Guidance

Setting local speed limits

How local authorities can set local speed limits and guidance on how these speed limits are determined.

Applies to England

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This circular gives guidance to local authorities on how to set local speed limits on single and dual carriageways in urban and rural areas.

It has also been designed to help explain why and how local speed limits are determined.

This guidance was revised following public consultation in 2012 and again in 2024. It supersedes the Department for Transport circular 01/2006.

Published 29 August 2006
Last updated 17 March 2024 + show all updates

17 March 2024
Guidance on setting 20mph speed limits has been updated to align with action 12 in the government's Plan for Drivers.
18 January 2013
Circular 01/2006 replaced with circular 01/2013.
29 August 2006
First published.