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56. Uncontrolled crossroad

An uncontrolled crossroad is an intersection where traffic priority is not specifically regulated by traffic lights, an authorised person or signs assigning priority to particular approaches. Drivers must therefore determine who has priority using the default traffic rules that apply in that country.

The applicable rule varies between countries and may include priority from the right, priority from the left or another default right-of-way rule. Drivers should approach an uncontrolled crossroad carefully, observe traffic from every direction and never assume that a wider or busier road automatically has priority.

Uncontrolled crossroad
Crossroad warning sign in Neupré. (Liège, Belgium)
Wikimedia.org • Jean Housen • CC BY-SA
Who has priority at an uncontrolled crossroad in Belgium?

At a Belgian crossroad where no other priority rule applies, every driver must give way to a driver approaching from the right.

🔗 codex.vlaanderen.be • Belgian Road Code — articles 12.2–12.5 and 19

🔗 wegcode.be • Road Code of 1 December 1975 — 12.2–12.5 and 19

How should you approach an uncontrolled crossroad in Belgium?

You must approach the intersection with particular caution and be able to give way when required. Check carefully for traffic approaching from the right as well as for other road users who may have priority.

🔗 codex.vlaanderen.be • Belgian Road Code — articles 12.2–12.5 and 19

🔗 wegcode.be • Road Code of 1 December 1975 — 12.2–12.5 and 19

Does the wider road have priority in Belgium?

No. A wider, busier or apparently more important road does not automatically have priority. If no signs or special rules establish another priority arrangement, the priority-from-the-right rule applies.

🔗 codex.vlaanderen.be • Belgian Road Code — articles 12.2–12.5 and 19

🔗 wegcode.be • Road Code of 1 December 1975 — 12.2–12.5 and 19

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