# Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Part I: Vehicles Fitted with Pneumatic Tyres on all Wheels

Extent: E+W+S

Table
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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
60
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
60
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
50 60
40 50
(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
9.
An agricultural motor vehicle
40
40
40

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/schedule/6/part/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-act-1984/schedule-6/part-I
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