Road signs in Kazakhstan are similar to the road sign system of other post-Soviet states that ensure that transport vehicles move safely and orderly, as well as to inform the participants of traffic built-in graphic icons. These icons are governed by the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals. Road signs are regulated by the СТ РК 1125-2021 standard.[1]
Road signs in Kazakhstan are in many ways similar to road signs used in neighboring Russia and derived from the Soviet ГОСТ 10807-78 (no longer valid in Russia since January 1, 2006),[2][3] modern Russian ГОСТ Р 52290-2004[4][5][6] and Belarusian СТБ 1140-2013[7] standards as well as in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.[8] However, СТ РК 1125-2021 has some differences from its Russian counterpart ГОСТ Р 52290-2004:
On January 1, 2004, the Kazakh state standard for road signs СТ РК 1125-2002 came into force in Kazakhstan to replace the ГОСТ 10807-78 standard that had been in force since Soviet times.[8]
Road signs are divided into 7 categories:
# | Category name | Category name (in Russian) | Category name (in Kazakh) |
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1 | Warning signs | Предупреждающие знаки | Ескерту белгілері |
2 | Priority signs | Знаки приоритета | Басымдылық белгілері |
3 | Prohibitory signs | Запрещающие знаки | Тыйым салатын белгілер |
4 | Mandatory signs | Предписывающие знаки | Нұсқайтын белгілер |
5 | Information signs | Информационно-указательные знаки | Ақпараттық-нұсқағыш белгілер |
6 | Service signs | Знаки сервиса | Сервис белгілері |
7 | Additional panels | Знаки дополнительной информации (таблички) | Қосымша ақпарат белгілері (тақтайшалар) |
The official typeface of road signs in Kazakhstan is based on ГОСТ 10807-78. However, Arial is often de facto used on road signs in Kazakhstan instead of one based on the ГОСТ 10807-78, similar to neighboring Russia and most other post-Soviet states.