Magistrates' Guidelines for Speeding Offences

The Magistrates Court Association has set down sentencing guidelines for speeding charges. They're as follows (or see the table);a full list of the Penalty Points for motoring offences, and a description of the "totting up" procedure is available at this link.

• For travelling up to 10 mph faster than a 20-30 mph speed limit or up to 15 mph faster than a 40-50 mph speed limit or up to 20 mph faster than a 60-70 mph speed limit the guidelines suggest that the magistrates endorse with 3 penalty points.
• For travelling between 11 and 20 mph faster than a 20-30 mph speed limit, or between 16 and 25 mph faster than a 40-50 mph speed limit, or between 21 and 30 mph faster than a 60-70 mph speed limit, the guidelines suggest that the magistrates endorse with 4 or 5 penalty points.
• For travelling between 21 and 30 mph faster than a 20-30 mph speed limit, or between 26 and 35 mph faster than a 40-50 mph speed limit, or between 31 and 40 mph faster than a 60-70 mph speed limit, the guidelines suggest that the magistrates endorse with 6 penalty points or consider disqualification for between 14 and 56 days.

You should note that these are only guidelines and the magistrates can deviate from them.

As far as fines are concerned speeding carries a maximum fine of £1,000 (£2,500 if speeding on a motorway).

You can use our handy calculator to see what the guidelines indicate for any particular speed:

The guidelines also lay down fines which are very much dependant upon your income.

This is summarised in the following table:

All speeding offences are handled by Magistrates' Courts; if you'd like to know more about these courts please follow this link.

You can read the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Speed Enforcement Guidelines.

Here are some interesting figures for the revenue generated from speeding offences for each Welsh county. Take a look at the figures and ratios for the smallest county, Gwent!

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