Part I Vehicles Fitted with Pneumatic Tyres on all Wheels
England, Wales and Scotland
Table
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Class of Vehicle | Maximum speed (in miles per hour) while vehicle is being driven on: | ||
| (a) Motorway | (b) Dual carriageway road not being a motorway | (c) Other road | ||
| 1. | A passenger vehicle, motor caravan or dual-purpose vehicle not drawing a trailer being a vehicle with an unladen weight exceeding 3·05 tonnes or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers: | |||
| (i) if not exceeding 12 metres in overall length | 70 | 60 | 50 | |
| (ii) if exceeding 12 metres in overall length | 60 | 60 | 50 | |
| 2. | An invalid carriage | not applicable | 20 | 20 |
| 3. | A passenger vehicle, motor caravan, car-derived van or dual-purpose vehicle drawing one trailer | F160 | 60 | 50 |
| 4. | A passenger vehicle, motor caravan, car-derived van or dual-purpose vehicle drawing more than one trailer | 40 | 20 | 20 |
| 5. | (1) A goods vehicle having a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7·5 tonnes and which is not—(a) an articulated vehicle, or(b) drawing a trailer, or(c) a car-derived van | 70 | 60 | 50 |
| (2) A goods vehicle which is— | ||||
| (a) (i) an articulated vehicle having a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7·5 tonnes, or (ii) a motor vehicle, other than a car-derived van, which is drawing one trailer where the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer does not exceed 7·5 tonnes | 60 | F260 | 50 | |
| (b) (i) an articulated vehicle having a maximum laden weight exceeding 7·5 tonnes, (ii) a motor vehicle having a maximum laden weight exceeding 7·5 tonnes and not drawing a trailer, or (iii) a motor vehicle drawing one trailer where the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer exceeds 7·5 tonnes | 60 | |||
| (c) a motor vehicle, other than a car-derived van, drawing more than one trailer | 40 | 20 | 20 | |
| 6. | A motor tractor (other than an industrial tractor), a light locomotive or a heavy locomotive—(a) if the provisions about springs and wings as specified in paragraph 3 of Part IV of this Schedule are complied with and the vehicle is not drawing a trailer, or if those provisions are complied with and the vehicle is drawing one trailer which also complies with those provisions | 40 | 30 | 30 |
| (b) in any other case | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| 7. | A works truck | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 8. | An industrial tractor | not applicable | 18 | 18 |
| F59. | An agricultural motor vehicle | 40 | 40 | 40 |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Figure "60" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 3 substituted by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(a)
- F2
Figure "60" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(b)
- F3
Figure "50" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3552), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
- F4
Figure "40" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted (E,W.) (6.4.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Variation of Speed Limits) (England and Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3552), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
- F5
Item 9 in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 added by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(c)