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UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. Hide this message. Home Driving and transport The Highway Code, road safety and vehicle rules. When you're behind the wheel of a vehicle other than a conventional car, or if you're using your car to tow a caravan or trailer, then the speed limit that's posted at the roadside won't necessarily apply.
These limits could be difficult to work out, but they will definitely be lower than the posted maximum you see on road signs. They will vary depending on the type of vehicle you're driving, too and when you add-in regional variations between Scotland, England and Wales, then it's easy to be confused about which speed limit is the right one for you to stick to.
Below are the UK national speed limits as they currently stand. We've listed each type of vehicle class and the maximum speeds permitted on each type of road for that class. A restricted road is the technical name for roads that are in built up areas. In these busy situations, it can sometimes be difficult to work out the speed limit.
However, if you can't see any speed limit signs, a good rule of thumb to follow is that if there are buildings and street lights lining the road, then the speed limit is 30mph. However, if the posted speed limit is higher than 30mph, then the different zone will be signified by the standard circular speed limit signs at the start of the zone, then smaller repeater signs will be placed on lamp posts or individual posts at regular intervals within the zone.
If the road doesn't have a physical divider between the two opposing streams of traffic then this is a single carriageway road. They can be formed of any number of variations from a single lane country road with passing places, to a wide five-lane road with something called a tidal flow for the centre lane, which is designed to operate in both directions to ease traffic congestion at peak times.
The other highway variant is the dual carriageway. These use a divider - either a grass verge or something more substantial, such as metal armco or concrete barriers. In very rare circumstances often at the start of a multi-lane road they can have single lanes in both directions, but more often they will have at least two lanes for each direction of traffic.
Motorways are an evolution of the dual carriageway, and due to their higher speeds there are restrictions on the type of vehicles that can use them, with the slowest road users banned from them. We've listed the national speed limits above, but local authorities are able to impose different speed limits where they see fit.
Usually this is to slow traffic on roads where the 60mph national speed limit would normally apply, although there is also the ability to add 20mph zones in urban areas. This will be carried out in phases. The reasons behind it are that it saves lives, makes streets safer and makes it better for cyclists and pedestrians. It also encourages less cars on the road so in turn, better for the environment too. Wales will be the first in the UK to carry this out.
A single carriageway road is a road where there is no physical divider between your lane and oncoming traffic. This is different from a dual carriageway because dual carriageways will always have separation between the lanes.
On a single carriageway, there are no traffic lights less than yards apart. Country roads are the same as single carriageway roads, just a more commonly used word. The national speed limits for these are above, unless the road signs say otherwise. Remember, the local authorities can set lower speeds so keep an eye out. A dual carriageway is where a divider is used. Although the national speed is the max speed you can drive, lots of dual carriageways have different speeds which are well signed if there are turns or concealed entrances.
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