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Part IE+W+S Vehicles Fitted with Pneumatic Tyres on all Wheels(see application provisions below the following Table)

Table

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Item No.Class of VehicleMaximum speed (in miles per hour) while vehicle is being driven on:
(a) Motorway(b) Dual carriageway road not being a motorway(c) Other road
1.A passenger vehicle, motor caravan or dual-purpose vehicle not drawing a trailer being a vehicle with an unladen weight exceeding 3·05 tonnes or adapted to carry more than 8 passengers:
(i) if not exceeding 12 metres in overall length706050
(ii) if exceeding 12 metres in overall length606050
2.An invalid carriagenot applicable2020
3.A passenger vehicle, motor caravan, car-derived van or dual-purpose vehicle drawing one trailer[F160][F160]50
4.A passenger vehicle, motor caravan, car-derived van or dual-purpose vehicle drawing more than one trailer402020
5.(1) A goods vehicle having a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7·5 tonnes and which is not—(a) an articulated vehicle, or(b) drawing a trailer, or(c) a car-derived van706050
(2) A goods vehicle which is—
(a) (i) an articulated vehicle having a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7·5 tonnes, or (ii) a motor vehicle, other than a car-derived van, which is drawing one trailer where the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer does not exceed 7·5 tonnes60[F260]50
(b) (i) an articulated vehicle having a maximum laden weight exceeding 7·5 tonnes, (ii) a motor vehicle having a maximum laden weight exceeding 7·5 tonnes and not drawing a trailer, or (iii) a motor vehicle drawing one trailer where the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer exceeds 7·5 tonnes60[F350] [F360][F440] [F450]
(c) a motor vehicle, other than a car-derived van, drawing more than one trailer402020
6.A motor tractor (other than an industrial tractor), a light locomotive or a heavy locomotive—(a) if the provisions about springs and wings as specified in paragraph 3 of Part IV of this Schedule are complied with and the vehicle is not drawing a trailer, or if those provisions are complied with and the vehicle is drawing one trailer which also complies with those provisions403030
(b) in any other case202020
7.A works truck181818
8.An industrial tractornot applicable1818
[F59].[F5An agricultural motor vehicle][F540][F540][F540]

Textual Amendments

F1Figure "60" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 3 substituted by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(a)

F2Figure "60" in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 item 5 substituted by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(b)

F5Item 9 in Sch. 6 Pt. 1 added by S.I. 1986/1175, reg. 2(1)(c)

E+W+S

[F6 For a vehicle falling within class 5(2)(b) above, the maximum speed while the vehicle is being driven on a part of the M9/A9 Trunk Road specified in the Schedule to the HGV Speed Limit (M9/A9 Trunk Road) Regulations 2014 is 50 miles per hour (rather than 40 miles per hour as specified in column 3(c) of the Table above). ]

Textual Amendments

F6Words in Sch. 6 Pt. I inserted (S.) (28.10.2014) by The HGV Speed Limit (M9/A9 Trunk Road) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/274), regs. 1, 2

ApplicationE+W+S

This Part applies only to motor vehicles, not being track-laying vehicles, every wheel of which is fitted with a pneumatic tyre and to such vehicles drawing one or more trailers, not being track-laying vehicles, every wheel of which is fitted with a pneumatic tyre.

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