Priority at the next junctionDenmark
Traffic rules
Denmark
1. Priority at the next junction
Priority at the next junction means that drivers travelling on a particular road have priority over traffic entering from intersecting roads at the next junction. The priority arrangement is normally indicated by signs facing both the priority traffic and the traffic that must give way.
Unlike a continuing priority road, this priority applies only at the indicated intersection. Drivers must still approach cautiously and obey traffic lights, authorised officers, crossings, turning rules and other applicable signs.
How is priority at the next junction determined in Denmark?
Danish warning sign A11 identifies a dangerous junction where crossing traffic has an unconditional give-way duty. A variant can show a side road on only one side. This concerns the indicated junction and differs from the continuing hovedvej designation B16; obey the actual signals and priority controls.
🔗 retsinformation.dk • Danish signing order BEK 425/2023 — operative sign and marking descriptions
Priority at the junction.
English • Traffic sign A 11 • Dangerous junction where intersecting traffic must give way. If a road joins on only one side, the symbol may show this.
Dansk • Tavle A 11 • Farligt vejkryds, hvor den krydsende trafik har ubetinget vigepligt. Hvis der kun forekommer vejtilslutning i én vejside, kan det fremgå af symbolet.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Retsinformation.dk • Bekendtgørelse nr. 425/2023, § 13
SVG source: Gigillo83, drawn by original of Vejdirektoratet • Public domain • Original revision 2013-06-04. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Priority at the junction.
English • Traffic sign A 11 • Dangerous junction where intersecting traffic must give way. If a road joins on only one side, the symbol may show this.
Dansk • Tavle A 11 • Farligt vejkryds, hvor den krydsende trafik har ubetinget vigepligt. Hvis der kun forekommer vejtilslutning i én vejside, kan det fremgå af symbolet.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Retsinformation.dk • Bekendtgørelse nr. 425/2023, § 13
SVG source: Vejdirektoratet • Public domain • Original revision 2013-06-08. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Start of a priority road.
English • Traffic sign B 16 • Priority road. Traffic from side roads must give way unless B 11, B 13 or B 15 is placed on the priority road. Also prohibits parking on the carriageway outside built-up areas under section 29(3), point 3 of the Road Traffic Act. Plate UC 60,6 ‘No verge parking’, referred to in section 19, may also prohibit parking on the verge.
Dansk • Tavle B 16 • Hovedvej. Tavlen angiver, at færdslen fra sideveje har ubetinget vigepligt, medmindre tavle B 11, B 13 eller B 15 er opsat på hovedvejen. Tavlen angiver endvidere, at parkering på kørebanen er forbudt uden for tættere bebygget område, jf. færdselslovens § 29, stk. 3, nr. 3. Med den i § 19 nævnte undertavle UC 60,6 Parkering på rabat forbudt kan det angives, at parkering også er forbudt på rabatten.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Retsinformation.dk • Bekendtgørelse nr. 425/2023, § 16
SVG source: Gigillo83, drawn by original of Vejdirektoratet • Public domain • Original revision 2013-06-05. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Does priority at one junction automatically continue along the entire road in Denmark?
No. One-junction priority and continuing priority-road status are distinct concepts. Check the local signs at each following junction, including any end-of-priority marker, traffic signal or new Give Way or Stop sign.
🔗 retsinformation.dk • Danish signing order BEK 425/2023 — operative sign and marking descriptions
May a driver with priority ignore pedestrians or another safety obligation at the next junction in Denmark?
No. Junction priority does not cancel duties towards pedestrians, traffic signals, emergency vehicles or other road users where the law gives them precedence. Approach at a speed allowing you to stop safely.
🔗 retsinformation.dk • Danish signing order BEK 425/2023 — operative sign and marking descriptions
