Offence
Speeding - exceed 40 mph special road / motorway limit - ACD
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 55
- Courts listing it
- 8
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (55)
- Sentencing guideline
- Speeding (Revised 2017)
- Official offence code
- RR84702
- The law
- Contrary to the above regulations and section 17(2), (3) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Bath (42 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Swindon Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Bristol Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Cheltenham Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Leamington Spa Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Leeds District Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Oxford Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
Related offences
- Speeding - exceed 70 mph motorway limit - manned equipment
- Exceed a 50mph speed restriction on a special road / motorway - automatic camera device
- Speeding - exceed 70 mph motorway limit - automatic camera device
- Speeding - exceed 30 mph on restricted road in England - automatic camera device
- Speeding - exceed 30 mph on restricted road in England - manned equipment
- Speeding - exceed 20 mph on restricted road in Wales - automatic camera device
- Speeding - exceed 5 / 18 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 mph limit for a goods vehicle - manned equipment
- Speeding - exceed 5 / 18 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 mph limit for a goods vehicle - unmanned automatic equipment