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: 13 July 2021 — See all updates

Vehicle speed compliance (SPE01)

SPE0111: Vehicle speed compliance by road type and vehicle type in Great Britain (ODS, 122KB)

SPE0112: Vehicle speed compliance in Great Britain (ODS, 23.6KB)

SPE0113: Percentage exceeding the speed limit by hour of day on roads with free flowing conditions in Great Britain (ODS, 20.5KB)

SPE0114: Time difference (headway) between HGVs and the vehicle in front in Great Britain (ODS, 9.08KB)

SPE0115: Percentage of cars exceeding the speed limit by day of the week on roads with free flowing conditions (ODS, 11.4KB)

SPE0116: Percentage of cars exceeding the speed limit by road type (ODS, 91.7KB)

Speeding offences and reported accidents involving speeding (SPE02)

SPE0201: Motor vehicle offences relating to exceeding the speed limit (ODS, 11.3KB)

SPE0202: Reported accidents where exceeding the speed limit was reported as a contributory factor, by severity, in Great Britain (ODS, 10.3KB)

SPE0203: Vehicles involved in reported accidents where exceeding the speed limit was reported as a contributory factor by vehicle type and severity of accident (ODS, 16.9KB)

SPE0204: Reported accidents where exceeding the speed limit was reported as a contributory factor and excluding non-free flow conditions (ODS, 10.4KB)

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Published 5 November 2018
Last updated 13 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 13 July 2021

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

2. 8 September 2020

   Data tables updated for the 2019 annual report.

3. 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.

4. 5 November 2018

   First published.