# Traffic Signs Manual/Chapter 5/2009/INDEX

| Advanced stop lines | 16.20 - 16.22 |
| Application of markings | 23.19, 23.20 |
| Arrows |
| bifurcation arrows | 7.10, 13.10 - 13.14, 14.7 |
| cycle facilities | 16.25 |
| deflection arrows | 4.50, 4.55, 5.13 - 5.16, 7.9, 7.11, 9.12, 10.10, 13.9, 16.6, 17.7, 18.10, 19.15, 22.6 |
| destinations with arrows | 8.30 - 8.33, 9.9, 13.4, 13.5 |
| guidance arrows in junctions | 9.8, 13.7, 13.8 |
| lane arrows | 7.10, 8.30 - 8.33, 9.9, 13.1 - 13.3, 13.6 |
| mandatory movements | 13.6 |
| roundabouts | 8.30 - 8.33 |
| Authorisation | 2.1 |
| Auxiliary lanes | 10.13 |
| Bifurcation arrows | 13.10 - 13.14 |
| Box markings - see Yellow Box Markings |
| British Standards | 6.6, 23.9 - 23.13 |
| Build outs | 21.18 - 21.21 |
| Bus markings | 17.1 - 17.23 |
| bus-only streets and gates | 17.18, 17.19 |
| bus stops | 17.20 - 17.23 |
| coloured road surface | 17.16 |
| contra-flow bus lanes | 17.12 - 17.15 |
| cycle use of bus lanes | 16.11 |
| pedestrian crossings | 17.17 |
| waiting and loading | 17.11 |
| with-flow bus lanes | 17.3 - 17.11 |
| Centre lines | 4.1 - 4.6 |
| Chevron markings | 4.60 - 4.62 |
| vehicle separation markings | 22.39 - 22.44 |
| Chicanes and pinch points | 21.22 - 21.25 |
| Climbing lanes | 5.27 - 5.35 |
| double white lines | 5.27 - 5.35 |
| road junctions in climbing lane | 7.12 ​ |
| Coloured road surface | 7.11, 16.12, 17.16 |
| Colours of road markings | 23.17, 23.18 |
| Colours of road studs | 4.59, 4.65, 6.9 - 6.11 |
| Controlled parking zone | 20.29 |
| Cross sections | 4.63 - 4.65 |
| Cycle facilities | 16.1 - 16.25 |
| advanced stop lines | 16.20 - 16.22 |
| advisory lanes | 16.9, 16.10 |
| arrows | 16.25 |
| coloured road surface | 16.12 |
| contra-flow lanes | 16.4, 16.8, 16.9 |
| cycle tracks | 3.25, 16.14 - 16.19 |
| mandatory lanes | 16.4 - 16.8 |
| pedestrian crossings | 16.13 |
| road crossings | 3.25, 16.16 - 16.19 |
| road humps | 3.25, 21.12 |
| shared use with pedestrians | 16.14, 16.15 |
| use of bus lanes | 16.11 |
| waiting and loading | 16.7, 16.10 |
| width of lane | 16.2, 21.12 |
| worded markings | 16.23, 16.24 |
| Deflection arrows | 4.50, 4.53, 5.13 - 5.16, 7.9, 7.11, 9.12, 10.10, 13.9, 16.6, 17.7, 18.10, 19.15, 22.6 |
| Design Manual for Roads and Bridges | 1.4, 4.63, 5.28, 5.34, 8.4, 8.5, 8.22, 8.34, 10.1, 10.13, 11.3, 23.21 |
| Destination markings | 8.30 - 8.33, 9.9, 13.4, 13.5 |
| Dimensions of road markings | 1.17, 2.11 |
| Disabled parking bays | 20.11, 20.13, 20.16, 20.18 |
| Double white lines | 5.1 - 5.36, 7.11, 7.12 |
| arch bridge | 5.8 |
| built up areas | 5.7 |
| consultation with police | 5.34, 5.35 |
| crests | 5.13 - 5.16, 19.15 |
| deflection arrows | 5.23, 5.24 |
| design | 5.26 |
| four-lane roads | 7.11, 7.12 |
| ghost islands | 7.11, 16.12, 17.16 ​ |
| legal meaning | 5.1 |
| level crossings | 5.36, 19.13 - 19.15 |
| refuges | 5.18 |
| road junctions | 5.19 - 5.21, 7.11, 7.12 |
| road studs | 5.11, 5.12, 6.2, 19.16, 19.17 |
| sag curves | 5.33 |
| splayed markings | 5.17 |
| three-lane hills | 5.27 - 5.32 |
| three-lane roads | 5.25 |
| two-lane roads | 5.23, 5.24 |
| visibility distance | 5.22 |
| width of road | 5.4 |
| Drainage | 23.27, 23.28 |
| raised profile markings | 4.47 |
| yellow bar markings | 11.6 |
| Dual carriageway |
| markings at the end of | 4.56 - 4.59 |
| road junctions | 7.13 - 7.15 |
| Edge of carriageway lines | 4.27 - 4.38 |
| raised profile | 4.39 - 4.48 |
| Elongated markings | 22.45 - 22.50 |
| speed limit roundel | 21.4 - 21.6 |
| END marking | 16.24, 22.50 |
| Equestrian crossings | 15.11, 15.12 |
| European standards |
| road studs | 6.6, 23.11 |
| road marking materials | 23.9, 23.10 |
| Gateways | 21.26 - 21.28 |
| Ghost islands | 7.2 - 7.12 |
| Give Way line |
| cycle lanes and tracks | 16.3 |
| cycle priority | 3.25 |
| junctions | 3.2 - 3.6, 3.14 - 3.23 |
| legal meaning | 3.1 |
| priority traffic sites | 3.24 |
| roundabouts | 8.8, 8.15, 8.17 |
| temporary removal | 23.25 ​ |
| Grade separated junctions | 10.1 - 10.13 |
| auxiliary lanes | 10.13 |
| lane drops | 10.11, 10.12 |
| lane gains | 10.8 - 10.10 |
| merging and diverging slip roads | 10.2 - 10.7 |
| Guidance arrows | 9.8, 13.7, 13.8 |
| Hatched markings | 4.49 - 4.55 |
| High vehicles | 22.5 - 22.10 |
| Humped crossings | 21.10, 21.17 |
| Junctions, see |
| grade separated junctions |
| major / minor junctions |
| roundabouts |
| traffic signal controlled junctions |
| Keep clear markings | 22.11 - 22.25 |
| accesses and dropped kerbs | 22.15 - 22.18 |
| at road junctions | 22.12 - 22.14 |
| at roundabouts | 8.40 |
| school, hospital, fire, police or ambulance entrances | 22.19 - 22.25 |
| Lane arrows | 7.10, 8.30 - 8.33, 13.1 - 13.3, 13.6, 13.7, 16.25 |
| Lane drop at junction | 10.11, 10.12 |
| Lane gain at junction | 10.8 - 10.10 |
| Lane lines | 4.7 - 4.11 |
| Lane loss between junctions | 4.53, 4.56 - 4.59 |
| Lane widths |
| bus lanes | 17.4, 17.13 |
| cycle lanes | 16.2, 21.12 |
| signalled junctions | 9.10 - 9.12 |
| Level crossings | 19.1 - 19.19 |
| double white lines | 5.36, 19.13 - 19.17 |
| longitudinal markings | 19.9 - 19.15 |
| road studs | 19.16, 19.17 |
| transverse markings | 19.2 - 19.8 |
| types of level crossings | 19.1 |
| yellow box markings | 12.14, 19.18, 19.19 ​ |
| LOOK LEFT / LOOK RIGHT marking | 22.26 - 22.28 |
| Maintenance | 23.21 - 23.26 |
| Major / minor junctions | 7.1 - 7.17 |
| climbing lanes | 7.12 |
| coloured road surface | 7.11 |
| dual carriageways | 7.13 - 7.17 |
| ghost islands | 7.2 - 7.12 |
| single lane dualling | 7.16, 7.17 |
| T-junctions | 7.1 |
| Maintenance | 23.21 - 23.26 |
| Materials | 23.1 - 23.8 |
| application of markings | 23.19, 23.20 |
| colours | 23.17, 23.18 |
| European and British standards | 23.9 - 23.13 |
| reflectorisation | 1.15, 1.16, 23.14 - 23.16 |
| road marking materials | 23.1 - 23.8 |
| Mini-roundabouts | 8.10 - 8.19 |
| NO ENTRY marking | 22.29 - 22.32 |
| Northern Ireland variations | Appendix A |
| Parking bays | 20.11 - 20.28 |
| Pedestrian crossings | 15.1 - 15.29 |
| bus lanes | 17.1 |
| cycle lanes | 16.13 |
| equestrian crossings | 15.11, 15.12 |
| Pelican crossings | 15.9, 15.10, 22.26 |
| Puffin crossings | 15.9, 15.10, 22.26 |
| road humps | 15.29, 21.10, 21.17 |
| road studs | 15.27, 15.28 |
| stop and give way lines | 15.8 - 15.10 |
| Toucan crossings | 15.9, 15.10, 22.26 |
| traffic signal controlled junction | 9.13 - 9.15 |
| width of crossing | 15.2 |
| Zebra crossings | 15.4 - 15.8, 22.26 |
| zig-zag markings | 15.14 - 15.26 |
| Pedestrian zone | 20.30 - 20.32 |
| Pelican crossings | 15.9, 15.10, 22.26 ​ |
| Pinch points | 21.22 - 21.25 |
| Placing of road markings and studs | 2.3 - 2.7 |
| PLAY STREET marking | 22.33 |
| Police speed check markings | 22.34 - 22.38 |
| Prescribed markings and road studs | 2.1, 2.2 |
| Priority traffic sites | 3.24, 12.13, 12.14 |
| Private driveways | 4.28 |
| Puffin crossings | 15.9, 15.10, 22.26 |
| Railway Inspectorate | 5.36, 12.14, 18.1, 18.19, 19.1, 21.19 |
| Raised profile lines | 4.39 - 4.48 |
| drainage gaps | 4.47 |
| Reflectorisation of markings | 1.15, 1.16, 2.8, 11.7, 23.14 - 23.16 |
| Restricted zone | 20.33 |
| Road humps | 21.7 - 21.12, 21.17 |
| cycle lanes | 21.12 |
| Road studs | 6.1 - 6.15 |
| colour of studs and lenses | 4.59, 4.65, 6.9 - 6.11, 10.11 |
| double white lines | 5.11, 5.12, 6.2, 19.16, 19.17 |
| European standards | 6.6, 23.11 |
| level crossings | 19.16, 19.17 |
| location on edge line | 4.38 |
| pedestrian crossings | 6.15, 15.27, 15.28 |
| spacing | 5.11, 6.12 - 6.14 |
| type approval | 6.6 |
| types of studs | 6.7, 6.8 |
| uni- and bi-directional studs | 6.5, 14.2 |
| Roundabouts | 8.1 - 8.44 |
| arrows | 8.30 - 8.33 |
| conventional roundabouts | 8.7 - 8.9 |
| deflection | 8.4, 8.16, 8.17 |
| double roundabouts | 8.18, 8.19 |
| lane destinations | 8.30 - 8.33 |
| lane markings in the circulating area | 8.22 - 8.29 |
| mini-roundabouts | 8.10 - 8.19 |
| reversed priority | 8.42 - 8.44 ​ |
| segregated left turn lanes | 8.34 - 8.38 |
| signalled roundabouts | 8.20, 8.21 |
| yellow bar markings | 11.1 - 11.7 |
| yellow box markings | 8.39, 12.3 |
| School KEEP CLEAR markings | 22.19 - 22.25 |
| Segregated left turn lanes | 8.34 - 8.38 |
| Single lane dualling | 7.16, 7.17 |
| Skid resistance | 11.7, 23.20 |
| SLOW marking | 16.23, 22.2 - 22.4 |
| Speed cushions | 21.13 - 21.15 |
| Speed limit roundel | 21.4 - 21.6 |
| Spiral markings | 8.28, 8.29 |
| Stop line advanced stop line for cyclists | 16.20 - 16.22 |
| non-signalled junctions | 3.1 - 3.6, 3.11 - 3.13 |
| pedestrian crossings | 15.9, 15.10 |
| signalled junctions | 3.7 - 3.10, 9.4 -9.6 |
| signalled roundabouts | 8.20, 8.21 |
| temporary removal | 23.25 |
| trams | 18.12 |
| Tapers | 4.23, 4.50, 10.2, 10.10, 10.12, 14.1 |
| Taxi bays | 20.22, 20.25 - 20.28 |
| Thumps | 21.16 |
| Tolerances | 23.19 |
| Toucan crossings | 15.9, 15.10, 22.26 |
| Traffic calming | 21.1 - 21.28 |
| build outs | 21.18 - 21.21 |
| chicanes and pinch points | 21.22 - 21.25 |
| gateways | 21.26 - 21.28 |
| humped crossings | 21.10, 21.17 |
| road humps | 21.7 - 21.12 |
| speed cushions | 21.13 - 21.15 |
| speed limit roundel | 21.4 - 21.6 ​ |
| thumps | 21.16 |
| waiting and loading restrictions | 21.11 |
| Traffic islands | 4.23, 14.1 - 14.8 |
| Traffic signal controlled junctions | 9.1 - 9.15 |
| approach lane markings | 9.7 |
| exit lane taper | 9.12 |
| lane destinations | 9.9 |
| lane widths | 9.10 - 9.12 |
| longitudinal markings | 9.7, 9.8 |
| markings within the junction | 9.8, 13.7, 13.8 |
| pedestrian crossing points | 9.13 - 9.15 |
| roundabouts | 8.20, 8.21 |
| stop lines | 3.7 - 3.10, 9.4 - 9.6 |
| unsignalled vehicle movements | 9.15 |
| Tram markings | 18.1 - 18.23 |
| integrated tramways | 18.3 |
| off-street tramways | 18.7 - 18.10 |
| road junctions | 18.11 - 18.14 |
| segregated tramways | 18.5, 18.6 |
| swept path markings | 18.19 - 18.23 |
| tram gates | 18.4 |
| tram stop line | 18.12 |
| tram stops | 18.16 - 18.18 |
| yellow box marking | 18.15, 18.23 |
| Type approval | 2.2, 6.6 |
| Use of road markings | 1.6 - 1.9 |
| Vehicle separation markings | 22.39 - 22.44 |
| Visibility distance | 5.22 |
| Visibility of road markings | 1.10 - 1.14 |
| Waiting and loading | 20.1 - 20.35 |
| bus lanes | 17.11 |
| controlled parking zone | 20.29 |
| cycle lanes | 16.7, 16.10 |
| disabled parking bays | 20.11, 20.13, 20.16, 20.18 |
| lorry and bus parking ban zone | 20.34 |
| marking of bays | 20.19 - 20.23 |
| parking bays | 20.11 - 20.28 |
| pedestrian zone | 20.30 - 20.32 ​ |
| prohibition of loading | 20.7 - 20.10 |
| prohibition of waiting | 20.3 - 20.6 |
| restricted zone | 20.33 |
| road humps | 21.11 |
| shared and part time bays | 20.24 - 20.28 |
| taxi bays | 20.22, 20.25 - 20.28 |
| Warning lines | 4.12 - 4.26 |
| minimum number of marks | 4.25 |
| Word formation | 22.45 - 22.50 |
| Worded and diagrammatic markings |
| formation of words | 22.45 - 22.50 |
| high vehicles | 22.5 - 22.10 |
| keep clear | 22.11 - 22.25 |
| LOOK LEFT / RIGHT | 22.26 - 22.28 |
| NO ENTRY | 22.29 - 22.32 |
| PLAY STREET | 22.33 |
| police speed check markings | 22.34 - 22.38 |
| SLOW | 16.23, 22.2 - 22.4, 22.50 |
| vehicle separation markings | 22.39 - 22.44 |
| Working drawings | 1.17 |
| Yellow bar markings | 8.39, 12.1 - 12.14, 18.15, 18.23,19.18, 19.19 |
| criteria | 11.1 - 11.7 |
| design of marking | 11.3, 11.4 |
| drainage | 11.5 |
| reflectorisation | 11.6 |
| skid resistance | 11.7 |
| spacing of bars | 11.15 |
| thickness of marking | 11.7 |
| Yellow box markings | 8.39, 12.1 - 12.14, 18.15, 18.23,19.18, 19.19 |
| legal aspects | 12.1 - 12.4 |
| level crossings | 12.14, 19.18, 19.19 |
| priority traffic site | 12.13 |
| roundabouts | 8.39, 12.3 |
| setting out | 12.11, 12.12 |
| suitability of site | 12.5 - 12.10 |
| tram crossings | 18.15, 18.23 |
| Zebra crossings | 15.4 - 15.8, 22.26 |
| Zig-zag markings | 15.14 - 15.26 |
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