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SP10 : exceeding goods vehicle speed limits
Checked 17 July 2026 · How we check our figures
What it means
SP10 names the vehicle, not the road: goods vehicles carry limits of their own, often below the posted signs, and the code records that the lorry's limit, not the sign's number, was broken. A van driver can collect it at a speed that would be lawful in the car beside them. The family mechanics, one code per cause, the course that carries no code, the points that arrive only in bands, are shared across the SP range.
Points and how long it stays
3 to 6 points.
On the licence for 4 years from the date of the offence.
The SP codes split speeding by cause, not by consequence: SP30 for the ordinary road, SP50 for the motorway, SP10, SP20 and SP40 where the vehicle or what it tows carries a limit below the signs. Everything else is shared. The fixed penalty route is always 3 points (gov.uk, checked 2026-07-16); the 4 to 6 end of the range exists only through a court, where the fine bands take over by speed over the limit. A completed speed awareness course produces no code at all, which is why the same journey can leave two identical drivers with different records. Where a court disqualifies instead of endorsing points, the 4 years on the record run from conviction rather than the offence (gov.uk, checked 2026-07-17). And the code's last digit carries the role: a 2 for aiding, a 4 for causing or permitting, a 6 for inciting, so SP34 is SP30 committed through someone else's right foot.
The usual route
The camera case runs as a conditional offer at 3 points with the standard fixed penalty sum (gov.uk, checked 2026-07-16).
If it goes to court
In court the fine is income-banded with the range open to 6 points or a ban; the money mechanics sit in the fine bands guide.
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Authority
gov.uk, Penalty points (endorsements), checked 2026-07-17