Offence code for insurance purposes

billiepiper14

Hi

i cannot work out from documentation whether speeding 57 in a  50mph limit should be SP30 - driving more than statutory speed limit while on public road OR SP40 - Driving faster than passenger vehicle speed limits ? Can anyone help please ? Thankyou

TooManyPoints

What were you driving?

billiepiper14

Thankyou it was a car 

TooManyPoints

Then it's SP30. You would normally be offered a course for that speed unless you had done one in the previous three years.

billiepiper14

Thankyou very much

TadleyBaggie

The only other common speeding offence code is an SP50, which is if the offence occurred on a motorway. 

Car_54

TooManyPoints said:

Then it's SP30. You would normally be offered a course for that speed unless you had done one in the previous three years.

Only if he was in England  or Wales.

billiepiper14

It was England thankyou

Aretnap

billiepiper14 said:

Hi

i cannot work out from documentation whether speeding 57 in a  50mph limit should be SP30 - driving more than statutory speed limit while on public road OR SP40 - Driving faster than passenger vehicle speed limits ? Can anyone help please ? Thankyou

A passenger vehicle in this context means a bus or coach, and SP40 means exceeding the speed limit for that class of vehicle (which is often lower than the speed limit for cars).