United States: road signs
105 road signs with their official codes, each compared with the same sign in other countries.
Warning signs
Bend aheadW1-1R
Double bend aheadW1-3R
Winding roadW1-5R
Hairpin bendW1-11R
Sharp bend chevronsW1-8R
Side road junctionW2-2R
T-junction aheadW2-4
Y-junction / fork aheadW2-5
Staggered junctionW2-7R
Merging trafficW4-1R
Roundabout aheadW2-6
Traffic signals aheadW3-3
Stop sign aheadW3-1
Give way aheadW3-2
Two-way traffic aheadW6-3
Steep descentW7-1
Road narrowsW5-1
Lane endsW4-2R
Narrow bridgeW5-2
Uneven roadW8-8
Speed bumpW8-1
Dip in roadW8-2
Slippery roadW8-5
Loose gravelW8-7
Soft or dangerous vergesW8-17R
Ice or snowW8-13
FogW8-22
Falling rocksW8-14
CrosswindW8-21
Opening bridgeW3-6
Railway crossing (crossbuck)R15-1
RoadworksCW21-1
Pedestrian crossing aheadW11-2- PedestriansW11-2
ChildrenS1-1
CyclistsW11-1
Farm animalsW11-4
Wild animalsW11-3
Horse ridersW11-7
Slow farm vehiclesW11-5
Emergency vehiclesW11-8
Divided highway aheadW6-1
Divided highway endsW6-2
Low clearance aheadW12-2
Speed limit aheadW3-5
Advisory speedE13-1P
Priority signs
Prohibitory and restriction signs
No entryR5-1
No vehiclesR11-2
No motor vehiclesR5-3
No mopedsR5-8
No cyclingR5-6
No heavy goods vehiclesR5-2
No busesR3-51bP
No pedestriansR9-3
No vehicles carrying dangerous goodsR14-3
Maximum weightR12-1
Maximum axle weightR12-2
No left turnR3-2
No right turnR3-1
No U-turnR3-4
No straight aheadR3-27
No overtakingR4-1
Speed limitR2-1
No parkingR8-3
No turn on redR10-11
End of no overtakingR4-2
Mandatory signs
Special regulation signs
Information and service signs
Direction and position signs
Additional panels
Text signs in the United States and Canada
School zone signs
Road works signs
Other countries
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Vietnam
Image credits
Sign images from Wikimedia Commons, used under their licences.
- United States W1-1R: MUTCD_W1-1L.svg: derivative work: Fry1989, Public domain
- United States W1-3R: MUTCD_W1-3L.svg: derivative work: Fry1989, Public domain
- United States W1-5R: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W1-11R: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W1-8R: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W2-2R: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W2-4: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W2-5: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W2-7R: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W4-1R: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W2-6: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W3-3: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W3-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W3-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W6-3: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W7-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W5-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W4-2R: see below, Public domain
- United States W5-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W8-8: user:Overpush, Public domain
- United States W8-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W8-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W8-5: Federal Highway Administration, Public domain
- United States W8-7: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W8-17R: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W8-13: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W8-22: United States Department of Transportation – Federal Highway Administration, Public domain
- United States W8-14: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W8-21: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W3-6: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R15-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States CW21-1: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W11-2: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States S1-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W11-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W11-4: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W11-3: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W11-7: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W11-5: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W11-8: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W6-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W6-2: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W12-2: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W3-5: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States E13-1P: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R1-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R1-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R5-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R11-2: Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R5-3: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R5-8: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R5-6: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R5-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R3-51bP: Federal Highway Administration, Public domain
- United States R9-3: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R14-3: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R12-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R12-2: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R3-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R3-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R3-4: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R3-27: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R4-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R2-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R8-3: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R10-11: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R4-2: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R3-5a: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R3-5R: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R4-20L: Federal Highway Administration, Public domain
- United States R3-6R: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R4-7: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R4-8: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W12-1: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R2-4: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States R3-17: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R16-1: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R6-1R: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States CW6-4: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W14-1: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W16-7PL: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States W19-3: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R7-23: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R10-17a: DelDot - State of Delaware, Public domain
- United States D9-2: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States D9-11b: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States I3-5: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States M4-9R: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R3-5dP: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States M4-8b: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States R5-1a: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R4-3: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States W14-3: Federal Highway Administration – United States Department of Transportation, Public domain
- United States R14-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States S5-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States S3-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States W15-1: Unknown author, Public domain
- United States CW20-7: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain
- United States CW20-5R: Federal Highway Administration - MUTCD, Public domain