Statistical data set

Vehicle speed compliance statistics: data tables (SPE)

Data about vehicle speed compliance on roads in Great Britain, produced by Department for Transport.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 5 November 2018
• Last updated: 18 July 2024 — See all updates

Accessibility of tables

The department is currently working to make our tables accessible for our users. The data tables for these statistics are now accessible.

We would welcome any feedback on the accessibility of our tables, please email vehicle speed compliance statistics.

Vehicle speed compliance (SPE01)

SPE0111: Vehicle speed compliance by road type and vehicle type in Great Britain (ODS, 130 KB)

SPE0112: Vehicle speed compliance in Great Britain (ODS, 28.2 KB)

SPE0113: Percentage exceeding the speed limit by hour of day on roads with free flowing conditions in Great Britain (ODS, 17.9 KB)

SPE0114: Time difference (headway) between HGVs and the vehicle in front in Great Britain (ODS, 10.7 KB)

SPE0115: Percentage of cars exceeding the speed limit by day of the week on roads with free flowing conditions (ODS, 9.98 KB)

SPE0116: Percentage of cars exceeding the speed limit by road type (ODS, 141 KB)

Speeding offences and reported accidents involving speeding (SPE02)

Minor revision to SPE0201

On 24 August 2023, table SPE0201 was revised to correct historic figures on penalty notices for speeding offences which had been incorrectly transcribed by the department. The original Home Office source of the data was not affected.

SPE0201: Motor vehicle offences relating to exceeding the speed limit (ODS, 9.74 KB)

Contact us

Road traffic and vehicle speed compliance statistics

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Published 5 November 2018
Last updated 18 July 2024 + show all updates

1. 18 July 2024

   Data tables updated for the latest vehicle speed compliance statistics report for the year 2023.

2. 24 August 2023

   Data tables updated for the 2022 annual report.

3. 16 June 2022

   Data tables updated for the 2021 annual report.

4. 13 July 2021

   Data tables updated for the 2020 annual report. Percentage of cars exceeding the speed limit by road type data table added.

5. 8 September 2020

   Data tables updated for the 2019 annual report.

6. 26 June 2019

   Data tables updated for the 2018 annual report. Table for percentage of cars exceeding the speed limit on roads with free flowing conditions added to the dataset.

7. 5 November 2018

   First published.