The Government is committed to ensuring that speed limits are complied with and enforced as a means of reducing deaths and injuries on our roads.

Speed limits

The emergency services excepted, the Government does not believe there is ever a time when it is right to break the posted speed limits.

Information about speed limits and stopping distances are available from:

• Speed limits and speeding
• Highway code control of the vehicle
• Warning, regulatory, speed limit and level crossing signs

Speeding offences

Information about license endorsements and disqualifications is available from:

• Endorsements and disqualifications

Dangers of speeding

Speeding is a traffic offence with potentially serious consequences and driving at excessive speeds continues to be a problem that results in accidents, fatalities and serious injuries.

Information about the dangers of speeding is available from:

• THINK! speed
• THINK! speed campaign strategy
• THINK! speed research

Speed publications and research

• Characteristics of speed-related collisions
• Circular 1/06 new guidance on setting local speed limits
• Fixed speed camera collision, casualty and speed data
• Interim evaluation of the implementation of 20 mph speed limits in Portsmouth
• Monitoring speed awareness courses: baseline data collection
• Relationship between speed and risk of fatal injury: pedestrians and car occupants
• Speed camera information