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Motorcycles - vehicle categories L (Vehicles below 3.5 tonnes)
Standard speed limits (unless otherwise stated by traffic signs) [km/h]
Urban roads
Non-urban roads
Motorways/expressways
Passenger cars, vans – vehicle categories M1, N1 (Vehicles below 3.5 tonnes )
Standard speed limits (unless otherwise stated by traffic signs) [km/h]
Urban roads
Non-urban roads
Motorways/expressways
Passenger cars, vans with trailers of category O1, O2 (Vehicles below 3.5 tonnes)
Standard speed limits (unless otherwise stated by traffic signs) [km/h]
Urban roads
Non-urban roads
Motorways/expressways
Vehicle categories N2, N3 (Heavy goods vehicles beyond 3.5 tonnes)
Standard speed limits (unless otherwise stated by traffic signs) [km/h]
Urban roads
Non-urban roads
Motorways/expressways
Vehicle categories M2, M3 (Buses)
Standard speed limits (unless otherwise stated by traffic signs) [km/h]
Urban roads
Non-urban roads
Motorways/expressways
The use of seat belts and child restraint systems is MANDATORY (Directive 91/671/EEC as amended). The use of seat belts is not compulsory for:
- drivers when reversing or driving in a car park, service station, the site of repair garage or similar places
- drivers and passengers with disability while it is considered acceptable in terms of road safety
- persons who are in possession of an exemption for serious medical reasons proved by medical certificate
- drivers when transporting a client,
- drivers and passengers of priority vehicles, including ambulances, when driving on duty,
- in urban areas, drivers who needs frequently to get out of or back into a vehicle and when the distance between each stop does not exceed 500 m
- in urban areas, drivers of Post Denmark when delivering letters and packages
- in urban areas, drivers delivering newspaper to subscribers
- drivers of police and military police when monitoring or transporting dangerous persons
- drivers of defence forces when driving at low speed in exercise areas
- regular transport services by coach and bus where the carriage of standing passengers is allowed (local transport in urban and built-up areas by buses with at least 20% standing room used for regular services)
The use of child-restraint systems is not compulsory for:
- children below three years traveling in Taxi and using a seat other than the front seat
- children having three years and more in Taxi, using a seat other than the front seat and a seat belt
- children having three years and more engaged in occasional transport by car (which is not equipped with a child-restraint system) and using a seat other than the front seat
- vehicles if there is no space to fit a child-restraint system, because the back seat is already fitted with such equipment in use by two other children, and the third child uses a seat other than the front seat and a seat belt
The information on specific rules in force as regards signalling which precedes the red light was not provided. Nevertheless, only emergency vehicles (including "emergency" bicycles) are allowed driving through red light. The following entities can register emergency vehicles: police, defence forces, national or municipal rescue services and on-site leader appointed by the municipal authorities to lead the technical work at a site of damage.
Maximum blood alcohol content [g/l]
Standard drivers
Novice drivers
Professional drivers
Forbidden drugs
THC (cannabis) Minimum limit (mg per kg blood): 0.001
Methylamphetamine Minimum limit (mg per kg blood): 0.01
MDMA (ecstasy) Minimum limit (mg per kg blood): 0.02
54 narcotics classified as dangerous to road safety (e.g. opiates including their derivate and cocaine), including medicines, are defined in Annex 1 (lists A, B, C and D) of Government Order 655 of 19 June 2007. To establish whether a blood sample contains a narcotic classified as dangerous to road safety, the blood sample must be examined to measure the active component indicated for the narcotic in question in Annex 1. A blood sample is deemed to contain an active component only if the test result exceeds the minimum limit indicated for the narcotic in question in Annex 1. A blood sample containing insignificant residue of a narcotic classified as dangerous to road safety but not listed in Annex 1 is deemed not to contain the narcotic in question.
There are lanes reserved for various types of vehicles. If the road has been divided into separate lanes for different types of driving/vehicles, drivers must use the lane specified for the vehicle they are driving. Small mopeds must be driven on cycle paths unless road signs indicate otherwise. If there is a slow lane, it is to be used by vehicles driven at a speed lower than that indicated on the road sign for the slow lane. Other vehicles may not be driven in the slow lane.
not mandatory 
mandatory
Bicycles
Two-wheel vehicles of category L1e (mopeds)
Two-wheel vehicles of categories L3e, L4e (motorcycles with/without a sidecar)
Motor tricycles of categories L2e, L5e (light and heavy tricycles)
Motor quadricycles of categories L6e, L7e (light and heavy quadricycles)
Use of mobile phone without hand-free set
Use of mobile phone with hand-free set
Safety equipment for cars Warning triangle
The information on road-safety rules on this website according to Article 8(1) of Directive 2011/82/EU facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences is provided by Denmark. In the event of any conflict between the provided data and the rules in effect in a given country, the latter take precedence. The data are meant purely as a documentation tool and the Commission does not assume any liability for their content or their accuracy.
