E17: Pedestrian crossing

E17 · Special regulation signs

Pedestrian crossing

På dansk Fodgængerfelt

What it means
Marks a pedestrian crossing itself; A17 warns of one ahead.
Your action
At an uncontrolled crossing, slow down so you do not endanger or obstruct people crossing or about to enter; stop when necessary. At a controlled crossing, also obey its signals.
Common mistake
Do not treat E17 as a distant warning or assume an apparently empty crossing will remain empty.

Source check: 2026-10-18 · Order 425 §27 E17; Traffic Act §27(6–8). Road markings order 425, 13 April 2023 · Danish Road Traffic Act 118, 12 January 2026

E Mostly rectangular: they announce a regime, such as motorway, one-way street, zone or parking.

Learn it in lesson 16 → All signs

In the course

Do not confuse

A17A17Pedestrian crossingE17E17Pedestrian crossingE26.1E26.1Pedestrian bridgeE26.2E26.2Pedestrian underpass

A17 warns of a crossing ahead; E17 marks the crossing itself. E26 shows a separate route over or under the road, not a zebra crossing across it.

Road scene containing E17
The two E17 signs mark the crossing at the zebra markings. The separate circular sign on the right prohibits stopping; it does not replace the crossing rules.
Neighbours of this sign in the E group.
E11.9Lane directions: straight ahead, left or rightE15Lane directions at a junctionE16.1Lanes mergeE16.2Lane ends: change lanesE18No through roadE19One-way trafficE21.1Recommended route for cyclistsname onlyE21.2Recommended route for pedestriansname only

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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