A72: Level crossing without barriers

A72 · Warning signs

Level crossing without barriers

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What it means
Approach at a speed that lets you stop before the tracks. Observe signals, look and listen for trains, and cross only when you can clear the tracks.
Your action
Approach at a speed that lets you stop before the tracks. Observe signals, look and listen for trains, and cross only when you can clear the tracks.
Common mistake
No barriers does not mean no warning lights, no STOP sign or no approaching train.

Source check: 2026-10-16 · Order §13 (A72); Traffic Act §5. 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 12 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

A72A72Level crossing without barriersA73A73Level crossing with barriers

A72 warns of a railway crossing without barriers and A73 of one with barriers. Both require watching for trains and obeying any signals; a raised or absent barrier is not proof of a clear crossing.

Neighbours of this sign in the A group.
A43.3Road narrows on the rightA44Tunnel aheadA46.1Steep descentA46.2Steep ascentA73Level crossing with barriersA74.1Crossbuck: single railway trackA74.2Crossbuck: several railway tracksA75Railway-crossing distance markers

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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