---
type: "Public Service Route"
title: "Great Britain speeding notice response route"
description: "Official Great Britain guidance for a speeding notice, driver-information response and later fixed-penalty or court branch."
status: "observed"
assertion_status: "official"
service_family: "respond-to-speeding-notice"
jurisdiction: "great-britain:notice-specific"
provider: "notice-issuing-police-force-great-britain"
observed_at: "2026-08-07"
sources:
  - id: "govuk-speeding-penalties"
    title: "Speeding penalties"
    resource: "https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties"
    author: "organisation:government-digital-service"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
  - id: "legislation-rta-1988-section-172"
    title: "Road Traffic Act 1988, section 172"
    resource: "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/172"
    author: "organisation:the-national-archives"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
---

# Great Britain speeding notice response route

The selected GOV.UK guidance says a camera case can produce a notice of
intended prosecution and a section 172 notice. It states a 28-day return period
for the section 172 notice and a later fixed-penalty or court branch. Section
172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 supplies the Great Britain statutory source;
the actual notice and current legislation remain controlling.

The provider is the
[notice-issuing police force](../organisations/notice-issuing-police-force-great-britain.md)
identified on the document, not a universal police organisation invented by
this bundle. The recipient must not use this educational record to decide who
drove, whether a defence exists or whether to accept a disposal.

Court processing then diverges into the selected
[England and Wales route](england-wales-speeding-court-route.md) or
[Scottish route](scotland-speeding-prosecution-route.md). Northern Ireland has
an [independently sourced route](northern-ireland-speeding-notice.md).

All facts were observed on 2026-08-07 and remain subject to the
[evidence limitations](../evidence/learning-to-drive-speeding-sources.md).
