Warning signs

Sharp bend chevrons

Chevron boards show the direction of a sharp bend.

The chevrons help you follow the road through a sharp change in direction. Bend markers are usually placed along the outside of the bend, facing approaching traffic.

Australia’s D4-6-L is a rectangular marker with a black left-pointing chevron on yellow. The United States’ R6-4 has black right-pointing chevrons on white and directs traffic around a roundabout’s central island.

How it looks in each country

Official sign in each country; the code is its number in the national rules. Signs that come in two directions show the left and the right version.

Image credits

Sign images from Wikimedia Commons, used under their licences.

Australia D4-6-L: Standards Australia, Public domain
Bangladesh B13: Bangladesh Road Transport Authority SVG work: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
Canada Wa-9L: Government of Ontario – Ministry of Transportation, Public domain
China 路 36a: Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, Public domain
Colombia SP-75: Gobierno de Colombia, Public domain
Egypt: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Estonia 682: Gigillo83, Public domain
France J4: Roulex 45, CC BY-SA 3.0
Germany 625-10: vectorized by, Public domain
Greece Π-74: Llama jim. Clapped, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hungary 159: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
Indonesia 11d: มองโกเลีย๔๔, CC0
Ireland W-063-L: Government of Ireland – Department of Transport, Public domain
Israel 107: Government of Israel, Public domain
Italy II 466: F l a n k e r, Public domain
Latvia 902: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Lithuania 147: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Malaysia WD39b: Public Works Department Malaysia, Public domain
Mexico OD-12: Original: Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes / Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano Vector: Too Classy for This World, Public domain
Norway 904V: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape., Public domain
Philippines HM 1B L: Government of the Philippines – Department of Public Works and Highways, Public domain
Poland U-3b: U-3a.svg: Miko101 derivative work: Miko101 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Portugal O6b: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Romania A05: Alex:D, CC BY-SA 3.0
Russia 1.34.2: Aleksej Tikhin, Public domain
Serbia III-63: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Slovenia III-107: Government of Slovenia, Public domain
South Africa W408: Southern African Development Community, Public domain
Sweden X1: Transportstyrelsen, Public domain
Taiwan 輔2: Original: 中華民國交通部、中華民國內政部 Vector: Lzmxya (talk · contribs), Public domain
Thailand ต-66: Government of Thailand, Public domain
Ukraine 1.4.2: WWBM, CC BY-SA 4.0
United States W1-8L: Unknown author, Public domain
Argentina P-2(c2): Original: Vialidad Nacional - Ministerio de Transporte - Presidencia de la Nación Vectorization: Civitas13, Public domain
Australia D4-6-R: Standards Australia, Public domain
Bangladesh B13: Bangladesh Road Transport Authority SVG work: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
Canada Wa-9R: Government of Ontario – Ministry of Transportation, Public domain
China 路 36b: Beijing Traffic Management Bureau, Public domain
Colombia SP-75: Gobierno de Colombia, Public domain
Egypt: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Estonia 681: Gigillo83, Public domain
France J4: Roulex 45, Public domain
Germany 625-20: vectorized by, Public domain
Greece Π-74: Llama jim. Clapped, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hungary 159: Fry1989 eh?, Public domain
Indonesia 11e: มองโกเลีย๔๔, CC0
Iran 3-56 a: มองโกเลีย๔๔, Public domain
Ireland W-063-R: Government of Ireland – Department of Transport, Public domain
Israel 108: Government of Israel, Public domain
Italy II 466: Sarang, Public domain
Latvia 904: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Lithuania 146: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Malaysia WD39a: Public Works Department Malaysia, Public domain
Mexico OD-12: Original: Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes / Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano Vector: Too Classy for This World, Public domain
Norway 904H: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape., Public domain
Philippines HM 1B R: Government of the Philippines – Department of Public Works and Highways, Public domain
Poland U-3a: U-3c.svg: Lukaszsym derivative work: Miko101 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Portugal O6a: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Romania A05: Alex:D, CC BY-SA 3.0
Russia 1.34.1: Papa November, Public domain
Serbia III-64: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Slovakia 705-10: Ministerstvo dopravy a výstavby SR, Public domain
Slovenia III-107: Government of Slovenia, Public domain
South Africa W407: Southern African Development Community, Public domain
Sweden X1: Transportstyrelsen, Public domain
Taiwan 輔2: Original: 中華民國交通部、中華民國內政部 Vector: Lzmxya (talk · contribs), Public domain
Thailand ต-63: Government of Thailand, Public domain
Ukraine 1.4.1: WWBM, CC BY-SA 4.0
United States W1-8R: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
Vietnam S.507: มองโกเลีย๔๔, CC BY-SA 4.0