Know your traffic signs
Learn the most common UK traffic signs and road markings. Use search to jump to any topic.
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This guidance aims to illustrate and explain the most common traffic signs that the road user is likely to encounter. It is an accompaniment to The Highway Code.
The 2023 edition contains:
- new guidance and images on clean air zones, ultra low emission zone and low emission zones in London, tunnel restriction codes, parking places for electric taxis, bus gates, share space, parallel crossings
- updated guidance and signs for road charging, rising bollards, bus lanes, on-street parking places, pedestrian and cycle zones, motorway signals, variable signs, motorway service areas, diversion routes, UTC (urgent treatment centre), traffic signals for cyclists, road works and temporary situations, bridge height warning signs
- new guidance specific for Wales and for Scotland
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Topics
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The signing system
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Warning signs
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Regulatory signs
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Speed limit signs
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Low bridge signs
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Level crossing signs and signals
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Tram signs, signals and road markings
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Bus and cycle signs and road markings
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Pedestrian zone signs
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On-street parking control signs and road markings
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Road markings
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Traffic calming
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Motorway signs, signals and road markings
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Direction signs on all-purpose roads
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Direction signs for cyclists and pedestrians
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Information signs
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Traffic signals
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Tidal flow lane control signs and signals
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Pedestrian, cycle and equestrian crossings
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Signs for road works and temporary situations
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Miscellaneous signs
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