What should you do?
Slow down and be ready to stop; never enter the crossing unless your exit is clear and never drive round closed gates or barriers.
How to recognise it
Yellow diamond with a black gate or fence symbol.
Common confusion
The crossed-rail symbol is used instead where the level crossing has no gates or barriers.
Explanation written by the My Driving Test editorial team using the Department of Transport Traffic Signs Manual conventions and the RSA Rules of the Road.
