Stop signSweden
Traffic rules
Sweden
12. Stop sign
A stop sign requires drivers to bring their vehicle to a complete stop and give way before entering or crossing the road ahead. The stop must be made at the stop line or another legally prescribed position.
After stopping, the driver may continue only when this can be done safely and without interfering with traffic that has priority. The sign does not create priority for the driver who has stopped.
Wikimedia.org • Milan Nykodym • CC BY-SA
Must I stop completely at a stop sign in Sweden?
Yes. Come to a complete stop when the applicable stop sign controls your approach, even when you cannot see another road user. Slowing to a crawl is not a stop. The stopping duty is separate from the duty to give way before continuing.
🔗 data.riksdagen.se • Traffic Ordinance chapter 3 sections 5,19; Signs Ordinance chapter 2 sign B2
Stop and give way.
English • Traffic sign B2 • Compulsory stop. Drivers must stop before entering an intersecting road, route or track area; chapter 3, section 19 of the Traffic Ordinance applies. If every approach has a stop requirement, supplementary plate T14 indicates an all-way stop.
Svenska • Vägmärke B2 • Stopplikt. Märket anger att förare har stopplikt före infart på korsande väg, led eller spårområde och att bestämmelserna i 3 kap. 19 § trafikförordningen är tillämpliga. Om samtliga tillfarter i en korsning har stopplikt anges detta med tilläggstavla T14, flervägsstopp.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Transportstyrelsen.se • Transportstyrelsen • B2 (SV)
SVG source: Author not stated on source page • Public domain • Original revision 2017-10-26. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Where must I stop at a stop-controlled junction in Sweden?
Stop at the stop line. If there is no line, stop before entering the crossing road or route. Stopping does not complete the giving-way duty: continue only without danger or obstruction to the priority traffic.
🔗 data.riksdagen.se • Traffic Ordinance chapter 3 sections 5,19; Signs Ordinance chapter 2 sign B2
Does stopping first give me priority at a stop sign in Sweden?
A complete stop does not, by itself, give you priority. Give way to the road users entitled to pass under the junction’s signs and rules, check pedestrians and cyclists, and proceed only when the gap is safe. Do not follow another stopped vehicle through without satisfying your own stopping and yielding duties.
🔗 data.riksdagen.se • Traffic Ordinance chapter 3 sections 5,19; Signs Ordinance chapter 2 sign B2
