The UK Department for Transport has published a new guidance document titled 'Guidance: Vehicle speed compliance statistics information', dated 27 October 2026.

The document is presented as a consolidated guide to vehicle speed compliance statistics, together with the source documents on which those statistics rely, the explanatory notes and definitions used to compile them and a set of supporting technical documents. The Department for Transport is named as the publisher of the material.

The guidance brings together three principal elements: source documents, notes and definitions, and supporting technical material. These components are described in the Department's summary as the material required to explain and underpin the official statistics on vehicle speed compliance.

  • Source documents that feed the statistics.
  • Explanatory notes and definitions that clarify terms and reporting conventions.
  • Supporting technical documents that provide further detail for users and analysts.

Contents of the guidance

According to the Department for Transport, the guidance provides the reference material necessary to understand how vehicle speed compliance statistics are produced and reported. The notes and definitions are intended to make clear the meanings of terms used in the statistics and to document any conventions applied when assembling the figures.

Technical material and source files

The supporting technical documents, as set out in the guidance, supply further detail for users requiring deeper insight into the datasets and their construction. The Department identifies these documents as companions to the headline statistics and as the foundation for transparent reporting of vehicle speed compliance measures.

The publication date for the guidance is stated as 27 October 2026. That date is given on the title page of the material supplied by the Department and marks the document's publication in the Department's official record for that day.

The guidance is framed as reference material for users of the vehicle speed compliance statistics. It packages the principal background documents and definitions in a single place so that readers and analysts can consult the same set of explanatory material when interpreting the published figures.

Readers seeking to inspect the authoritative text are directed to the Department for Transport's own publication, which carries the full guidance and the accompanying technical annexes. The Department's title and publication date are provided in the official item header to assist citation and retrieval.

The Department's announcement does not appear in this account beyond the published title, the identified components of the guidance and the publication date given. The guidance is presented in the Department for Transport's summary as the central repository of definitions, source references and technical documentation supporting vehicle speed compliance statistics.