B19: Priority over oncoming vehicles

B19 · Priority signs

Priority over oncoming vehicles

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Your action
You have priority over oncoming traffic, but wait rather than create a conflict with a vehicle already in the narrow section.
Common mistake
Having priority does not make an occupied or unsafe passage clear.

Source check: 2026-10-16 · Order §16; curriculum 7.7. Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023 · Færdselsstyrelsen — category B, May 2026

B Who gives way: yield, stop, priority road, and priority against oncoming traffic.

Learn it in lesson 01 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

B18B18Priority for oncoming vehiclesB19B19Priority over oncoming vehicles

B18: you must hold back for oncoming traffic. B19: oncoming traffic must hold back for you. Avoid a conflict even when you have priority.

A43.1A43.1Road narrows on both sidesB18B18Priority for oncoming vehiclesB19B19Priority over oncoming vehicles

A43 warns of reduced width. B18 requires you to hold back for oncoming traffic; B19 requires opposing traffic to hold back. The narrowing sign alone gives neither direction priority.

Neighbours of this sign in the B group.
B18Priority for oncoming vehiclesB11YieldB13StopB15Lane mergeB16Main roadB17End of main road

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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