Research and analysis

First report on the increased speed limit for heavy goods vehicles

Year 1 interim report from a 3-year project to monitor the effect of increasing speed limits for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes in England and Wales.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 3 November 2016

Documents

Evaluation of the national HGV speed limit increase in England and Wales: year 1 interim summary, September 2016

HTML

Details

A summary of the year 1 interim report from a 3-year project monitoring the impact of increasing the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) over 7.5 tonnes. The project is designed to evaluate the impact in 3 main areas:

• traffic speeds and flows
• road safety
• environment (emissions and noise)

This summary was produced by AECOM/Atkins and commissioned by the Department for Transport.

Background to the increased maximum speed limit for HGVs

On 6 April 2015 in England and Wales, the maximum speed limit for HGVs of over 7.5 tonnes was increased from:

• 40mph to 50mph on single carriageways
• 50mph to 60mph on dual carriageways

View:

• the Second report on the increased speed limit for heavy goods vehicles
• research into increasing the speed limit for HGVs

Published 3 November 2016