Sign C7a: Closed to buses

Legal meaning

Closed to buses.

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

Shape and colour

Round white sign with a red rim and a black bus: closed to buses.

Where the sign stands

At the start of the closed stretch, right after the junction, on the right.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks whom this sign covers: only buses, so a service bus, coach or school bus. A camper or an eight-seat minibus is not a bus and may enter. Trap: candidates think lorries are excluded too, but that needs C7 or C7b; read the pictogram, not the colour.

Often confused with

• Closed to trucks (lorries) C7 — Only lorries.
• Closed to trucks and buses C7b — Lorries and buses.
• Carriageway or lane reserved exclusively for scheduled buses (bus lane) F13 — Blue sign: a lane for buses only, the reverse.