Illustration of the road signs in Austria

The picture table of the road signs in Austria shows a selection of important road signs anchored in Austria . They are in the road traffic regulations (StVO) in section "D. Road traffic signs ”in paragraphs 48 to 54. The StVO introduced on January 1st, 1960 with its numerous amendments is valid.

In legal usage, the official designation according to the StVO is used almost exclusively; in linguistic usage, abbreviations or abbreviations with other names have become commonplace (for example, "subordinate table" instead of officially "give priority"; "stop board" instead of "stop").

Hints

Overtaking multi-lane vehicles is prohibited
StVO 1960	permissible (VwGH 2015)

There is no (official) numbering system for traffic signs in Austria. In legal and linguistic usage it is therefore not customary to name the road traffic signs using a number, rather the signs are named by their name.

The respective numbers (as a legal term) or number-letter combinations correspond within a paragraph of a paragraph either to an inserted number (such as "6a.") Or a further subdivision of the number into letters (such as lit. "a)") within the paragraph of the paragraph. The following number-letter combinations under the figures can therefore represent one of the two possibilities. The following designations for the traffic signs also do not always correspond to the wording of the StVO, so in case of doubt this must be observed (see web links).

In 2015, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the signs “do not have to correspond exactly to the boards given in the StVO 1960”, the decisive factor is that “there is no doubt” that a relevant traffic sign would be recognized in order to have been properly announced.

§ 50. The danger signs

1: transverse channel or bulge
2a: Dangerous turn (right turn)
2b: Dangerous curve (left curve)
2c: Dangerous curves (double curve starting on the right)
2d: Dangerous curves (double curve starting on the left)
3: intersection
3a: intersection with roundabout
4: Junction with a street without priority
6a: Level crossing with barriers
6b: Level crossing without barriers
6c: Left beacon with three bars - distance to the level crossing approx. 240 m
6c: Right beacon with three bars - distance to the level crossing approx. 240 m
6c: Beacon on the left with two bars - distance to the level crossing approx. 160 m
6c: Beacon on the right with two bars - distance to the level crossing approx. 160 m
6c: Left beacon with a bar - distance to the level crossing approx. 80 m
6c: Beacon on the right with a bar - distance to the level crossing approx. 80 m
6d: St. Andrew's Cross as a sign (single track)
6d: St. Andrew's Cross as a double board (multi-track)
6d: St. Andrew's Cross (single track)
6d: St. Andrew's Cross double (multi-track)
6d: St. Andrew's Cross lying (single track)
6d: St. Andrew's Cross, double, lying (multi-track)
7: Dangerous slope
7a: steep incline
8a: narrowing of the lane (on both sides)
8b: narrowing of the lane (left side)
8c: Narrowing of the lane (on the right)
9: Construction site
10: Risk of skidding
10a: cross wind
10b: falling rocks
10c: flight operations
11: pedestrian crossing
11a: Cyclist crossing
12: children
13a: Attention animals
13b: Beware of deer crossing
14: Attention oncoming traffic
14a: Warning wrong-way driver
15: Advance notice of a light signal
16: Other dangers

§ 52. The regulatory signs

lit. a) Prohibition or restriction signs

1: Driving ban (in both directions)
2: No entry
3a: Turning to the left is prohibited
3b: Turning to the right is prohibited
3c: No turning back
4a: Overtaking multi-lane vehicles is prohibited
4b: End of the overtaking ban
4c: Overtaking prohibited for trucks
4d: End of the overtaking ban for trucks
5: Obligation to wait for oncoming traffic
6a: Driving ban for all motor vehicles except single-track motorcycles
6b: Driving ban for motorcycles
6c: Driving ban for all motor vehicles
6d: Driving ban for vehicles with trailers
7a: Driving ban for trucks
7a: Driving ban for trucks or trailers with a maximum gross vehicle weight of more than ... tons
7a: Driving ban for trucks (or including trailers) over ... meters total length
7b: Driving ban for trucks with trailers
7c: Driving ban for carts
7e: Driving ban for vehicles with dangerous goods
7f: Driving ban for buses
8a: Ban on bicycles and motorbikes
8b: Ban on motorcycles
8c: Ban on bicycles
9a: Driving ban for vehicles over ... meters wide
9b: Driving ban for vehicles over ... meters high
9c: Driving ban for vehicles with a total weight of over ... tons
9d: Driving ban for all vehicles with over ... tonnes axle load
10a: Speed
limit (maximum permitted speed)
10b: End of the speed
limit
11: End of overtaking bans and speed restrictions
11a: Zone restriction
11b: End of zone restriction
12: Stop inches
13a: No parking
13b: Stopping and parking prohibited
13c / a: Mutual parking ban (odd days)
13c / b: Mutual parking ban (even days)
13d: Start of a short-term parking zone
13e: End of the short-term parking zone
14: No horns
14a: Ban on riding
14b: Prohibition for pedestrians

lit. b) mandatory signs

15: Prescribed driving direction: left
15: Prescribed driving direction: right
15: Prescribed driving direction: straight ahead
15: Prescribed driving direction: turn left
15: Prescribed direction of travel: turn right
15: Prescribed driving direction: drive straight ahead or turn left
15: Prescribed driving direction: Drive straight ahead or turn right
15: Prescribed driving direction: turn left or right
15: The lane to be used: left
15: The lane to be used: right
15a: Prescribed direction of travel for vehicles with dangerous goods: turn right
16: bike path
16a: end of the cycle path
17: sidewalk
17a: footpath and bike path (jointly guided path)
17a-b: footpath and bike path (separate path)
17a-c: end of the footpath and bike path (jointly guided path)
17a-d: end of the footpath and bike path (separate path)
17b: bridle path
17c: end of the sidewalk
18: underpass
19: Prescribed minimum speed
19a: End of the prescribed minimum speed
21: Reverse command
21a: roundabout
22: Snow chains required
22a: End of mandatory snow chains

lit. c) Precedence sign

23: Give priority
24: Stop
25a: Start of the priority road
25b: End of the priority road

§ 53. The signs

1a: parking
1b: To the parking lot
1c: breakdown bay
2: hospital
2a: Marking a protective route
2b: Identification of a cyclist crossing
2c: Marking of a protective path and a cyclist crossing
2c: Marking of a cyclist crossing and a protective path
3: first aid
3a: Church services
4: Roadside Assistance
4a: Traffic radio
5: phone
6: gas station
6a: Taxi stand
7: End of oncoming traffic
7a: Obligation to wait for oncoming traffic
8a: Autobahn
8b: End of the motorway
8c: Motorway
8d: end of the road
9a: pedestrian zone
9b: End of a pedestrian zone
9c: residential street
9d: End of a residential street
9e: encounter zone

9f: End of an encounter zone

9g: tunnel

10: one-way street (left direction of travel)

10: one-way street (direction of travel right)

10a: Tram turns into yellow or red

11: dead end

12: Lanterns that don't glow all night

13a large: guide

13a small: guide

13b: Signpost

13c: Signposts to other transport facilities

13d: Signposts to local or area destinations

14a: Signpost to the motorway or car road

14b: Signpost to the motorway or road (right)

14b: Signpost to the motorway or road (diagonally right)

15a-a: Signpost - motorway or road

15a-b: Signpost - motorway or road

15a-c: signposts - motorway or road

15a-d: Signpost - Autobahn or road

15b-a: Exit sign - Autobahn or motorway

15b-b high: Exit sign - Autobahn or motorway

15b-b across: Exit sign - Autobahn or road

15c: Orientation board - motorway or road

16a: Advance notification of a diversion

16b: diversion

16c-a: Change of direction of lane - two-way traffic area begins in 500 m

16c-b: Change of direction of lane - two-way traffic area ends in 500 m

17a: town sign

17b: End of town

18: Main international traffic route

19: Road with priority

21: Road without priority

22: General speed limit

23: Floor markings / indicators for classification

23a: Indicator for turning in

23b: Indicator for the course of the lane

23c: lane reduction

24: Road for buses

25: Lane for buses

26: Bicycle Street

27: Cycle path without compulsory use

28a: Pedestrian and cycle path without mandatory use (shared)

28b: Pedestrian and cycle path without compulsory use (separate)

Section 54. Supplementary panels

a: distance
b: length
c: announcement of the stop sign
d: Cross street is priority street
e: special course of the road with priority
f: if there is snow or ice formation
g: on wet roads
h: except vehicles shown (here: disabled)
i: Tractors, motorized carts, self-propelled machines and four-wheeled light vehicles may be overhauled
j: towing zone
k: only for this lane
l: only for the lane that passes the separation device on the left
m: excluding electric vehicles during the charging process

Not applicable (obsolete)

16: Other hazard
24: Stop
10: one-way (left)
10: one-way (right)
7d: Driving ban for tank vehicles
Pay attention to the whistle signal
10a: Speed
limit (maximum permitted speed)

Web links

Commons : Traffic signs in Austria - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Photos of road signs in Austria - collection of images, videos and audio files

Road Traffic Regulations 1960 - StVO 1960 in the current version in the legal information system (RIS) of the BKA

Road Traffic Sign Ordinance 1998 (StVZVO 1998), Federal Law Gazette II No. 238/1998

Remarks

↑ Federal law of July 6, 1960, with which regulations on the road police are enacted (Road Traffic Act 1960 - StVO. 1960) . In: Bundesgesetzblatt , 48, 1960, pp. 1944 ff.

↑ ^a ^b knowledge management Court (VwGH) Gfz. o 2015/02/0022 of November 20, 2015 (online, ris.bka );
Incorrect traffic signs are valid according to the highest court . In: Salzburger Nachrichten . January 5, 2016, local section Stadt und Land , p. 4 (quotations ibid). The figure shows the approximate appearance of the treated board according to the article in Salzburger Nachrichten (here the corresponding Czech symbol is shown).

↑ And thus no “traffic sign catalog” like in Germany.

[1] Federal law of July 6, 1960, with which regulations on the road police are enacted (Road Traffic Act 1960 - StVO. 1960) . In: Bundesgesetzblatt , 48, 1960, pp. 1944 ff.