Road signs in Serbia

The road signs, used on the Serbian road network, are regulated by the "Regulation of Traffic Signs" (Serbian Cyrillic: Правилник о саобраћајној сигнализацији, Serbian Latin: Pravilnik o saobraćajnoj signalizaciji, which was last time modified in 2017.[1]

The road signs follow the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals of 1968, and the former Yugoslav standard road signs, used by the successor states of SFR Yugoslavia. Inscriptions are in both Cyrilic and Latin alphabets. They are also used in Kosovo[lower-alpha 1], although some of these signs were superseded by the Albanian road sign system, itself a copy of the Italian road sign system. In Montenegro, these road signs are only written in the Latin script.

Category A: Warning signs

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  Left curve
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  Right curve
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  Double curve, first at left
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  Double curve, first at right
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  Series of dangerous twists
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  Steep uphill
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  Steep downhill
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  Road narrows (both sides)
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  Road narrows on left
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  Road narrows on right
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  Mobile bridge
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  Quayside/River Bank
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  Bumpy road
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  Potholes
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  Traffic-calming bumps
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  Slippery roads
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  Loose chippings
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  Rockfall (left)
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  Rockfall (right)
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  Pedestrian crossing
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  Children area
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  Cyclists crossing
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  Domestic animal crossing
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  Wild animal crossing
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  Roadworks
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  Vertical traffic light
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  Horizontal traffic light
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  Low-flying aircraft
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  Crosswinds from left
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  Crosswinds from rightt
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  Bidirectional road traffic
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  Tunnel
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  Other hazards
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  Intersection with right-priority rule
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  Intersection on a priority road with a non-priority road
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  Intersection on a priority road with a non-priority road from left
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  Intersection on a priority road with a non-priority road from right
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  Merging traffic from left
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  Merging traffic from right
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  Roundabout
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  Tram crossing
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  Gated level crossing
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  Non-gated level crossing
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  Crossbuck (single-track)
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  Crossbuck (double-track)
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  Distance-panels for gated level crossing
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  Distance-panels for non-gated level crossing
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  Dangerous shoulder
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  Traffic queues likely

Category B: Prohibitory signs

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  Give Way
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  Stop
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  No entry
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  Forbidden for road vehicles
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  Forbidden for motor vehicles, except solo motorcycles
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  Forbidden for buses and coaches
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  Forbidden for HGVs (lorries/trucks)
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  Forbidden for water-pollutants
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  Forbidden for explosive goods
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  Forbidden for dangerous goods
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  Forbidden for trailers
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  Forbidden for articulated vehicles
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  Forbidden for agricultural vehicles
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  Forbidden for motorcycles
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  Forbidden for mopeds
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  Forbidden for bicycles
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  Forbidden for horsecarts
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  Forbidden for human-powered vehicles
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  Forbidden for motor vehicles, motorcycles, and horsecarts
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  Forbidden for buses, coaches, agricultural machinery and horsecarts
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  Maximum width
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  Maximum height
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  Maximum weight
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  Maximum weight per axles
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  Maximum length
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  Safe distance
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  Left turns forbidden
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  Right turns forbidden
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  U-turns forbidden
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  Overtaking forbidden
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  Overtaking forbidden for HGVs and buses
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  Speed limit
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  Honking forbidden
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  Customs
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  Police
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  Tolls
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  No parking/waiting
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  No stopping

Category C: Mandatory signs

Category D: Priority signs

Category E: Direction signs

Serbia (and also the rest of Yugoslavia) uses a slightly different color-coding system for routes, compared to most European nations. Along with Germany and Norway, the former Yugoslav countries are the only ones to use black text on yellow for non-roadworks purposes. The color coding is as such:

Panel background	Border	Lettering	Usage
Green	White	White	Motorways
Blue	White	White	Expressways
Yellow	Black	Black	State (trunk) roads
Brown	White	White	Recreational attractions
White	Black	Black	Inner-city destinations

Category F: Additional panels

References

1. https://www.mgsi.gov.rs/en/ministry

Notes

1. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.