Road signs of the French highway code

Browse every road sign in the French highway code, grouped by family. Each sign is shown with its official image and its name in French, Arabic and English — so you can understand its meaning, shape and category.

Warning

27 signs

Warning signs are triangular with a red border. They flag a hazard or obstacle ahead so the driver slows down and takes extra care.

Prohibition

51 signs

Prohibitory signs are round with a red border. They forbid a manoeuvre or behaviour — excess speed, overtaking, parking, access — until the restriction is lifted.

Mandatory

20 signs

Mandatory signs are round with a blue background. They require the driver to follow a direction, lane or behaviour.

Priority

14 signs

Priority signs show who has right of way at a junction: give way, stop, priority road, or end of priority.

Information

94 signs

Information signs are square or rectangular, usually with a blue background. They give useful information or point to a service (parking, hospital, rest area).

Direction

3 signs

Direction signs are rectangular. They guide the driver to towns, roads and routes, colour-coded by road type.

Temporary

15 signs

Temporary signs have a yellow background. They flag a provisional situation, usually roadworks, and override permanent signage.

Level crossing

5 signs

Level-crossing signs mark where the road crosses a railway. The St Andrew’s cross flags the crossing itself and requires yielding to trains; some crossings have gates or an automatic light signal.

Sub-panels

32 signs

Sub-panels are small plates fixed under a main sign. They refine, extend or limit its meaning (distance, vehicle class, direction).