Road signs in Azerbaijan are similar to the road sign system of post-Soviet states (as well as neighboring Armenia, Georgia and Russia) that ensure that transport vehicles move safely and orderly, as well as to inform the participants of traffic built-in graphic icons. They generally conform to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals.[1]
Since Azerbaijan was a union republic of the Soviet Union before regaining its independence in 1991, road signs in Azerbaijan are largely based on the ГОСТ 10807-78[2][3] and ГОСТ 23457-86 Soviet standards (both of them are no longer valid in neighboring Russia since 2006 and replaced with ГОСТ Р 52290-2004 and ГОСТ Р 52289-2004) but with additions.[4][5] Inscriptions on road signs are in Azerbaijani language (names of settlements can also be written in English) and in Latin script only.
In the Republic of Artsakh, a former breakway state formed during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1991 and de-facto dissolved in September 2023, road signs with settlement names in Armenian, Russian and English were used. In September 2023 after the Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian-language road signs began to be removed.[6]
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- Warning signs
Level crossing ahead, with barriers or gates
Level crossing ahead, without barriers or gates
Single track level crossing
Multiple track level crossing
Level crossing countdown
Level crossing countdown
Level crossing countdown
Level crossing countdown
Level crossing countdown
Level crossing countdown
Tramway
Crossroads without priority
Crossroads with equal importance where priority to the right
Side road without priority to the right
Side road without priority to the left
T-junction
Y-junction
Roundabout warning
Traffic signals
Opening or swing bridge
Unprotected quayside or riverbank
Dangerous curve to the right
Dangerous curve to the left
Dangerous curve, first to the right
Dangerous curve, first to the left
Steep hill downwards
Steep hill upwards
Slippery road
Uneven road ahead
Dip
Speed bumps
Loose stones
Road narrow on both sides
Road narrow on right side
Road narrow on left side
Two-way traffic
Pedestrian crossing
Children
Cyclists crossing
Roadworks
Animals (cow)
Animals (deer)
Falling rocks
Crosswinds
Low-flying aircraft
General warning sign
Accident
Congestion
Chevron dangerous
Chveron dangerous
Chevron dangerous
Chevron dangerous
Chevron dangerous
Chveron dangerous
Curve to the (T)
Curve to the (T)
- Priority signs
Priority road
End of priority road
Crossroads with priority
Side road with priority, from the right
Side road with priority, from the left
Yield
Stop
Yield to oncoming traffic
Priority over oncoming traffic
- Prohibitory signs
Do not enter
Closed to all vehicles
No entry for vehicles except motorcycles
No entry for heavy vehicles
No entry for motorcycles
No entry for farm vehicles
No entry for trailers
No entry for animal-drawn vehicles
No entry for cycles
No entry for pedestrians
Weight limit
Axle weight limit
Height limit
Width limit
Length limit
Maximum separation
Passing without stopping prohibited
No right turn
No left turn
No U-turn
No overtaking
End of overtaking prohibition
No overtaking by trucks
End of overtaking prohibition by trucks
Maximum speed limit (10 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (20 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (30 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (40 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (50 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (60 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (70 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (80 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (90 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (100 km/h)
Maximum speed limit (110 km/h)
End of speed limit (50 km/h)
No audible warning devices
No stopping
No parking
Alternate parking on odd days
Alternate parking on even days
End of all prohibitions
No entry for vehicles carrying dangerous goods
No entry for vehicles carrying explosive substances
- Mandatory signs
Proceed straight
Turn right
Turn left
Straight ahead or right turn permitted
Straight ahead or left turn permitted
Keep right
Keep left
Roundabout
Cycle path
Pedestrian path
Minimum speed limit
End of minimum speed limit
Proceed straight for vehicles carrying dangerous goods
- Information signs
Motorway
End of motorway
Controlled access road
End of controlled access road
One-way street
End of one-way street
One-way street
One-way street
Added lane
Added lane
Added lane
Bus stop
Tram stop
Parking
Pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian crossing
Pedestrian subway
Footbridge
Advisory speed
No through road
No through road on right
No through road on left
Traffic scheme
Start of city limit
End of city limit
Start of city limit
End of city limit
No parking zone
End of no parking zone
Parking zone
End of parking zone
Emergency stopping lane
Motorway exit countdown
Motorway exit countdown
Motorway exit countdown
Living zone
End of living zone
- Service signs
First aid post
Hospital
Filling station
Breakdown service
Public telephone
Restaurant
Hotel
Camping site
Picnic site
Public lavatory
Swimming pool
Emergency teplephone
Extinguisher
- Additional panels
Distance
Stop ahead
Side extension (of No stopping or No parking)
Length
Direction of priority road
Disabled parking
