Road signs and what the law says they mean
Each row below gives a sign’s diagram number and the description the instrument itself uses. The wording is quoted, not rewritten, which occasionally makes it read oddly — and where it does, this page says why rather than smoothing it over.
What this catalogue is
The instrument's own wording, quoted rather than rewritten.
Below are 291 signs, read from five of the instrument’s schedules. Each row gives the diagram number the instrument assigns and the description it uses. The descriptions are quoted, not paraphrased: rewriting them would be authoring law rather than reporting it.
Scope
This is deliberately not the complete set of road signs
The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362) has nineteen schedules. The five here are the ones a question about what a sign means actually reaches — hazard warnings, regulatory signs for moving traffic, regulatory signs at junctions, speed limits, and information and advisory signs. The remaining fourteen cover parking and red-route controls, road markings, directional signs, matrix and variable-message signs, light signals and the character set. Claiming completeness over five of nineteen is the kind of claim a reader cannot check.
Two things to expect
No pictures, and two oddly-worded entries
No sign images are reproduced. The instrument holds each sign’s appearance as an image rather than as text, so there is nothing to quote and nothing is invented in its place.
The two most-looked-up signs also read strangely, and the reason is in the drafting. The STOP sign (diagram 601.1) and the GIVE WAY sign (diagram 602) are described in the sign table only by cross-reference to Part 7 of the schedule, rather than by a plain meaning. Their rows below say what the instrument says.
Schedule 2 — Signs that warn of hazards and signs for bridges and other structures
78 signs
| Diagram | Description, as the instrument states it |
|---|---|
| 504.1 | Crossroads ahead |
| 505.1 | T-junction ahead |
| 506.1 | Side road ahead |
| 507.1 | Staggered junction ahead |
| 508.1 | Traffic merges ahead from left |
| 509.1 | Traffic merges ahead onto main carriageway |
| 510 | Roundabout ahead |
| 512 | Bend ahead |
| 512.1 | Junction on the outside of a bend ahead |
| 512.2 | Junction on the inside of a bend ahead |
| 512.3 | Crossroads on a bend ahead |
| 513 | Double bend or series of bends ahead (Alternative types) |
| 516 | Road narrows on both sides ahead |
| 517 | Road narrows on one side ahead |
| 520 | Dual carriageway road ends ahead |
| 521 | Two-way traffic ahead |
| 522 | Two-way traffic on route crossing ahead |
| 523.1 | Steep hill downwards ahead |
| 524.1 | Steep hill upwards ahead |
| 528 | Hump bridge ahead |
| 529 | Opening or swing bridge ahead |
| 529.1 | Tunnel ahead |
| 544.1 | Pedestrians in road ahead |
| 544.2 | Frail or disabled pedestrians likely to cross road ahead |
| 545 | In relation to England, children going to or from school or playground ahead |
| 545.2 | In relation to Wales, children going to or from school or playground area |
| 950 | Cycle route ahead |
| 548 | Cattle likely to be in road ahead |
| 549 | Sheep likely to be in road ahead |
| 550 | Wild horses or ponies likely to be in road ahead |
| 550.1 | Accompanied horses or ponies likely to be in road ahead |
| 550.2 | Horse drawn vehicles likely to be in road ahead |
| 551 | Wild animals likely to be in road ahead |
| 551.2 | Wild fowl likely to be in road ahead |
| 553.1 | Agricultural vehicles likely to be in road ahead |
| 552 | Cattle grid ahead |
| 554B | Gate ahead |
| 554C | Gates ahead |
| 554 | Ford ahead |
| 554.1 | Risk of brake failure ahead (after passing a ford or before descending a steep gradient) |
| 555 | Quayside or river bank ahead |
| 555.1 | Water course alongside road ahead |
| 556.1 | Soft verges ahead |
| 557.1 | In relation to England, road hump or series of road humps ahead |
| 557.2 | In relation to Wales, road hump or series of road humps ahead |
| 559 | Risk of falling or fallen rocks ahead |
| 581 | Side winds likely ahead |
| 558 | Low flying aircraft or sudden aircraft noise likely ahead |
| 558.1 | Low flying helicopters or sudden helicopter noise likely ahead |
| 582 | Slow moving military vehicles likely to becrossing or in road ahead |
| 583 | Slow moving vehicles likely on incline ahead |
| 584 | Traffic queues likely on road ahead |
| 770 | Level crossing with gate or barrier ahead |
| 771 | Railway level crossing without gate or barrier ahead |
| 772 | Tramcars crossing ahead |
| 779 | Electrified overhead cable ahead |
| 782 | Risk of grounding at a railway or tramway level crossing or hump backed bridge ahead |
| 562 | Other danger ahead |
| 511 | Reduction in speed necessary for a change in road layout ahead |
| 513.2 | Maximum speed in mph advised at a bend or other hazard |
| 817.2 | Escape lane ahead for vehicles unable to stop on a steep hill |
| 513.1A | Risk of lorries overturning on adverse camber (with bend to the left) and maximum speed advised |
| 545.3 | In relation to Wales, road safety image or slogan |
| 528.1 | End of a bridge parapet, abutment wall, tunnel mouth or other obstruction adjacent to the carriageway |
| 530A | Maximum headroom available at hazard, with height indicated in both metric and imperial units |
| 531.1A | Maximum headroom available at arch bridge ahead |
| 1024.1 | Road marking indicating path to be taken by high vehicles under a low bridge or to avoid an overhanging structure |
| 629.2A | Vehicles exceeding height indicated in metric and imperial units prohibited from passing under, into or through a bridge, tunnel or other structure |
| 530.1 | Reduced headroom over part of road due to overhanging building or structure |
| 531.2 | High vehicles to use middle of road at arch bridge ahead, |
| 532.4 | Upper: Extent of headroom available at the side of and in the centre of a road at an arch bridge. Lower: Marking highlighting reduced headroom at an arch bridge. |
| 530.2 | Reduced headroom at a hazard |
| 572 | Distance ahead to hazard |
| 501 | Junction ahead controlled by a “GIVE WAY” or “STOP” sign, wherean indication may be given that the junction iswith a dual carriageway road |
| 560 | Edge of carriageway or obstruction near that edge |
| 515 | Sharp deviation of route |
| 774 | Location of a railway or tramway level crossing without gate or barrier |
| 781 | Load gauge giving audible warning to drivers where vehicles exceed safe height under electrified overhead cables |
Sourced — legislationThe Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), Schedule 2, sign tablelegislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026
Schedule 3 — Upright signs that indicate regulatory requirements for moving traffic
39 signs
| Diagram | Description, as the instrument states it |
|---|---|
| 606 | Vehicular traffic must proceed in the direction indicated by the arrow |
| 609 | Vehicular traffic must turn ahead in the direction indicated by the arrow |
| 610 | Vehicular traffic must comply with the requirements described in paragraph 3 of Part 4 |
| 642 | No stopping on main carriageway |
| 632 | No overtaking |
| 614 | No U-turns for vehicular traffic |
| 612 | No right turn for vehicular traffic |
| 613 | No left turn for vehicular traffic |
| 615 | Priority must be given to vehicles from the opposite direction |
| 616 | No entry for vehicular traffic |
| 617 | All vehicles prohibited except non-mechanically propelled vehicles pushed by pedestrians |
| 619 | Motor vehicles prohibited , except for electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 622.1A | Goods vehicles exceeding the maximum gross weight indicated prohibited |
| 622.2 | End of prohibition of goods vehicles indicated by the sign provided for at item 13 |
| 622.4 | Articulated or track laying vehicles prohibited |
| 622.8 | Vehicles carrying explosives prohibited |
| 952 | Buses prohibited |
| 619.1 | Motor vehicles except solo motor cycles prohibited |
| 622.7 | Towed caravans prohibited |
| 619.2 | Solo motor cycles prohibited , except for electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 951 | Riding of pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial, prohibited |
| 625.1 | Pedestrians prohibited |
| 622.5 | Horse-drawn vehicles prohibited |
| 622.6 | Ridden or accompanied horses prohibited |
| 629.1 | Vehicles or combinations of vehicles exceeding the length indicated prohibited |
| 629A | Vehicles exceeding the width indicated prohibited in both metric and imperial units |
| 629.2A | Vehicles exceeding height indicated in metric and imperial units prohibited in circumstances not covered by the description in column 2 of item 5 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 2 (which relates to bridges, tunnels and other structures) |
| 955 | Route for use by pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial, only |
| 956 | Route for use by pedal cycles , electric scooters being used in a trial and pedestrians only |
| 956.1 | Route for use by pedal cycles, electric scooters being used in a trial, horses and pedestrians only |
| 956.2 | Route for use by pedal cycles, electric scooters being used in a trial, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians only |
| 957 | Route comprising two ways for use by pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial, only and by pedestrians only, with those ways separated by the marking provided for at item 7 or 8 of the table in Part 6 of Schedule 9, or by physical means, |
| 953 | Route for use by buses, pedal cycles , electric scooters being used in a trial and taxis only |
| 953A | Route for use by buses, pedal cycles and solo motor cycles only |
| 953B | Route for use by buses, pedal cycles, solo motor cycles and taxis only |
| 953.1 | Route for use by tramcars only |
| 953.1A | Route for use by tramcars, buses , electric scooters being used in a trial and pedal cycles only |
| 953.1B | Route for use by tramcars, buses, pedal cycles , electric scooters being used in a trial and taxis only |
| 953.1C | Route for use by tramcars, buses, pedal cycles, solo motor cycles and taxis only |
Sourced — legislationThe Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), Schedule 3, sign tablelegislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026
Schedule 9 — Regulatory signs at junctions and miscellaneous regulatory signs
49 signs
| Diagram | Description, as the instrument states it |
|---|---|
| 601.1 | Vehicular traffic must comply with the requirements specified in paragraph 1 or 2 of Part 7 |
| 602 | Vehicular traffic must comply with the requirements specified in paragraph 3 or 4 of Part 7 |
| 608 | Dual carriageway road (associated plate for items 1 and 2) |
| 778 | Open railway level crossing without light signals (associated plate for item 2) |
| 778.1 | Open tramway level crossing without light signals (associated plate for item 2) |
| 611.1 | Vehicles entering the junction must comply with the requirements prescribed in paragraph 5 of Part 7 |
| 651 | Use of verge maintained in mown or ornamental condition by specified traffic prohibited |
| 626.2A | Vehicles exceeding the maximum gross weight indicated prohibited from crossing the bridge or other structure with exemption for empty vehicles |
| 622.10 | Vehicles carrying dangerous goods within the tunnel restriction code indicated by the sign prohibited |
| 784.1 | Drivers of large or slow vehicles must stop and telephone in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of Part 7 before using a level crossing |
| 652 | One-way traffic |
| 960.1 | One-way road with a mandatory contraflow cycle lane |
| 960.2 | One-way road with contraflow pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 960 | One-way road with a contraflow bus and cycle lane |
| 959.1 | With-flow cycle lane with indication of times of operation |
| 959B | Nearside with-flow bus lane, which authorised vehicles, taxis, solo motor cycles , pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial may also use, with indication of times of operation |
| 964 | End of with-flow bus lane |
| 2602.3 | The number of a route for pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial forming part of a national or regional cycle route network |
| 2901 | Regulations in force under section 17 of the 1984 Act start to apply to the road at this point |
| 2930 | Regulations referred to in this column in respect of item 13 cease to apply ahead |
| 2931 | Regulations referred to in this column in respect of item 13 cease to apply at this point |
| 2932 | Entrance to a motorway service area, maintenance compound or similar facility contained within a length of a motorway and indicating that Regulations in force under section 17 of the 1984 Act cease to apply at this point |
| 1002.1 | Vehicular traffic must not proceed beyond the line when required to stop by the stop sign |
| 1022 | Approach to a road junction or level crossing at or near which is placed the marking at item 1 of this table and the stop sign |
| 1003A | Vehicular traffic must give way in accordance with the requirements in paragraph 7 of Part 7 |
| 1023A | Approach to a road junction, level crossing or road narrowing at or near which is placed the marking in item 3 or 6 of this table |
| 1003.4 | Marking used in conjunction with the sign at item 6 of the sign table in Part 2 for conveying the requirements in paragraph 5 of Part 7 |
| 1003.3 | Vehicular traffic approaching a roundabout with a small central island or approaching a junction indicated by the marking shown in item 5 of this sign table should give way at, or immediately beyond, the line to traffic circulating on the carriageway of the roundabout |
| 1049B | Boundary of a mandatory cycle lane or division of a route into that part reserved for pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial and that part reserved for pedestrians conveying the requirements at paragraph 12 of Part 7 (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1049.1 | Division of a route into that part reserved for pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial and that part reserved for pedestrians (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1003B | Cyclists and drivers of electric scooters being used in a trial must give way in accordance with the requirements prescribed in paragraph 8 of Part 7 |
| 1023B | Approach to a road junction on a cycle lane or track, or a place where cyclists and drivers of electric scooters being used in a trial must give way to pedestrians, at or near which is also placed the marking at item 9 |
| 1049A | Boundary of a bus lane or other designated lane used by motor vehicles (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1050 | Direction of possible traffic movements at the end of a nearside with-flow bus lane or other designated lane, or where there is an intermediate discontinuation of the lane on the approach to a junction |
| 1050.1 | Direction of possible traffic movements at the end of an off side with-flow bus lane or other designated lane, or where there is an intermediate discontinuation of the lane on the approach to a junction |
| 1048 | Traffic lane reserved for buses and other vehicles as indicated on the sign at item 8 or 10 in the sign table in Part 4 |
| 1048.5 | Road or part of a road with access permitted only for buses and other vehicles when so indicated by any of the signs at items 10, 33 to 35 and 37 to 40 in the sign table in Part 2 of Schedule 3 |
| 1048.2A | Road or part of a road with access permitted only for tramcars |
| 1046 | No entry for vehicular traffic |
| 1046.1 | Entry by vehicular traffic to a play street restricted |
| 1036.1 | Vehicular traffic must turn left |
| 1036.2 | Vehicular traffic must only proceed ahead |
| 1037.1 | Vehicular traffic must turn right |
| 1042 | Division of traffic lanes on a length of carriageway, or between the main carriageway and slip road, of a motorway or all-purpose dual carriageway road, or part of the carriageway between two lanes at a roundabout which vehicular traffic must not enter except in emergency |
| 1013.1 | Alternative methods of indicating to vehicular traffic the requirements and the warning in paragraphs 9 and 10 of Part 7 |
| 1013.5 | Division of traffic lanes on a length indicating to vehicular traffic the requirements in paragraph 9 of Part 7 and used in the circumstances for which the signs at items 17 to 20 in the Part 2 sign table in Schedule 11 are used |
| 1043 | Marking conveying the requirements in paragraph 11 of Part 7 |
| 1045 | Area of carriageway, subject to two-way traffic, at a level crossing which vehicles must not enter in a manner which then causes any part of the vehicle to remain at rest within the marked area due to the presence of stationary vehicles |
| 1045.1 | Area of carriageway, subject to one-way traffic, at a level crossing which vehicles must not enter in a manner which then causes any part of the vehicle to remain at rest within the marked area due to the presence of stationary vehicles |
Sourced — legislationThe Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), Schedule 9, sign tablelegislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026
Schedule 10 — Signs for speed limits
9 signs
| Diagram | Description, as the instrument states it |
|---|---|
| 670 | Maximum speed limit in mph |
| 671 | National speed limits apply |
| 672 | Minimum speed limit in mph |
| 673 | End of minimum speed limit |
| 674 | In relation to England, entrance to a zone where a maximum speed limit of 20 mph is in force |
| 675A | In relation to England, end of a 20 mph speed limit zone with indication of maximum speed limit in mph |
| 675B | In relation to England, end of a 20 mph speed limit zone with indication that national speed limits apply |
| 676 | Entrance to a zone where a maximum speed limit of 40 mph is in force |
| 1065 | Road marking indicating the maximum speed limit |
Sourced — legislationThe Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), Schedule 10, sign tablelegislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026
Schedule 11 — Signs that give information, are advisory or guide traffic
116 signs
| Diagram | Description, as the instrument states it |
|---|---|
| 811A | Beginning and end of section of road where traffic has priority over vehicles from the opposite direction |
| 811B | Beginning and end of section of road where traffic has priority over vehicles from the opposite direction |
| 810 | One-way traffic (Sign for pedestrians) |
| 816 | No through road for vehicular traffic |
| 816.1 | Alternative to the sign shown at item 5 with a street nameplate |
| 817 | No through road for vehicular traffic in direction indicated from junction ahead |
| 821 | Road ahead only wide enough for one line of vehicles, and providing information about passing places |
| 822 | Passing place on narrow road |
| 818.1 | Section of dual carriageway road ahead |
| 818.1A | Distance over which a short length of dual carriageway road beginning directly ahead extends |
| 820.1 | Absence of hard shoulder for the distance shown |
| 872.1 | The number of traffic lanes reduces ahead (diagram shows blue background – for use on motorways) |
| 887 | Overtaking lane ahead |
| 888 | Indication of length of road over which an overtaking lane is available on a single carriageway road, with a single traffic lane in the opposite direction (diagram shows green background – for use on primary routes) |
| 889 | Indication that only one lane of traffic, with no overtaking, is available on a single carriageway road with two traffic lanes in the opposite direction (diagram shows green background – for use on primary routes) |
| 890 | Distance ahead to a point where an overtaking lane ends on a single carriageway road (diagram shows green background – for use on primary routes) |
| 891 | Distance ahead to a point where an overtaking lane ends on a single carriageway road on the approach to a dual carriageway road with only one traffic lane in each direction (diagram shows green background – for use on primary routes) |
| 877 | Appropriate traffic lanes for different manoeuvres at a junction ahead (diagram shows white background – for use on non-primary routes) |
| 820 | Route unsuitable for type of vehicle indicated |
| 820A | Road unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles |
| 829.5 | Area where police carry out checks on the speed of vehicles |
| 829.6 | Waiting place for police or authorised vehicles only |
| 881 | Start of a home zone designated under section 268 of the Transport Act 2000, or section 74(1) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 |
| 882 | End of a home zone indicated by the sign at item 27 |
| 886 | Road ahead where motorists, cyclists , drivers of electric scooters being used in a trial and pedestrians should expect to share the same space |
| 884 | Start of a quiet lane in England designated under section 268 of the Transport Act 2000 |
| 885 | End of designated quiet lane in England |
| 883 | Indication of the start of area with traffic calming features (within the meaning of paragraph 1(3) of the Schedule 10 General Directions) |
| 883.1 | In relation to Wales, end of traffic calmed area |
| 953.3 | Entrance to a bus station, depot or garage |
| 962 | Bus lane or lanes on a road at junction ahead, with indication of times of operation |
| 962.1 | Cycle lane on a road at junction ahead or, if applicable, a cycle track crossing road, or a way that would be a cycle track but for it being accessible, under a temporary statutory provision, by electric scooters being used in a trial, with indication of times of operation |
| 962.2 | Contraflow bus lane ahead on a road at a junction which pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial may also use |
| 958 | With-flow bus lane ahead which authorised vehicles, solo motor cycles, pedal cycles , electric scooters being used in a trial and taxis may also use, with indication of times of operation and where the pedal cycle symbol represents, where relevant, electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 958.1 | With-flow mandatory cycle lane ahead, with indication of times of operation |
| 2602.2 | Numbered route for pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial forming part of a regional (blue number patch) or national (red number patch) cycle route network |
| 963 | Direction in which pedestrians should look for approaching traffic when crossing a bus lane |
| 963.1 | Direction in which pedestrians should look for approaching pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial when crossing a cycle lane or, if applicable, cycle track, or a way that would be a cycle track but for it being accessible, under a temporary statutory provision, by electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 963.2 | Direction in which pedestrians should look for approaching traffic when crossing a contraflow bus lane which pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial may also use |
| 963.3 | Direction in which pedestrians should look for approaching tramcars when crossing a tramway |
| 967 | Route recommended for pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial on the main carriageway of a road |
| 965 | End of cycle lane, track or route |
| 966 | Pedal cyclists and drivers of electric scooters being used in a trial to rejoin main carriageway or dismount at the end of, or at a break in, a cycle track or route |
| 968 | Parking place for pedal cycles |
| 968.1 | Parking place for pedal cycles |
| 857.1 | Information relating to a taxi rank for the number of taxis specified |
| 2934 | Drivers should keep or check their distance from the vehicle in front |
| 2933 | Drivers should keep a distance of two chevron markings (the markings provided for at item 34 of the table in Part 4) from the vehicle in front |
| 972 | Stopping place for buses used for carrying tourists to allow passengers to take photographs |
| 857A | Information for pedestrians about tourist destinations and leisure facilities in a nearby place or area |
| 857B | Information for pedestrians about tourist destinations and leisure facilities in a nearby place or area |
| 2501 | Distance to a parking place ahead |
| 801 | Parking place |
| 2713.1 | Distance ahead to emergency telephone in a parking place or emergency lay‑by |
| 2713 | Direction to nearest emergency telephone on same side of the road(diagram shows blue background – for use on motorways) |
| 2714 | Side of emergency telephone box |
| 2715 | Back of emergency telephone box |
| 2718 | Route number and location reference |
| 2712 | Location of fire rendezvous point |
| 878 | Area in which enforcement cameras are in use |
| 880 | In relation to England, speed camera ahead on a lit road and reminder of 30 mph speed limit |
| 880.2 | In relation to Wales, speed camera ahead on a lit road and reminder of 20 mph speed limit |
| 880.1 | Speed camera ahead on an unlit road and reminder that a national speed limit applies |
| 775 | Vehicular traffic must not stop within the area of a railway or tramway level crossing |
| 783 | Drivers of long low, large or slow vehicles must telephone to obtain permission before using a railway or tramway level crossing |
| 785.1 | Name of level crossing and details of telephone number for contacting railway or tramway operator |
| 786 | Place where large, slow or long low vehicles should wait near a railway or tramway level crossing while the driver obtains permission by telephone to cross or confirms he or she has crossed |
| 787 | Site of telephone or emergency telephone at or near a railway or tramway level crossing |
| 788 | Direction to telephone or emergency telephone at or near a railway or tramway level crossing |
| 611 | Vehicular traffic may reach the same destination by proceeding either side of the sign |
| 970 | Stopping place for buses |
| 971 | Stopping place for tramcars |
| 2928 | Motorway sign indicating the boundary of an administrative area, a ceremonial area or an historic county area |
| 2401 | Primary or non‑primary route sign indicating the boundary of an administrative area, a ceremonial area or an historic county area |
| 2402.1 | Primary or non‑primary route sign indicating the name of a city, town or village commencing immediately ahead |
| 2403.1 | Primary or non-primary route sign indicating the name of a city, town or village immediately ahead, together with extra local information |
| 2404 | Primary or non-primary route sign indicating the name of a city, town, village, an administrative area, a ceremonial area or an historic county area immediately ahead, together with phrase and image that is representative of the city, town, village or area |
| 976 | Maximum speed limit for tramcars in kilometres per hour |
| 864.2 | Vehicle testing station approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency |
| 865 | Motor cycle test centre |
| 1003.1 | Vehicular traffic approaching a roundabout should give way at or immediately beyond the line to vehicular traffic circulating on the carriageway of the roundabout |
| 1004 | Vehicular traffic should not cross or straddle the line unless it is safe to do so and when the line is used to indicate a cycle lane, motor vehicles should not enter that lane unless it is clear of pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1004.1 | Vehicular traffic should not cross or straddle the line unless it is safe to do so and when the line is used to indicate a cycle lane, motor vehicles should not enter that lane unless it is clear of pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1005 | Division of carriageway into traffic lanes on part of the carriageway where vehicles normally proceed in the same direction other than at places where the marking at item 2 of this table is used (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1005.1 | As the marking at item 4 other than at places where the marking at item 3 is used (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1008 | Division between opposing flows of traffic on a carriageway other than at places where the marking at item 2 is used (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1008.1 | Division between opposing flows of traffic on a carriageway other than at places where the marking at item 3 is used (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1009A | Edge of the carriageway at a road junction, exit from a private drive onto a public road, or the start of a cycle lane (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1009B | Edge of the carriageway at a junction of a cycle track , or a way that would be a cycle track but for it being accessible, under a temporary statutory provision, by electric scooters being used in a trial, and another road (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1010 | (a) edge of the carriageway at a road junction or a lay-by, or at an exit from a private drive onto a public road; (b) the start of a traffic lane, the boundary of which is indicated by the road marking shown at item 11 of the table in Part 6 of Schedule 9; (c) when used in conjunction with the road marking at item 4 of the sign table in Part 4 of Schedule 2, the most suitable path to be taken by high vehicles under a low bridge or to avoid an overhanging structure; (d) when laid alongside rails used by tramcars, the edge of the part of the carriageway used by the tramcars; (e) the division between the main carriageway and a traffic lane which leaves the main carriageway at a junction ahead; (f) the boundary between the main carriageway and either a diverging or merging traffic lane at a road junction; (g) the boundary between an emergency refuge area and either an actively managed hard shoulder or the edge of carriageway of a motorway; or (h) the division between the main carriageway and a cycle lane through a junction (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1012.1 | (a) edge of the carriageway available for through traffic other than at a road junction, an exit from a private drive onto a public road, lay-by or emergency refuge area; (b) the back edge of a hard shoulder; (c) the edge of a footway where it passes over a railway or tramway level crossing; or (d) the boundary between the carriageway of a motorway and an actively managed hard shoulder (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1012.2 | (a) edge of carriageway of a motorway other than at an emergency refuge area or a junction with a slip road; or (b) the back edge of an actively managed hard shoulder; and, in both cases, incorporating an audible and tactile warning (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1012.3 | Edge of carriageway of a road that is not a motorway and which has hard strips or hard shoulders, other than at a junction with a slip road, and incorporating an audible and tactile warning (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1014 | (a) Direction in which vehicular traffic should pass a road marking shown at item 7, 11 or 23 of the sign table in Part 6 of Schedule 9 or at item 23, 24 or 25 of the sign table in Part 4 of this Schedule; (b) obstruction on the carriageway ahead; (c) reduction in the number to traffic lanes in the carriageway ahead; or (d) path to be taken by vehicular traffic to avoid a route available for tramcars only (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1024 | Vehicular traffic should proceed with caution because of potential danger ahead |
| 1026 | Part of the carriageway which should be kept clear of stationary vehicles |
| 1026.1 | Part of the carriageway outside a vehicular entrance to adjacent premises or a private drive, or where the kerb is dropped to provide a convenient crossing place for pedestrians, which should be kept clear of waiting vehicles |
| 1029 | Direction in which pedestrians should look for approaching traffic |
| 1035 | Appropriate traffic lanes for different destinations |
| 1038 | Appropriate traffic lanes for different manoeuvres (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1038.1 | Appropriate direction to be taken by traffic turning within a junction |
| 1039 | Place where traffic streams divide or bifurcate (Longitudinal marking) |
| 1040 | Part of the carriageway which vehicular traffic should not enter unless it is seen by the driver to be safe to do so |
| 1040.3 | Reduction in the number of lanes, or area not available to traffic, on the main carriageway or slip road of a motorway or all-purpose dual carriageway road |
| 1040.4 | Part of the carriageway adjacent to the edge which vehicular traffic should not enter unless it is seen by the driver to be safe to do so |
| 1040.5 | End of a hard shoulder |
| 1041 | Part of the carriageway where vehicular traffic passes in the same direction on both sides of the marking, and should not enter the area covered by the marking unless it is seen by the driver to be safe to do so |
| 1057 | Cycle lane, track , route, or a way that would be a cycle track but for it being accessible, under a temporary statutory provision, by electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 1057.1 | Number of a cycle route |
| 1058 | End of a cycle lane, track , route, or a way that would be a cycle track but for it being accessible, under a temporary statutory provision, by electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 1058.1 | Pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial should proceed with caution because of potential danger ahead |
| 1059 | Directions in which pedal cycles and electric scooters being used in a trial should travel along a cycle lane, track , route, or a way that would be a cycle track but for it being accessible, under a temporary statutory provision, by electric scooters being used in a trial |
| 1062 | Road hump |
| 1064 | Marking used in conjunction with the sign shown at item 50 of the sign table in Part 2 |
| 1067 | Transverse yellow bar markings for use only on approaches to roundabouts on motorways and dual carriageway roads subject to the national speed limit, either on the main carriageway or on an exit slip road |
| 1066 | Edge of part of the road used by tramcars (Longitudinal marking) |
Sourced — legislationThe Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362), Schedule 11, sign tablelegislation.gov.ukrevised text retrieved 13 August 2026