Offence
Speeding - exceed 70 mph motorway limit - manned equipment
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
- 1,136
- Upcoming hearings
- 33
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 100
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (1,136)
- Sentencing guideline
- Speeding (Revised 2017)
- Official offence code
- RR84019
- The law
- Contrary to regulation 3 of the Motorways Traffic (Speed Limit) Regulations 1974, section 17(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
- Hull and Holderness Magistrates' Court (100 hearings)
- Leamington Spa Magistrates' Court (83 hearings)
- Worcester Justice Centre (62 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (57 hearings)
- Preston Magistrates' Court (57 hearings)
- Peterborough Magistrates' Court (55 hearings)
- Wirral Magistrates' Court (48 hearings)
- Harrogate Justice Centre (43 hearings)
- Redditch Magistrates' Court (32 hearings)
- Cheltenham Magistrates' Court (29 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (29 hearings)
- Bath (28 hearings)
- Aldershot Justice Centre (27 hearings)
- Southampton (West Hampshire) Magistrates' Court (25 hearings)
- Cambridge Magistrates' Court (23 hearings)
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