Spanish road signs: all 455, explained

They tell you a hazard that is hard to spot in time is coming up, and what kind it is, so you can adjust your driving.

They set special priority rules at junctions and narrow sections.

They bar particular vehicles or road users from going past the point where they stand.

They bar or limit vehicles by weight, size or another condition.

They ban or limit specific manoeuvres and behaviour: speed, overtaking, turns, stopping and parking.

They set a compulsory rule you must follow from the sign onwards.

They mark where an earlier prohibition, restriction or duty stops applying.

They give useful information about the road type and its special rules: motorway, tunnel, one-way, pedestrian zone.

They set special rules for one or more lanes of the carriageway.

They point out a service that may be useful to road users.

They announce a junction or exit ahead and the destinations it leads to.

They help you follow a route by naming destinations and roads.

They identify the road by its number or name.

They mark a boundary between territories, or name a town, river, pass or other place.

They remind you of the road's reference destinations and how far each one is.

They say that the places named are reached by following the arrow.

They pin down what the sign above them means: distance, length, times or which vehicles are affected.

Warnings and information that do not fit the catalogue's other families.