Uncontrolled
INT-UNC-07 Situational / Discouraged Intersections & Crossings
Uncontrolled
An intersection with no stop, yield, signal, or roundabout control, right-of-way resolved informally by the drivers and other road users present.
Typical at: Undeveloped Rural
Suburban is an edge case. Compact, Urban, and Core are unlikely pairings.
Design notes
Uncontrolled intersections are only realistic where traffic volume is low enough on every approach that informal right-of-way resolution stays safe, which narrows this pattern to the lowest end of the density range.1 Where volume rises past that point, Stop / Yield (Two-Way) is the first applied control tier.
Related patterns
Stop / Yield (Two-Way) (INT-SYD-05) (the next control tier up as volume exceeds informal right-of-way resolution, made explicit by the sentence added to this page's own Design notes)