Vehicles speeding on single carriageways in Great Britain (UK) 2014, by type
This graph shows the percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit on single carriageways in Great Britain in 2014, by vehicle type. The speed limit for motorcycles, cars and light goods vehicles was 60 mph, for cars towing and buses and coaches 70 mph, and for heavy goods vehicles 40 mph. This helps explain why so many HGVs exceeded the speed limit.