Meaning per category - C

These signs indicate a declaration of closure (no entry), one way streets (entry from one direction only) and rush-hour lane openings.

C-1
Closed in both directions to vehicles, horse riders and handlers of horses and livestock. Pedestrians are allowed here.

C-2
One-way street. Closed on this direction to vehicles, horse riders, handlers of horses and livestock. Pedestrians are allowed to enter from this side.

You can also find sign C-2 at the end of an exit of the autoweg or motorway. It is then always combined with the supplementary plate ‘ga terug’ (go back), to prevent drivers driving in the wrong direction.

C-3
One-way street, entry from this side allowed. If this sign is placed at the start of the street, then C-2 is placed at the end of the street.

C-4
One-way street to the right. This sign is usually placed at a T-junction. In that case you are required to turn right.

C-5
Entry from both directions allowed. This sign is placed at streets that appear to be one-way streets, but where you are allowed to enter from both sides. For example, a parallel road next to the main carriageway.

The signs C-6 through C-22 are the same as C-1, but specific to a particular group. To which group the sign applies, is indicated on the sign by an image, numbers or letters stated on the sign.

c06 — C-6 - Closed to motor vehicles on more than two wheels (including motorcycles with sidecar)

c07b — C-7b - Closed to lorries and buses

c08 — C-8 - Closed to agricultural vehicles, motor vehicles with limited speed and mobile machines

c09 — C-9 - Closed to horse riders, livestock, carriages, agricultural vehicles, motor vehicles with a limited speed, mobile machines, brommobielen, bicycles, mopeds and disability vehicles

c10 — C-10 - Closed to motor vehicles with a trailer

c11 — C-11 - Closed to motorcycles (including motorcycles with sidecar)

c12 — C-12 - Closed to all motor vehicles

c13 — C-13 - Closed to mopeds and snorfietsen and disability vehicles with the engine turned on

c14 — C-14 - Closed to bicycles (including snorfietsen) and disability vehicles without an engine

c15 — C-15 - Closed to bicycles (including snorfietsen), mopeds, and disability vehicles

c17 10 — C-17 - Closed to vehicles and combinations of vehicles that (including load) are longer than the size indicated on this sign

c18 23 — C-18 - Closed to vehicles that (including load) are wider than the indicated size on this sign

c19 23 — C-19 - Closed to vehicles (including load) that are taller than the size indicated on this sign

c20 32 — C-20 - Closed to vehicles with an axle load higher than the weight indicated on this sign

c21 32 — C-21 - Closed to vehicles and combinations whose total weight or sum of axle loads is higher than the weight indicated on the sign

c22 — C-22 - Closed to transporting certain hazardous substances

c22e — C22e - Closed to passenger cars, commercial vehicles, lorries or buses due to emission requirements (environmental zone or zero-emission zone)

c22f — C22f - End of closure due to emission requirements (environmental zone or zero-emission zone)

C-22 Zero-emission and environmental zone

Signs that indicate a zero-emission or environmental zone are accompanied by a supplementary plate that states whether certain (diesel) vehicles are allowed. This depends on the emission class under which the vehicle falls. The higher the emission class, the cleaner the vehicle. The vehicle’s emission class is stated in the national vehicle register.

c22e1 — C-22e1 - Zero-emission zone for commercial vehicles and lorries, accessible to zero-emission vehicles

c22e4 — C-22e4 - Environmental zone for diesel passenger cars, accessible to emission classes 4 to 6

c22e5 — C-22e5 - Environmental zone for diesel passenger cars, accessible to emission classes 5 and 6

c22e6 — C-22e6 - Environmental zone for diesel passenger cars and commercial vehicles, accessible to emission classes 4 to 6

c22e7 — C-22e7 - Environmental zone for diesel passenger cars and commercial vehicles, accessible to emission classes 5 and 6

c22e8 — C-22e8 - Environmental zone for lorries, accessible to lorries with emission class 6

c22e9 — C-22e9 - Environmental zone for buses, accessible to buses in emission class 6

c22e10 — C-22e10 - Environmental zone for lorries and buses, accessible to lorries and buses in emission class 6

Closure signs can also be used as zone signs. These signs remain valid until the end zone sign.

The last signs in the C series are not about declaration of closures, but about the opening of extra lanes (rush-hour lanes).

A declaration of closure sign can also have a supplementary plate, which indicates a clarification or restriction of the declaration of closure.

Destination traffic: Drivers whose destination is on a road they are prohibited from entering due to a declaration of closure and that cannot be reached via any other route. Public buses are always classed as destination traffic.

C-6 exempt destination traffic
The supplementary sign indicates that destination traffic may always enter this road. Even if they fall under the category that is indicated on the sign above: motor vehicles on more than two wheels.

C-12 during certain hours
The supplementary sign indicates at which times the sign above applies. The road is opened to all traffic outside these times. So, also for the categories indicated by the sign above: all motor vehicles.