A33: Loose stones and chippings

A33 · Warning signs

Loose stones and chippings

På dansk Løse sten

What it means
Reduce speed on the loose material and leave space from other vehicles to reduce the risk of stone impact.
Your action
Reduce speed on the loose material and leave space from other vehicles to reduce the risk of stone impact.
Common mistake
The risk is stones thrown by tyres, not rockfall from a hillside as on A34.

Source check: 2026-10-16 · Order §13; Traffic Act §41. Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023 · Danish Road Traffic Act 118, 12 January 2026

A Triangular with a red border: something ahead needs your attention. Outside built-up areas they normally stand 150-250 m before the hazard, closer inside town.

Learn it in lesson 11 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

A33A33Loose stones and chippingsA34A34Rockfall and fallen rocks

A33 concerns stones thrown from loose material. A34 concerns rockfall and rocks that have fallen onto the road.

Neighbours of this sign in the A group.
A23Horse riders aheadA26Wild animals crossingA27Farm animalsA31Unusually slippery roadA34Rockfall and fallen rocksA35Dangerous verge or road edgeA36Speed bumpA36.1Active traffic-calming dip

Drawing from Wikimedia Commons, free of copyright under section 9 of the Danish copyright act. Code and name follow executive order 425 of 13 April 2023 on road marking. Study material, not the legal text.

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