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Q1. Which of the following best describes your driving / riding behaviour?

Data breakdown by speeders vs non-speeders

Q1. Which of the following best describes your driving / riding behaviour?
Have you ever been caught speeding?

Total

Yes

No

Prefer not to say

I always try to keep to speed limits

66.0%

57.1%

73.5%

47.7%

I sometimes drive/ride faster than the speed limit

32.3%

40.7%

25.1%

52.3%

I often drive/ride faster than the speed limit

1.8%

2.2%

1.5%

0.0%


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Q2. Do any of the following reasons for driving/riding faster than the speed limit apply to you?

Data breakdown by gender

Q2. Do any of the following reasons for driving/riding faster than the speed limit apply to you?
Sometimes I don’t notice that my speed has crept up

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Yes

84.2%

89.8%

100.0%

0.0%

No

15.8%

10.2%

0.0%

100.0%
Sometimes I think the speed limit is too slow

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Yes

65.4%

61.8%

49.5%

100.0%

No

34.6%

38.2%

50.5%

0.0%
If I don’t think I’ll get caught

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Yes

44.7%

33.9%

50.5%

0.0%

No

55.3%

66.1%

49.5%

100.0%

Data breakdown by region

Q2. Do any of the following reasons for driving/riding faster than the speed limit apply to you?
Sometimes I don’t notice that my speed has crept up

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Yes

72.4%

88.7%

90.0%

91.0%

87.0%

78.8%

85.9%

87.2%

89.2%

82.0%

90.4%

88.1%

No

27.6%

11.3%

10.0%

9.0%

13.0%

21.2%

14.1%

12.8%

10.8%

18.0%

9.6%

11.9%
Sometimes I think the speed limit is too slow

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Yes

66.8%

53.4%

77.7%

73.4%

65.4%

43.6%

47.6%

55.2%

66.3%

77.6%

71.8%

65.1%

No

33.2%

46.6%

22.3%

26.6%

34.6%

56.4%

52.4%

44.8%

33.7%

22.4%

28.2%

34.9%
If I don’t think I’ll get caught

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Yes

38.1%

38.4%

50.7%

36.1%

44.8%

44.0%

29.6%

41.0%

32.8%

37.3%

35.1%

44.9%

No

61.9%

61.6%

49.3%

63.9%

55.2%

56.0%

70.4%

59.0%

67.2%

62.7%

64.9%

55.1%
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Q3. Rate your agreement with the following statements

Data breakdown by gender

Q3. Rate your agreement with the following statements
Speed limits are essential for the safety of our roads

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Strongly disagree

0.4%

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

Disagree

2.6%

0.9%

0.0%

0.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

7.8%

4.3%

0.0%

0.0%

Agree

43.5%

38.4%

54.9%

100.0%

Strongly agree

45.6%

56.0%

45.1%

0.0%
It isn't a crime to break the speed limit

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Strongly disagree

20.1%

30.2%

0.0%

0.0%

Disagree

35.1%

41.2%

100.0%

100.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

16.4%

13.2%

0.0%

0.0%

Agree

18.9%

9.8%

0.0%

0.0%

Strongly agree

9.5%

5.6%

0.0%

0.0%
Speed limits need to be enforced more strongly

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Strongly disagree

4.0%

2.7%

0.0%

38.4%

Disagree

11.6%

10.9%

0.0%

0.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

29.0%

27.9%

46.6%

61.6%

Agree

32.3%

34.7%

31.4%

0.0%

Strongly agree

23.0%

23.7%

22.0%

0.0%
The penalties for speeding should be greater

Male

Female

Non binary

Prefer not to say

Strongly disagree

8.4%

6.2%

0.0%

38.4%

Disagree

22.9%

22.5%

54.5%

0.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

26.5%

32.2%

0.0%

61.6%

Agree

25.2%

22.4%

22.0%

0.0%

Strongly agree

16.9%

16.8%

23.5%

0.0%

Data breakdown by age

Q3. Rate your agreement with the following statements
Speed limits are essential for the safety of our roads

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Strongly disagree

0.0%

0.4%

0.0%

1.3%

0.2%

0.3%

0.0%

Disagree

2.7%

3.4%

1.0%

2.5%

1.1%

1.4%

0.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

4.2%

9.1%

4.5%

5.2%

5.4%

9.4%

0.8%

Agree

52.8%

34.0%

46.7%

39.0%

41.9%

38.4%

43.0%

Strongly agree

40.3%

53.1%

47.8%

52.1%

51.3%

50.4%

56.2%
It isn't a crime to break the speed limit

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Strongly disagree

8.8%

14.1%

19.7%

31.2%

30.6%

31.9%

27.9%

Disagree

33.4%

31.9%

25.7%

39.4%

47.0%

44.3%

48.7%

Neither agree nor disagree

26.2%

18.6%

11.7%

14.1%

13.8%

12.3%

14.6%

Agree

22.9%

21.6%

28.1%

10.8%

5.0%

7.0%

7.9%

Strongly agree

8.7%

13.9%

14.8%

4.6%

3.5%

4.5%

0.9%
Speed limits need to be enforced more strongly

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Strongly disagree

2.5%

3.0%

1.5%

6.2%

4.5%

2.7%

0.9%

Disagree

16.7%

11.9%

9.8%

11.5%

8.4%

13.7%

8.0%

Neither agree nor disagree

34.2%

26.2%

22.9%

29.3%

32.1%

27.6%

34.9%

Agree

27.4%

34.1%

34.3%

31.4%

31.3%

34.6%

43.2%

Strongly agree

19.2%

24.8%

31.5%

21.5%

23.8%

21.4%

12.9%
The penalties for speeding should be greater

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Strongly disagree

9.1%

10.8%

3.3%

7.5%

8.6%

7.7%

4.1%

Disagree

30.4%

21.1%

17.1%

23.9%

26.0%

22.5%

23.7%

Neither agree nor disagree

21.6%

19.7%

24.2%

32.1%

30.1%

35.2%

44.4%

Agree

27.4%

25.8%

37.5%

20.0%

18.9%

18.0%

18.7%

Strongly agree

11.5%

22.6%

18.0%

16.4%

16.5%

16.6%

9.1%
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Q4. Rate your agreement with the following statements

Data breakdown by age

Q4. Rate your agreement with the following statements:

It’s ok to speed in an emergency

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Never

11.1%

15.8%

21.7%

31.7%

35.3%

33.8%

19.7%

Sometimes

42.4%

39.4%

42.5%

55.5%

54.2%

58.3%

69.7%

Often

26.3%

21.5%

19.2%

5.8%

6.6%

4.4%

7.9%

Always

20.2%

23.3%

16.6%

6.9%

3.9%

3.5%

2.7%
It’s ok to speed on an open road where there’s not much traffic

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Never

33.1%

33.6%

43.3%

52.4%

59.3%

63.4%

63.2%

Sometimes

33.4%

31.1%

29.1%

37.2%

34.9%

31.0%

29.2%

Often

24.6%

20.2%

15.2%

7.0%

4.7%

3.8%

5.0%

Always

8.9%

15.1%

12.3%

3.4%

1.1%

1.8%

2.6%
It’s ok to speed if you’re a good driver/rider

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Never

44.2%

46.7%

52.7%

68.7%

77.9%

80.3%

79.2%

Sometimes

28.0%

19.8%

16.1%

23.4%

21.3%

18.2%

19.0%

Often

12.4%

17.1%

10.1%

4.5%

0.3%

0.6%

0.0%

Always

15.4%

16.5%

21.1%

3.5%

0.6%

0.9%

1.8%
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Q8. Which of the following reasons would encourage you not to speed?

Data breakdown by age

Q8. Which of the following reasons would encourage you not to speed?

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

If someone I knew was hurt in a crash caused by a speeding driver/rider

55.4%

50.4%

51.0%

46.2%

43.3%

36.5%

39.2%

If I thought I would get caught

34.1%

41.3%

46.0%

33.8%

34.7%

36.8%

23.1%

If the penalty for getting caught speeding was harsher

38.5%

41.3%

46.9%

38.9%

37.0%

38.9%

29.7%

If my car had technology that helped me keep within speed limits

37.7%

28.5%

37.6%

27.1%

36.1%

38.3%

43.9%

If one of my passengers asked me to slow down/not to speed

37.9%

30.4%

27.6%

28.9%

31.4%

35.8%

39.1%

If there were more police cars on the roads

16.3%

21.4%

17.7%

26.9%

29.9%

29.7%

26.4%

If there were more speed cameras on the roads

20.8%

23.9%

20.7%

29.6%

39.4%

38.5%

44.8%

None of the above would stop me speeding

0.0%

4.1%

4.0%

5.5%

4.1%

4.8%

3.7%
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Q9. What’s the highest speed you’ve ever driven/ridden on a UK road?

Data breakdown by age

Q9. What’s the highest speed you’ve ever driven/ridden on a UK road?
Roads in built-up areas (where the speed limit is 20mph)

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

20 mph

41.2%

37.2%

58.4%

52.5%

54.8%

53.8%

56.6%

30 mph

42.5%

38.0%

26.1%

36.8%

38.1%

35.7%

37.0%

40 mph

9.2%

12.2%

6.0%

6.9%

3.5%

3.7%

0.0%

50 mph

1.5%

6.8%

5.0%

1.7%

0.2%

0.5%

0.9%

60 mph

3.7%

3.1%

3.4%

0.5%

0.9%

1.2%

0.0%

70 mph

1.8%

1.6%

0.3%

0.6%

1.1%

1.2%

0.9%

80 mph

0.0%

1.2%

0.1%

0.5%

0.2%

0.3%

0.9%

90 mph

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.9%

0.9%

100 mph

0.0%

0.0%

0.5%

0.0%

0.6%

1.3%

0.9%

Faster than 100 mph

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.5%

0.3%

1.4%

1.8%
Roads in built-up areas (where the speed limit is 30mph)

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

20 mph

3.0%

3.6%

3.6%

2.0%

0.5%

0.8%

0.9%

30 mph

53.1%

40.8%

62.9%

56.4%

60.8%

65.4%

57.0%

40 mph

22.0%

38.0%

21.3%

32.3%

36.1%

30.6%

37.7%

50 mph

12.5%

9.5%

6.5%

7.6%

2.3%

1.8%

2.6%

60 mph

6.2%

5.9%

3.8%

1.1%

0.0%

0.5%

1.8%

70 mph

1.5%

1.4%

1.2%

0.6%

0.0%

0.9%

0.0%

80 mph

0.0%

0.4%

0.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

90 mph

0.0%

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

100 mph

1.8%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Faster than 100 mph

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%
Single-carriageway roads (where the speed limit is 60mph)

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

20 mph

2.7%

3.7%

1.6%

0.2%

0.0%

0.6%

0.0%

30 mph

1.0%

3.7%

2.3%

0.5%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

40 mph

5.7%

4.8%

5.4%

0.8%

2.7%

1.2%

0.9%

50 mph

12.3%

11.9%

11.6%

5.5%

5.1%

8.1%

11.0%

60 mph

37.1%

38.4%

52.7%

51.8%

56.1%

63.6%

63.7%

70 mph

30.8%

24.7%

21.0%

31.6%

31.8%

23.2%

19.0%

80 mph

6.3%

11.2%

4.2%

5.6%

3.4%

2.1%

3.5%

90 mph

1.1%

1.5%

1.0%

1.9%

0.3%

0.3%

0.9%

100 mph

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

0.9%

0.4%

0.3%

0.0%

Faster than 100 mph

3.1%

0.0%

0.0%

1.2%

0.3%

0.3%

0.9%
Motorways or dual carriageways (where the speed limit is 70mph)

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

20 mph

2.4%

1.7%

0.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.9%

30 mph

2.6%

6.0%

2.4%

0.2%

0.0%

0.3%

0.0%

40 mph

4.2%

4.5%

1.9%

0.5%

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

50 mph

1.8%

5.5%

4.0%

0.7%

1.2%

2.2%

2.0%

60 mph

8.0%

9.0%

12.5%

4.7%

4.3%

10.3%

10.2%

70 mph

40.8%

29.4%

43.9%

36.4%

36.8%

40.3%

42.1%

80 mph

25.8%

25.9%

23.0%

32.5%

39.9%

32.3%

28.8%

90 mph

6.5%

7.8%

7.1%

15.4%

11.6%

6.8%

10.4%

100 mph

6.6%

6.7%

3.1%

3.5%

2.2%

4.4%

3.7%

Faster than 100 mph

1.3%

3.4%

1.2%

6.1%

3.7%

3.0%

1.8%
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Q10. Have you ever boasted about any of the following?

Data breakdown by age

Q10. Have you ever boasted about any of the following?
Driving/riding faster than the speed limit

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Yes

35.8%

27.1%

28.7%

6.0%

3.1%

1.7%

4.3%

No

64.2%

70.4%

69.7%

92.8%

96.9%

97.9%

94.7%

Prefer not to say

0.0%

2.4%

1.5%

1.1%

0.0%

0.3%

0.9%
Getting caught by a speed camera or stopped by the police for speeding

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Yes

19.8%

24.9%

26.2%

8.4%

5.3%

6.1%

6.5%

No

78.4%

72.0%

72.6%

91.4%

94.4%

93.9%

93.5%

Prefer not to say

1.8%

3.1%

1.2%

0.2%

0.3%

0.0%

0.0%
Attending a speed-awareness course

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Yes

10.0%

24.0%

28.3%

9.4%

4.2%

5.0%

8.6%

No

84.2%

73.1%

69.9%

89.6%

95.6%

94.7%

90.5%

Prefer not to say

5.8%

2.8%

1.8%

1.0%

0.2%

0.3%

0.9%

Data breakdown by region

Q10. Have you ever boasted about any of the following?
Driving/riding faster than the speed limit

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Yes

10.4%

12.8%

41.9%

16.7%

10.7%

3.9%

5.5%

5.3%

8.0%

5.4%

12.3%

13.5%

No

89.1%

87.2%

56.5%

82.1%

88.8%

94.1%

92.4%

92.9%

91.6%

94.6%

86.4%

86.5%

Prefer not to say

0.5%

0.0%

1.6%

1.2%

0.5%

2.0%

2.1%

1.9%

0.4%

0.0%

1.3%

0.0%
Getting caught by a speed camera or stopped by the police for speeding

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Yes

11.6%

8.1%

39.9%

14.2%

13.3%

5.9%

9.9%

5.5%

8.4%

5.4%

10.0%

13.9%

No

87.9%

91.9%

58.2%

85.8%

86.2%

94.1%

87.6%

93.1%

91.2%

94.6%

89.5%

85.0%

Prefer not to say

0.5%

0.0%

1.9%

0.0%

0.5%

0.0%

2.5%

1.3%

0.4%

0.0%

0.4%

1.1%
Attending a speed-awareness course

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Yes

10.8%

7.8%

39.2%

15.1%

10.1%

9.2%

3.7%

10.3%

5.4%

5.9%

9.8%

14.8%

No

86.5%

90.7%

58.4%

83.4%

89.5%

90.8%

94.7%

88.5%

93.9%

94.1%

88.7%

82.6%

Prefer not to say

2.7%

1.5%

2.4%

1.5%

0.5%

0.0%

1.6%

1.3%

0.6%

0.0%

1.5%

2.7%
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Q11. At what point do you think driving/riding faster than the speed limit is a crime?

Data breakdown by age

Q11. At what point do you think driving/riding faster than the speed limit is a crime?

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Driving/riding faster than the speed limit is always a crime

22.5%

26.5%

28.7%

34.0%

40.3%

45.1%

43.1%

0-5% over the speed limit

14.4%

15.7%

11.5%

14.5%

14.0%

12.5%

10.4%

6-10% over the speed limit

18.6%

19.8%

26.6%

24.7%

23.8%

22.4%

21.4%

11-20% over the speed limit

29.1%

18.7%

14.2%

15.7%

16.7%

12.4%

16.8%

21-30% over the speed limit

7.5%

9.2%

7.2%

5.8%

2.7%

3.4%

2.4%

30-50% over the speed limit

3.7%

6.8%

6.6%

1.9%

0.6%

1.4%

2.5%

More than 50% over the speed limit

2.9%

1.8%

1.8%

1.8%

1.1%

0.8%

0.7%

I don’t think driving/riding faster than the speed limit is ever a crime

1.3%

1.6%

3.5%

1.6%

0.8%

2.0%

2.7%
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Q12. Do you think it’s ok to glorify speed and road crashes in popular entertainment (e.g. films and games)?

Data breakdown by age

Q12. Do you think it’s ok to glorify speed and road crashes in popular entertainment (e.g. films and games)?

17-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 or older

Yes

34.7%

28.5%

30.2%

10.7%

8.1%

4.7%

4.6%

No

53.0%

62.2%

60.0%

71.4%

77.6%

84.7%

87.0%

I’m not sure

12.3%

9.3%

9.8%

17.9%

14.3%

10.6%

8.5%

Data breakdown by speeders vs non-speeders

Q12. Do you think it’s ok to glorify speed and road crashes in popular entertainment (e.g. films and games)?

Yes, I’ve been caught speeding

No, I haven’t been caught speeding

Prefer not to say

Yes

25.1%

9.0%

40.9%

No

65.4%

76.3%

53.6%

I’m not sure

9.4%

14.7%

5.6%
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Q13. Thinking about the streets where you live, do any of the following apply?

Data breakdown by region

Q13. Thinking about the streets where you live, do any of the following apply?

East Midlands

East of England

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire & The Humber

Traffic moves too fast (even on roads that have 20mph speed limits)

37.9%

38.0%

38.5%

42.7%

43.4%

45.2%

50.6%

38.2%

37.0%

47.7%

32.4%

47.7%

Traffic moves too fast (even though it is within the speed limit)

15.9%

24.3%

44.5%

20.9%

18.1%

29.3%

21.5%

20.4%

14.2%

12.2%

23.1%

18.8%

There are no safe crossing places

26.4%

21.0%

34.0%

25.6%

26.1%

26.5%

26.2%

21.5%

20.2%

23.3%

22.7%

23.9%

The pavements are not suitable

18.3%

21.2%

29.2%

14.0%

21.4%

17.3%

20.4%

18.7%

19.3%

24.0%

17.0%

14.9%

There are points where there are no safe walkways

21.6%

27.7%

36.8%

20.1%

22.8%

29.1%

24.2%

29.2%

33.1%

31.2%

19.8%

20.0%

There are no safe cycling routes

27.1%

26.6%

18.9%

31.5%

26.0%

41.3%

31.3%

26.9%

24.5%

33.5%

26.2%

19.7%

There is noise pollution from traffic

18.4%

18.5%

15.1%

23.8%

21.2%

21.2%

20.6%

25.0%

16.3%

26.7%

25.9%

21.4%

There is air pollution from traffic

17.1%

15.1%

15.6%

16.2%

18.5%

20.6%

16.9%

21.7%

15.2%

24.5%

20.6%

18.7%

None of the above

23.3%

19.6%

11.5%

23.9%

18.9%

9.3%

12.6%

18.6%

21.7%

17.1%

23.0%

18.9%
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Survey methodology

The research was carried out by SurveyGoo which conducted an online survey among 2,031 respondents across the UK. The sample of adults was randomly selected from our survey panel and weighted to be representative of the UK population for age, gender and region. The margin of error, which measures sampling variability at the country level, was +/- 2.2% at 95% confidence limit. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding. The research was conducted in September 2023.

Eligibility

Respondents were required to drive a car or motorbike for personal use, including commuting to work to be eligible to complete the survey.

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