# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第十条 (Article 10) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十条 (Article 10)（通行区分） — address `art-10` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十条（通行区分） — (Traffic Distribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10 **第一項** 歩行者等は、歩道又は歩行者等の通行に十分な幅員を有する路側帯（次項及び次条において「歩道等」という。）と車道の区別のない道路においては、道路の右側端に寄つて通行しなければならない。ただし、道路の右側端を通行することが危険であるときその他やむを得ないときは、道路の左側端に寄つて通行することができる。 art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-1 On a road where there are no demarcations between a roadway and either a sidewalk or a side strip sufficiently wide for pedestrians, etc. to proceed (referred to in the following paragraph and the following Article as a "sidewalk or side strip"), a pedestrian, etc. must keep to the right edge of the road; provided, however, that if it is dangerous to use the right edge of the road or if there are other compelling circumstances, a pedestrian, etc. may keep to the left edge of the road. machine translation, not official **第二項** 歩行者等は、歩道等と車道の区別のある道路においては、次の各号に掲げる場合を除き、歩道等を通行しなければならない。 art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-2 On a road with demarcations between the sidewalk or side strip and the roadway, a pedestrian, etc. must use the sidewalk or side strip, except in the following cases: machine translation, not official **一** 車道を横断するとき。 art-10/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-2/item-1 when crossing the roadway; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 道路工事等のため歩道等を通行することができないとき、その他やむを得ないとき。 art-10/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-2/item-2 if the sidewalk or side strip cannot be used for reasons such as road works, or if there are other compelling circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定により歩道を通行する歩行者等は、普通自転車通行指定部分（第六十三条の四第二項に規定する普通自転車通行指定部分をいう。第十七条の二第二項において同じ。）があるときは、当該普通自転車通行指定部分をできるだけ避けて通行するように努めなければならない。 art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-3 A pedestrian, etc. who uses a sidewalk pursuant to the preceding paragraph must endeavor to avoid, as far as possible, any part of the sidewalk for use by standard bicycles (meaning the part of the sidewalk for use by standard bicycles prescribed in Article 63-4, paragraph (2); the same applies in Article 17-2, paragraph (2)) when using the sidewalk, if there is such a part. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-10/par-1: 次項 → 道路交通法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-2 - art-10/par-1: 次条 → 道路交通法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-11 - art-10/par-3: 前項 → 道路交通法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-2 - art-10/par-3: 第六十三条の四第二項 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の四第二項 (Article 63-4, paragraph (2)), art-63-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-4/par-2 - art-10/par-3: 第十七条の二第二項 → 道路交通法 第十七条の二第二項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (2)), art-17-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17-2/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第四条第一項（公安委員会の交通規制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-4/par-1 - 道路交通法 第十条第一項（通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-1 - 道路交通法 第十条第三項（通行区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-10/par-3 - 道路交通法 第十一条第一項（行列等の通行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-11/par-1 - 道路交通法 第十一条第二項（行列等の通行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-11/par-2 - 道路交通法 第十三条の二第一項（歩行者用道路等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-13-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-13-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第十五条第一項（通行方法の指示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-15/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch road-traffic-act-20261013T074321-001, translated 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13