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Vehicle speed compliance statistics

Data and statistics about the vehicle speed compliance on roads in Great Britain.

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From:
Department for Transport
Published:
27 June 2013
Last updated:
23 June 2026
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  1. Updated with notice about the postponement of the next release until Summer 2027

  2. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: 2024 published.

  3. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain report for the year 2023 published.

  4. Vehicle speed compliance annual statistics for Great Britain 2022 added.

  5. Vehicle speed compliance annual statistics for Great Britain 2021 added.

  6. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: October to December 2021 added.

  7. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain, July to September 2021 added.

  8. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain, April to June 2021 added to collection.

  9. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain 2020 added to collection.

  10. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain, January to March 2021 added to collection.

  11. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: October to December 2020 added to collection.

  12. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain July to September 2020 report added to collection.

  13. Quarterly vehicle speed compliance statistics for January to June 2020 and statistical dataset for the quarterly tables (SPE25) added to collection.

  14. Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain 2019 report added to collection.

  15. New released published - Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain 2018.

  16. New release published.

  17. New release published, summary text updated.

  18. First published.

The release of Vehicle Speed Compliance Statistics for Great Britain: 2025 has been postponed until Summer 2027 as part of a wider review of the production of these statistics. The Department is currently considering the implications of changes to data sources and assessing how best to address these opportunities without impacting the continuity of the series and user need. Further information will be provided to users in the next few months. The previously published Vehicle Speed Compliance Statistics for Great Britain: 2024 should still be used to inform current understanding of vehicle speed compliance.

Vehicle speed compliance statistics

Vehicle speed compliance statistics provides information on the speeds at which drivers choose to travel when free to do so, and their compliance with speed limits. They were published as free flow vehicle speed statistics before 2016.

These statistics on vehicle speeds in free flow conditions are not representative of average speeds across the whole road network. For such average speed statistics, please visit the road congestion and travel time statistics page.

Vehicle speed information on current or previous vehicle speed compliance statistics and free flow vehicle speeds are available.

Vehicle speed compliance data tables

About the vehicle speed compliance data and reports

Vehicle speed compliance statistics were assessed by the UK Statistics Authority and confirmed as accredited official statistics in February 2013. The publication includes data from the RAC Foundation and National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme which are not accredited official statistics.

Vehicle speed compliance statistics are produced by monitoring traffic speeds at about 80 sites using automatic traffic counters (ATC), deliberately located where external factors which might restrict driver behaviour are not present. Statistics are presented by different road types and by different vehicle types.

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