Sign C7: Closed to trucks (lorries)

Legal meaning

Closed to lorries.

Source: RVV 1990 annex 1 · checked 2026-10-23

Shape and colour

Round white sign with a red rim and a black lorry: closed to lorries (above 3500 kg).

Where the sign stands

At the start of the closed stretch, right after the junction, on the right; often with a plate exempting local traffic.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks what a lorry is: a motor vehicle for carrying goods with a permitted maximum mass above 3500 kg. A 3000 kg van may therefore enter, a 7500 kg lorry may not. Trap: a car with a heavy trailer is not a lorry and may drive on.

Often confused with

• Closed to buses C7a — The same sign with a bus: only buses excluded.
• Closed to trucks and buses C7b — Lorry and bus together.
• Closed to motor vehicles with a trailer C10 — Closed to vehicles with a trailer, not to lorries as such.