P-16a
What does the P-16a sign mean?
Steep descent
Meaning
A steeply falling stretch of road lies ahead. The figure gives the gradient as a percentage.
Sign details
- Official code
- P-16a
- Group
- Danger warning signs
- Catalogue section
- 3.1
- How to recognise it
- An equilateral triangle pointing up, with a red border and a white ground carrying a black symbol.
Source: Reglamento General de Circulación — Anexo I, apartado 5: Catálogo oficial de señales de la circulación y marcas viales (Catálogo de señales verticales, tomo I) · Anexo I, apartado 5 (Catálogo de señales verticales de circulación, tomo I)
P-16 variants
These share the same base code and are easy to mix up — the difference is in the detail of the symbol.
Other signs in this group
P-1Junction with priorityA junction is coming up with a road whose users must give way to you.
P-1aJunction with priority over a road on the rightA junction is coming up with a road on the right whose users must give way to you.
P-1bJunction with priority over a road on the leftA junction is coming up with a road on the left whose users must give way to you.
P-1cPriority over a slip road joining from the rightA road joins from the right ahead, and its users must give way to you.
P-1dPriority over a slip road joining from the leftA road joins from the left ahead, and its users must give way to you.
P-1eStretch with direct accessesA stretch ahead has several direct accesses onto the road; traffic using them must give way to you.
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