Warning signs

Wild animals

Wild animals may cross or be on the road ahead.

Watch the road and verges for animals. Reduce speed and be ready for an animal to move into your path.

The United Kingdom's 551 shows a deer in a red-bordered triangle with a white background. Australia's W5-29 shows a black kangaroo on a yellow diamond. The animal pictured reflects the particular warning, so these signs do not all show deer.

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.

Vienna Convention modelCode A,15b
ArgentinaCode P-27(b)
AustraliaCode W5-29
AustriaCode 13b
BangladeshCode B27
BelgiumCode A27
BrazilCode A-36
BulgariaCode А22
CanadaCode Wc-11
ChileCode PO-6
ColombiaCode SP-49
CroatiaCode A33
CzechiaCode A 14
DenmarkCode A26
EstoniaCode 178a
FinlandCode A20.1
FranceCode A15b
GermanyCode 142-10
GreeceCode K-19
HungaryCode 86
IndonesiaCode 6g
IrelandCode W-153
IsraelCode 146
Italy
JapanCode 214-2
LatviaCode 125
LithuaniaCode 131
MalaysiaCode WD41
MexicoCode SP-48
NetherlandsCode J27
NorwayCode 146.3
PolandCode A-18b
PortugalCode A19b
RomaniaCode A26
RussiaCode 1.27
SerbiaCode I-18
SlovakiaCode 145-10
SloveniaCode I-18
South AfricaCode W313
SpainCode p24
SwedenCode A19-1
Switzerland
TürkiyeCode T-14b
UkraineCode 1.36
United KingdomCode 551
United StatesCode W11-3
VietnamCode W.231

Image credits

Sign images from Wikimedia Commons, used under their licences.

Vienna Convention model A,15b: United Nations, Public domain
Argentina P-27(b): Original: Vialidad Nacional - Ministerio de Transporte - Presidencia de la Nación Vectorization: Civitas13, Public domain
Australia W5-29: Standards Australia, CC BY 3.0 au
Austria 13b: 3247, Public domain
Bangladesh B27: Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Public domain
Belgium A27: Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, Public domain
Brazil A-36: Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes, Public domain
Bulgaria А22: มองโกเลีย๔๔, CC0
Canada Wc-11: Government of Ontario – Ministry of Transportation, Public domain
Chile PO-6: Government of Chile – National Traffic Safety Commission, Public domain
Colombia SP-49: Gobierno de Colombia, Public domain
Croatia A33: มองโกเลีย๔๔, CC BY-SA 4.0
Czechia A 14: Government of the Czech Republic, Public domain
Denmark A26: Gigillo83, drawn by original of Vejdirektoratet, Public domain
Estonia 178a: มองโกเลีย๔๔, Public domain
Finland A20.1: Republic of Finland, Public domain
France A15b: Roulex_45, CC BY-SA 3.0
Germany 142-10: Federal Highway Research Institute (Germany), Public domain
Greece K-19: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hungary 86: Rl91, Public domain
Indonesia 6g: Kementerian Perhubungan Republik Indonesia, Public domain
Ireland W-153: Government of Ireland – Department of Transport, Public domain
Israel 146: Government of Israel, Public domain
Italy: F l a n k e r, CC BY-SA 3.0
Japan 214-2: Monaneko, Public domain
Latvia 125: มองโกเลีย๔๔, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lithuania 131: Augustasci, CC BY 4.0
Malaysia WD41: Public Works Department Malaysia, Public domain
Mexico SP-48: Original: Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes / Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano Vector: Too Classy for This World, Public domain
Netherlands J27: SVG version by Bouwe Brouwer, Public domain
Norway 146.3: Peter J. Acklam converted the original EPS file to PDF with Ghostscript and the PDF file to SVG with Inkscape., Public domain
Poland A-18b: Paweł Grzywocz, Public domain
Portugal A19b: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Romania A26: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Russia 1.27: Юкатан, Public domain
Serbia I-18: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Slovakia 145-10: Ministerstvo dopravy a výstavby SR, Public domain
Slovenia I-18: Government of Slovenia, Public domain
South Africa W313: Southern African Development Community, Public domain
Spain p24: No machine-readable author provided. Benedicto16 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain
Sweden A19-1: Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, Public domain
Switzerland: Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA), Public domain
Türkiye T-14b: Gigillo83, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ukraine 1.36: Government of Ukraine, Public domain
United Kingdom 551: UK Government, Public domain
United States W11-3: Unknown author, Public domain
Vietnam W.231: Government of Vietnam, Public domain

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