Road signs in Zimbabwe

Road signs in Zimbabwe have many variations unique to Zimbabwe, but generally stay closer to the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals concerning the use of shape and colour to indicate function.

Stop sign in Zimbabwe

Recently, Zimbabwe has agreed to harmonize traffic signs with those in other SADC countries, however the progress of this programme as at 2016.

Permanent road signs

Regulatory signs

Control signs

Command signs

Prohibition signs

Warning signs

Warning signs consist of an upwards-pointed triangle, with a plate below using pictograms to convey their particular meaning, similar to signs used in Britain before the 1960s. Malawi and Zambia use similar warning signs.

Information signs

Temporary road signs

Regulatory signs

Command signs

Prohibition signs

Information signs

Old road signs (Historic)

In 1996, Zimbabwe along with Malawi and Zambia uses mandatory signs are now used from Type B to Type A.

References

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