicles transporting dangerous goods
  • C25b: No entry for vehicles transporting flammable or explosive goods
  • C25c: No entry for vehicles transporting water polluting goods
  • C26: Length limit
  • C27: Width limit
  • C29: Height limit
  • C30: No entry for vehicles towing caravans
  • C32a: No left turn
  • C32b: No right turn
  • C33: No U-turn
  • C35: No overtaking
  • C41: End of the overtaking restriction
  • C39: No overtaking for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
  • C41: End of the overtaking restriction for vehicles with a maximum allowed mass of over 3,5 tonnes
  • C43: Maximum speed
  • C45: End of the maximum speed restriction
  • C46: End of the restrictions imposed on moving vehicles
  • D1a: Ahead only
  • D1b: Turn right ahead
  • D1c: Turn left ahead
  • D1d: Pass on right
  • D1e: Pass on left
  • D1f: Turn right
  • D1g: Turn left
  • D3a: Turn right or ahead only
  • D3b: Turn left or ahead only
  • D3c: Turn left or right
  • D4: Direction of vehicles transporting dangerous goods
  • D5: Roundabout
  • D7: Cycleway
  • D8: End of cycleway
  • D9: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
  • D9: Segregated path for pedestrians and cyclists
  • D11: Shared path for pedestrians and cyclists
  • D13: Footpath
  • D15: Bridlepath
  • E1: No parking
  • E3: No stopping
  • E9: Parking

See also

References

  1. ^ "Koninklijk besluit van 1 december 1975 houdende algemeen reglement op de politie van het wegverkeer en van het gebruik van de openbare weg" (PDF). static.tijd.be (in Flemish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Convention on Road Signs and Signals Vienna, 8 November 1968". United Nations. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Handleiding verticale signalisatie" (PDF). wegenenverkeer.be (in Flemish).
  4. ^ "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
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