Priority roadSpain
Traffic rules
Spain
1. Priority road
A priority road is a road whose traffic is given priority over traffic entering from intersecting roads. It is normally identified by a priority-road sign, while an end sign indicates where that continuing priority status stops.
Drivers on a priority road must still obey traffic lights, authorised officers, speed limits, crossings and turning rules. Having priority never allows a driver to proceed when doing so would create danger or block an intersection.
How does priority-road status work in Spain?
Spain uses a priority-road sign and a corresponding end sign. Distinguish continuing route priority from a sign identifying priority at a particular junction, and read any supplementary diagram.
🔗 boe.es • General Traffic Regulation articles 56,59,65,132; catalogue R-3,R-4
Start of a priority road.
English • Traffic sign R-3 • Priority road. Vehicles on this carriageway have priority at junctions over vehicles travelling on or emerging from another carriageway.
Español • R-3 • Calzada con prioridad. Indica a los conductores de los vehículos que circulen por una calzada su prioridad en las intersecciones sobre los vehículos que circulen por otra calzada o procedan de ella.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Boe.es • Reglamento General de Circulación • anexo I • catálogo vigente
🔗 Boe.es • Real Decreto 465/2025 • R-3 • página 45
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End of the priority road.
English • Traffic sign R-4 • End of priority. Warns that the carriageway being followed will shortly lose priority over another carriageway.
Español • R-4 • Fin de prioridad. Indica la proximidad del lugar en que la calzada por la que se circula pierde su prioridad respecto a otra calzada.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Boe.es • Reglamento General de Circulación • anexo I • catálogo vigente
🔗 Boe.es • Real Decreto 465/2025 • R-4 • página 45
SVG source: No machine-readable author provided. Benedicto16 assumed (based on copyright claims). • Public domain • Original revision 2026-09-10. Wikimedia original unmodified.
How can you tell where a priority road applies in Spain?
Read the priority-road sign, the corresponding end indication and any supplementary junction diagram. Distinguish a continuing road designation from a sign that regulates only one junction. If a diagram shows the priority route turning, follow that diagram rather than assuming the straight-ahead road has priority.
🔗 boe.es • General Traffic Regulation articles 56,59,65,132; catalogue R-3,R-4
Does having road priority let you ignore other controls in Spain?
No. Obey the applicable traffic signals and authorised directions, speed limits and crossing rules. Turning or changing lanes can require yielding, and having priority never permits entering a conflict that cannot be crossed safely.
🔗 boe.es • General Traffic Regulation articles 56,59,65,132; catalogue R-3,R-4
