# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2) - 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: 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2)（消防用車両の優先等） — address `art-41-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十一条の二（消防用車両の優先等） — (Right of Way and Related Considerations for Fire-Services Vehicles) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2 **第一項** 交差点又はその付近において、消防用車両（消防用自動車以外の消防の用に供する車両で、消防用務のため、政令で定めるところにより、運転中のものをいう。以下この条及び第七十五条の二十二第二項において同じ。）が接近してきたときは、車両等（車両にあつては、緊急自動車及び消防用車両を除く。）は、交差点を避けて一時停止しなければならない。 art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-1 When a fire-services vehicle (meaning a vehicle other than a fire truck, which is used in firefighting and is being driven pursuant to Cabinet Order as a part of fire-fighting services; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 75-22, paragraph (2)) is approaching an intersection or its vicinity, a vehicle or streetcar (excluding, in the case of a vehicle, emergency motor vehicles and fire-services vehicles) must avoid the intersection and come to a temporary stop. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項以外の場所において、消防用車両が接近してきたときは、車両（緊急自動車及び消防用車両を除く。）は、当該消防用車両の通行を妨げてはならない。 art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-2 When a fire-services vehicle is approaching any place other than what is prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the driver of a vehicle (other than an emergency motor vehicle or another fire-services vehicle) must not prevent the fire-services vehicle from proceeding. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第三十九条の規定は、消防用車両について準用する。 art-41-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-3 Article 39 applies mutatis mutandis to fire-services vehicles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 消防用車両については、第八条第一項、第十七条第六項、第十八条、第二十条第一項及び第二項、第二十五条第一項及び第二項、第二十五条の二第二項、第二十六条の二第三項、第二十九条、第三十条、第三十四条第一項から第五項まで、第三十五条第一項、第三十八条第一項前段及び第三項、第四十条第一項、第六十三条の六並びに第六十三条の七の規定は、適用しない。 art-41-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-4 Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 17, paragraph (6), Article 18, Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 25, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 25-2, paragraph (2), Article 26-2, paragraph (3), Article 29, Article 30, Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (5), Article 35, paragraph (1), the first sentence of paragraph (1) and the entirety of paragraph (3) of Article 38, and Article 40, paragraph (1), Article 63-6, and Article 63-7 do not apply to fire-services vehicles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-41-2/par-1: この条 → 道路交通法 第四十一条の二 (Article 41-2), art-41-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2 - art-41-2/par-1: 第七十五条の二十二第二項 → 道路交通法 第七十五条の二十二第二項 (Article 75-22, paragraph (2)), art-75-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-75-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-75-22/par-2 - art-41-2/par-2: 前項 → 道路交通法 第四十一条の二第一項 (Article 41-2, paragraph (1)), art-41-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-1 - art-41-2/par-3: 第三十九条 → 道路交通法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-39 - art-41-2/par-4: 第八条第一項 → 道路交通法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-8/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第十七条第六項 → 道路交通法 第十七条第六項 (Article 17, paragraph (6)), art-17/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-17/par-6 - art-41-2/par-4: 第十八条 → 道路交通法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-18 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二十条第一項 → 道路交通法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20/par-2 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二十五条第一項 → 道路交通法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-25/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二項 → 道路交通法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-25/par-2 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二十五条の二第二項 → 道路交通法 第二十五条の二第二項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-25-2/par-2 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二十六条の二第三項 → 道路交通法 第二十六条の二第三項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (3)), art-26-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-26-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-26-2/par-3 - art-41-2/par-4: 第二十九条 → 道路交通法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-29 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十条 → 道路交通法 第三十条 (Article 30), art-30 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-30 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-2 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-3 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第四項 (Article 34, paragraph (4)), art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-4 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第五項 (Article 34, paragraph (5)), art-34/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-5 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十五条第一項 → 道路交通法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三十八条第一項 → 道路交通法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-38/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第三項 → 道路交通法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-38/par-3 - art-41-2/par-4: 第四十条第一項 → 道路交通法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-40/par-1 - art-41-2/par-4: 第六十三条の六 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の六 (Article 63-6), art-63-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-6 - art-41-2/par-4: 第六十三条の七 → 道路交通法 第六十三条の七 (Article 63-7), art-63-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-63-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-7 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第四十一条の二第一項（消防用車両の優先等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-1 - 道路交通法 第四十一条の二第二項（消防用車両の優先等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-41-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-41-2/par-2 - 道路交通法 第百二十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-120/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-120/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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-20261013T074321-003, 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