Sign J10: Warning for a level crossing with barriers or gates ahead

Legal meaning

Level crossing with barriers.

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

Shape and colour

Triangle with a red rim and a black gate: warning of a level crossing with barriers.

Where the sign stands

Outside the built-up area 100–150 m before the crossing (often with distance markers), inside it shorter, on the right.

What the exam asks about this sign

The exam asks what to do at a level crossing with barriers: slow down, look and listen, and never drive onto the crossing unless you can clear it at once (queue). At flashing red lights or lowering barriers stop before the stop line. Trap: candidates think barriers mean they can drive through without looking when the barriers are up.

Exam question on this sign

Often confused with

• Warning for a level crossing without barriers or gates ahead J11 — Level crossing without barriers: lights and looking only.
• Warning for a dangerous crossroads J8 — Dangerous junction: also a cross, but without a gate.
• Warning for a level crossing with a single track J12 — The St Andrew's cross right at the track: one track.
• Warning for road works ahead J16