Built-up areaRussia
Traffic rules
Russia
1. Built-up area
A built-up area is an area containing concentrated buildings, streets and regular local activity. Drivers should expect more pedestrians, cyclists, intersections, parked vehicles, public transport and vehicles entering or leaving properties.
Many countries apply special traffic rules and lower default speed limits within built-up areas. The area may be identified by entrance and exit signs, street lighting or other legal criteria, so drivers must follow local signs and regulations.
How do people refer to a built-up area in Russia?
The Russian term is населённый пункт. Its effect on traffic rules depends on the entrance sign: signs 5.23.1 and 5.23.2 start the built-up-area regime, while 5.25 identifies a locality where that regime does not apply on the road.
Start of a built-up area.
English • Traffic sign 5.23.2 • Beginning of a built-up area. The traffic rules for built-up areas apply.
Русский • 5.23.2 • Начало населённого пункта. Начинается населённый пункт, где действуют требования ПДД для движения в населённых пунктах.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Nikolaev_ec06ffa5 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Pravo.gov.ru • ПДД РФ • приложение 1 • 5.23.2
🔗 Pravo.gov.ru • Официальная редакция от 28.08.2026
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Nikolaev_ec06ffa5 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Source revision 2014-02-08. Wikimedia original unmodified.
End of the built-up area.
English • Traffic sign 5.24.2 • End of built-up area. Built-up-area traffic rules cease to apply on this road from this point.
Русский • 5.24.2 • Конец населённого пункта. С этого места на данной дороге прекращают действовать требования ПДД для движения в населённых пунктах.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Nikolaev_ec06ffa5 • CC BY-SA 3.0)
🔗 Pravo.gov.ru • ПДД РФ • приложение 1 • 5.24.2
🔗 Pravo.gov.ru • Официальная редакция от 28.08.2026
Image via Commons.wikimedia.org
Nikolaev_ec06ffa5 • CC BY-SA 3.0 • Source revision 2014-02-08. Wikimedia original unmodified.
How can you recognise a built-up area in Russia?
Identify the actual sign: 5.23.1 or 5.23.2 starts the built-up-area rules, and 5.24.1 or 5.24.2 ends them. Sign 5.25 identifies a locality on a road where those rules do not apply. Observe any separate speed restriction.
What speed limit applies to cars in a built-up area in Russia?
For an ordinary passenger car, the general maximum where the built-up-area rules apply is 60 km/h unless signs establish another limit. Signs 5.23.1 and 5.23.2 introduce those rules; sign 5.25 does not introduce them on that road. A lower signed limit or zone still applies, and you must slow further when conditions require it.
