Road signs in Croatia
Road signs in Croatia are regulated in Pravilnik o prometnim znakovima signalizaciji i opremi na cestama.[1] The shape and design of the road signs largely follow the road signs used in most European countries, including European Union countries (France, Germany, Italy etc.), to which Croatia joined in 2013. A similar design of road signs is used in the neighboring countries of the former Yugoslavia like Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also North Macedonia (the latter two are not members of the EU).
The former Yugoslavia had originally signed the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals on November 8, 1968 and ratified it on June 6, 1977.[2] Yugoslavia formerly used a yellow background on warning signs. After the breakup of Yugoslavia when Croatia declared its independence in 1991, the country succeeded to the Vienna Convention on November 2, 1993.
Croatian signs use the SNV typeface.
Warning signs
Warning signs (Croatian: Znakovi opasnosti) indicate to road users the proximity of a part of the road or a place where road users are at risk.[3][4]
Order signs
Order signs (Croatian: Znakovi izričitih naredbi) inform road users of prohibitions, restrictions and obligations.[5][6] This category includes priority signs "Stop sign", "Give Way", "Yield to oncoming traffic", prohibitory and mandatory signs.
- B07
No entry for buses - B08
No entry for trucks - B14
No entry for tractors - B17
No entry for bicycles - B33
Customs
Information signs
Information signs (Croatian: Znakovi obavijesti) provide road users with the necessary information about the road they are on, the names of the places through which the road passes and the distances to those places, the termination of validity of explicit command signs, and other information that can be useful to them.[7][8] This category includes priority signs "Priority over oncoming traffic" "Priority road" and "End of priority road".
- C41-1
Emergency phone - C42
Gas station - C60
WC - C64
Highway - C65
End of highway - C70-1
Emergency lane (emergency phone) - C111
International road number (European route)
Information and direction signs
Information and direction signs (Croatian: Znakovi obavijesti za vođenje prometa) inform road users about the provision of road directions, the layout of destinations and the management of traffic towards them, intersections and junctions on a certain road direction and distances to destinations.[9][10]
Additional signs
Additional signs (Croatian: Dopunske ploče) are used in addition to warning, order and information signs. Additional signs specify the meaning of the traffic sign in more detail.[11][12]
- E12
Reserved for Croatian Army vehicles - E21
Road closed due to smog
Retired signs
See also
References
- ^ "Pravilnik o prometnim znakovima, signalizaciji i opremi na cestama". narodne-novine.nn.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "A - Znakovi opasnosti | Vepel d.o.o." (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "A". narodne-novine.nn.hr. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "B - Znakovi izričitih naredbi | Vepel d.o.o." (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "B". narodne-novine.nn.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "C - Znakovi obavijesti | Vepel d.o.o." (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "C". narodne-novine.nn.hr. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "D - Znakovi obavijesti za vođenje prometa | Vepel d.o.o." (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "D". narodne-novine.nn.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "E - Dopunske ploče | Vepel d.o.o." (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ^ "E". narodne-novine.nn.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-09-01.
External links
- Zakon o sigurnosti prometa na cestama od 20. kolovoza 2004.
- Pravilnik o prometnim znakovima, opremi i signalizaciji na cestama od 14. ožujka 2005. (N.N. 33/05)
- Internet portal specijaliziran za prometnu signalizaciju i opremu ceste
- Prometna signalizacija Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, portal hrvatske tehničke baštine. LZMK