Road Traffic Act 1930

Sections 10 and 121.

FIRST SCHEDULE Limits of Speed.

Class of Vehicle. I	Maximum Speed—Miles per Hour.
1. Passenger Vehicles, that is to say vehicles constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects :—
(1) If all the wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres and the vehicle is not drawing a trailer—
(a) if the vehicle is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers, exclusive of the driver and is not a heavy motor car or an invalid carriage	No limit.
(b) if the vehicle is a heavy motor car or is adapted to carry more than seven passengers, exclusive of the driver	30
(2) In any other case, including invalid carriages	20
2. Goods Vehicles, that is to say vehicles constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description:—
(1) When not drawing a trailer—
(a) Motor cars, if all the wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres; and
(b) Heavy motor cars, constructed or adapted for the conveyance of horses and their attendants and used solely for that purpose, if all the wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres	30
(c) (i) Motor cars, if all the wheels are not fitted with pneumatic tyres but are fitted with soft or elastic tyres; and
(ii) Heavy motor cars, if all the wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres	20
(d) Heavy motor cars, if all the wheels are not fitted with pneumatic tyres but are fitted with soft or elastic tyres	16
(2) When drawing a trailer—
(a) if all the wheels both of the drawing vehicle and of the trailer are fitted with pneumatic tyres, or if the trailer is attached to the drawing vehicle by partial superimposition in such manner as to cause a substantial part of the weight to be borne by the vehicle and all the wheels both of the drawing vehicle and of the trailer are fitted with soft or elastic tyres	16
(b) if all the wheels both of the drawing vehicle and of the trailer are not fitted with pneumatic tyres but are fitted with soft or elastic tyres	8
(3) In any other case	5
3. Locomotives and motor tractors :—
(1) Heavy locomotives—
(a) Within any city, town or village -	3
(b) Elsewhere	5
(2) Light locomotives—
(a) When not drawing a trailer or not drawing more than two trailers, if all the wheels both of the locomotive and of any trailer drawn by it are fitted with soft or elastic tyres	8
(b) In any other case	5
(3) Motor tractors—
(a) When not drawing a trailer, if all the wheels of the tractor are fitted with soft or elastic tyres	16
(b) When drawing a trailer, if all the wheels both of the tractor and of any trailer drawn by it are fitted with soft or elastic tyres	8
(c) In any other case	5