Signs

Regulatory Traffic Signs

This section includes the signs that show a road regulation is in place. These must be obeyed.
Regulatory signs show the course a driver must follow and an action they are required to take or forbidden to take. They are generally circular and have a red border and black symbols or letters on a white background. Mandatory regulatory signs that indicate the direction traffic must take at junctions are blue and white.

Stop	Yield	Yield	School wardens stop sign	No left turn
No entry	No right turn	Parking prohibited	Clearway	Max speed limit 30km/h
Max speed limit 50km/h	Max speed limit 60km/h	Max speed limit 80km/h	Max speed limit 100km/h	Max speed limit 120km/h
Taxi rank	No entry for large vehicles (by reference to weight)	No U-turn	No overtaking	Height restriction
Pedestrianised street	Parking permitted	Disc parking plate	Zonal restriction – no parking of large vehicles	End of the restriction zone

Mandatory signs at junctions
(white and blue)

Turn left ahead	Turn right ahead	Turn left	Turn right
Pass either side	Straight ahead	Keep right	Keep left sign

Manual traffic control sign at roadworks

No entry for pedestrians to tramway

Stop

Either form of Go

or Teigh can be used

No entry to goods vehicles (by reference to number of axles)

With flow bus lane on left

With flow bus lane on right

Contra flow bus lane

Tram lane on left

Tram lane on right

Start of cycle track

End of cycle track

Electronic variable speed limit sign
(tunnel only)

In a tunnel goods vehicles cannot use right-hand lane.<br>(by reference to number of axles) Regulatory Traffic Sign

In a tunnel goods vehicles cannot use right-hand lane.
(by reference to number of axles)

Electronic periodic speed limit sign

Electronic periodic speed limit sign at school

Tram only street

Tram and access only street

Bus only street on left

Traffic lane control signs in a tunnel

Go (Lane open)

Stop (Lane closed)

Move into the left-hand lane

Move into the right-hand lane

Motorway Signs

These signs are rectangular with blue backgrounds and white writing or symbols.

Motorway ahead

Advance direction sign

Entry to motorway

300m to next exit

200m to next exit

100m to next exit

Motorway ends 1km ahead sign

Motorway ends 500m ahead sign

End of motorway

Route confirmatory sign for M7

Advance direction sign for destination

Warning Traffic Signs

This section includes signs that warn road users of a hazard ahead. They are diamond or rectangular in shape and have a black border and black symbols or letters on a yellow background.

Dangerous corner ahead

Roundabout ahead

Mini-Roundabout ahead

Merging traffic

Two-way traffic

Dangerous bend ahead

Series of dangerous bends ahead

Series of dangerous corners ahead

Restricted headroom

Junction ahead with roads of less importance (the latter being indicated by arms of lesser width)

T-junction

Y-junction

Side road

T-junction

Crossroads

Junction ahead with a road or roads of equal importance

Crossroads

Side road

T-junction

Y-junction

Staggered crossroads

Advance warning of a major road (or dual carriageway ahead)

T-junction with dual carriageway

Crossroads with dual carriageway

Crossroads

General purpose warning signs

Drive on left	Traffic cross-over ahead	Low flying aircraft	Road divides	Merging or diverging traffic
Dual carriageway ends	Safe height plate	Overhead electric cables	Traffic signals ahead	Pedestrian crossing ahead
Slippery road ahead	Road narrows on both sides	Road narrows from left	Road narrows from right	Tunnel ahead
Sharp dip ahead	Series of bumps or hollows ahead	Sharp rise ahead e.g. hump-back bridge	Deer or wild animals	Sheep
Cattle and farm animals	Accompanied horses and ponies	Crosswinds	Steep descent ahead	Steep ascent ahead

Danger of falling rocks	Unprotected quay, canal or river ahead	Low bridge ahead (height restriction show)
Level crossing ahead, guarded by gates or lifting barrier	Level crossing ahead, unguarded by gates or lifting barrier	Level crossing ahead, with lights and barriers

Stop when lights are red

Automatic level crossing ahead

Chevron board
(a sharp change of direction to the left)

Chevron board
(a sharp change of direction to the right)

Warning Signs for Schools and children

School ahead

School children crossing ahead

Children crossing (in residential area)

Tram signs


Tram lane crossing ahead	Tram lane warning signs for pedestrians

Warning sign tram line - slippery for cyclists

Warning Signs for Road Works

Warning signs for road works. These are the same shape as ordinary warning signs but are orange in colour instead of Yellow

Warning Signs for Road Works

Roadworks ahead

One-lane crossover (out)

One-lane crossover (back)

Move to left (one lane)

Move to right (one lane)


Move to left (two lanes)	Move to right (two lanes)	Obstruction between lanes	End of obstruction between lanes	Start of central reserve or obstruction


End of central reserve or obstruction	Lanes diverge at crossover	Lanes rejoin at crossover	Two-lanes crossover (back)	Two-lanes crossover (out)


Single lane (for shuttle working)	Two-way traffic	Road narrows from left	Road narrows from right	Road narrows on both sides


Offside lane (of two) closed	Nearside lane (of two) closed	Offside lane (of three) closed	Nearside lane (of three) closed	Two offside lanes (of three) closed


Two nearside lanes (of three) closed. Two alternative styles.	Offside lane (of four) closed	Nearside lane (of four) closed	Two offside lanes (of four) closed