Overview
- The figures reported Wednesday, obtained by IAM RoadSmart from the DVLA, revealed 939,519 SP30 endorsements in 2025 for breaking limits on non-motorway roads.
- Motorway speeding fell to 216,141 cases, down 6% year on year, which signals detections are moving from high-speed routes to town and city streets.
- Twenty‑mile‑per‑hour limits now cover about 39,000 miles of UK roads and DfT monitoring shows three‑quarters of drivers exceed 20mph on free‑flowing stretches with average speeds of 24mph that can trigger cameras.
- Speed‑awareness course attendance reached a record 1.8 million last year as many drivers chose education over three penalty points and a £100 fine.
- Motoring groups split on the trend, with the AA citing wider 20mph zones and more cameras while FairFuelUK claims drivers are being fleeced, as IAM RoadSmart warns of a culture of speeding.