List of countries with left-hand traffic

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World map of right and left traffic

Right-hand traffic

Formerly left-hand traffic, now right-hand traffic

Left-hand traffic

Formerly right-hand traffic, now left-hand traffic

Previously inconsistent regulation (depending on the location), now right-hand traffic

Prevails in the following countries or prevailed in road traffic systems :

Africa Botswana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia (right-hand traffic until 1915) Zambia Seychelles Zimbabwe South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda formerly in Angola (until 1928) formerly in Ethiopia (until June 7, 1964) formerly in Eritrea (until June 7, 1964) formerly in British Somaliland (until 1960) formerly in Gambia (until September 30, 1965) earlier in Ghana (until August 3, 1974) formerly in Guinea-Bissau (until May 31, 1928) formerly in British Cameroon (= North Cameroon) (until 1961): Changeover to left-hand traffic in 1924 Changeover to right-hand traffic in 1961 formerly on the Cape Verde Islands (until June 1, 1928) formerly in Nigeria (until April 1, 1972) formerly in Sierra Leone (until February 28, 1971) formerly in Somalia (until 1968) formerly in Sudan (until August 1973) earlier in parts of Togo : in the British sphere of influence without Lomé (August 1914 to April 3, 1974) in Lomé (August 1914 to September 30, 1920)	Europe United Kingdom Ireland Isle of Man Guernsey (right-hand traffic during the German occupation 1941–1945) Jersey (right-hand traffic during the German occupation 1941–1945) Malta formerly in Denmark (until 1758 in Copenhagen , until 1793 in the rest of Denmark) formerly in Finland (until June 8, 1858) formerly in France (until 1792) earlier in Gibraltar (until June 16, 1929) earlier in Iceland (until May 26, 1968) formerly in parts of Italy (until 1920s): 1866–1910 gradually switched to right-hand traffic in rural areas Changeover to right-hand traffic in large cities on October 20, 1924 formerly in parts of Yugoslavia (until 1920s) earlier in Austria : in Vienna: July 12, 1882 to September 18, 1938 in Vorarlberg: 1910 to August 21, 1921 in Tyrol (except East Tyrol): 1910 to April 1, 1930 in Carinthia and East Tyrol: 1910 to June 14, 1935 in Salzburg, Zell am See district and partially St. Johann im Pongau district (west of Lend): 1915 to April 1, 1930 in the rest of Salzburg, Upper Austria, Styria and in the southern part of Burgenland: 1915 to June 30, 1938 in Lower Austria and in the northern part of Burgenland: 1915 to September 18, 1938 formerly in parts of Poland : Galicia came to Poland in 1918 and switched to right-hand traffic formerly in Portugal (until June 1, 1928) formerly in parts of Romania : Banat and Transylvania come to Romania in 1919 and switch to right-hand traffic previously in Sweden (until September 3, 1967, see also Dagen H ) formerly in parts of Spain ( Madrid until September 1924) formerly in Czechoslovakia (until 1938/1939): Annexation of the Sudetenland from Germany and thus conversion to right-hand traffic on October 10, 1938 Occupation of the " remaining Czech Republic " and conversion to right-hand traffic on March 15, 1939 formerly in Hungary (until 1941): Changeover to right-hand traffic throughout Hungary except for an area with a radius of around 30 kilometers around Budapest on July 6, 1941 Changeover to right-hand traffic in the Budapest area on November 9, 1941
Asia Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan On the Okinawa archipelago , however , there was right -hand traffic in the period from April 1, 1945 to July 30, 1978 , as it was administered by the USA from 1945 to 1972 Macau Malaysia Maldives Nepal East Timor Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka Thailand Cyprus (including Northern Cyprus ) earlier in China (until 1946): originally there was both right-hand and left-hand traffic in China Conversion to right-hand traffic on January 1, 1946 (except in Canton, Shanghai and Kunming) Changeover to right-hand traffic in Canton, Shanghai and Kunming on July 13, 1946 formerly in Myanmar (until 1970) formerly in North Korea (until 1945/1946) earlier in the Philippines (until March 10, 1945) formerly in South Korea (until April 1, 1946) earlier in part of Yemen Changeover to right-hand traffic on January 1, 1977 in what was then the Democratic People's Republic of Yemen ( South Yemen )	North America / Central America American Virgin Islands Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bermuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Cayman Islands Montserrat St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago formerly in parts of Canada : British Columbia switched to right-hand traffic inland on July 15, 1920 and on the coast on January 1, 1922 Labrador switched to right-hand traffic on January 2, 1947 New Brunswick switched to right-hand traffic on December 1, 1922 Newfoundland switched to right-hand traffic on January 2, 1947 Nova Scotia switched to right-hand traffic in 1923 Prince Edward Island switched to right-hand traffic on May 1, 1924
Oceania Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Samoa - Changeover from right-hand traffic on September 7, 2009 Tonga Tuvalu	South America Guyana Falkland Islands (right-hand traffic during the Argentine occupation April to June 1982) Suriname in Bolivia exclusively on Yungas Street , otherwise right-hand traffic previously in Argentina (until June 10, 1945) earlier in Panama (until April 15, 1943) formerly in Paraguay (until 1945) earlier in Uruguay (until September 2, 1945)

See also

A list of the railway regulations in the individual countries can be found here .

Web links

• Left or right-hand traffic?

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johanna Greil: Left-hand traffic: When everything goes the other way around. In: News from Eastern Bavaria. October 1, 2018, from idowa.de, accessed on August 25, 2019.
2. ↑ Daniel Müller: Why people drive on the left in Samoa now. In: The world. September 7, 2009, from Welt.de, accessed on August 25, 2019.