N.B. ACPO is limit + 10% + 2mph (e.g. 35 in a 30)
The ACPO recommended basic qualifying criteria are as follows:
- the speed of the driver / rider makes them eligible for a Speed Awareness Course (ie not greater than limit +10%+9mph).
- the driver / rider has NOT attended a Speed Awareness Course within the last 3 years,
- the driver / rider must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the offer of the Speed Awareness Course (including timescales for completion - typically 4 months from date of alleged offence).
ACPO Guidance for the Introduction of a National Speed Awareness Course - 1 February 2006
Association of National Driver Improvement Scheme Providers - Showing courses offered by Police Authority area, the individual provider and the cost.
Name of force | Speed(s) | Cost | Source of information | Date of information | Comments |
Avon & Somerset Police | Courses available to any driver who would “benefit from education”. Not offered for speeds more than 25mph in excess of the posted limit. | £60 | FOI | 24.04.2009 | 2 hour workshop. Specifically NOT ACPO approved. |
Avon & Somerset Safety Camera Partnership | up to 10% +6mph (currently available for 30mph limits only, but higher limits are being considered) | £60 | FOI | 03.03.2009 | 3 hour course (AM or PM). Qualifying criteria - none, other than ACPO recommended. (NB 120,00 courses attended since April 2003). |
Bedfordshire Police | Course in planning stage at time of information. | n/a | FOI | 26.03.2009 | - | Cambridgeshire Police | Applies only to 30mph & 40mph speed zones. Thresholds undisclosed. | £60 | website | 04.04.2009 | 4 hour workshop. ACPO approved course. | [/tr]
Central Scotland Police | No course offered. | n/a | FOI | 05.03.2009 | - |
Cheshire Police | up to 10% +5mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £60 | FOI | 19.03.2009 | Half day course. Qualifying criteria - offender must not have 9 or more current points. Courses not transferrable to other counties. |
Cleveland Police | None offered currently. Scheme being considered (03.03.2009) | n/a | FOI | 03.03.2009 | - |
Cumbria Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £70 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | 4 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria. |
Derbyshire Police | up to 10% +6mph (speed limit zones undisclosed but Derbs. acknowledge their discretion for courses to be applied to all limits.) | £107 | FOI | 04.03.2009 | 6 hour course. Qualifying criteria - none, other than ACPO recommended. |
Devon & Cornwall Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £75 | FOI | 15.03.2009 | 4 hour course. Qualifying criteria - none (other than ACPO recommended). |
Dorset Police | Courses offered, but thresholds undisclosed | £60 | FOI | 03.03.2009 | 3 hour classroom course (0900-1200 or 1300-1600). Qualifying criteria - none, other than ACPO recommended. |
Dumfries & Galloway | None offered currently | n/a | FOI | 03.03.2009 | - |
Durham Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £90 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | Full day course. ACPO qualifying criteria only (other than the offender must have no other prosecutions pending). |
Dyfed Powys Police | Courses offered since March 2010 | £80 | Website | 18.10.2010 | 4 hour course. ACPO criteria apply. |
Essex Police | up to 10% +5mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £60 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | Half day course. ACPO qualifying criteria only. |
Fife Police | No course offered. None planned. | n/a | FOI | 26.03.2009 | - |
Gloucestershire Police | Part of National Scheme, so likely to be up to 10% plus 6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £60 | Info. sheet | 04.10.2010 | 4 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria. |
Greater Manchester Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £60 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | 4 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria. |
Gwent Police | Courses offered since March 2010. Thresholds undisclosed but will apply to 'marginal' excesses. | £80 | Website | 31.07.2010 | 4 hour course in accordance with ACPO national scheme guidance. |
Hampshire Police | up to 10% +6mph (applicable speed limit zones undisclosed) | £72.43 | FOI | 04.03.2009 | Half-day course. Qualifying criteria - none, other than ACPO recommended. |
Hertfordshire Police | up to 10% +6mph (all speed zones) | £105 | FOI | 03.03.2009 | 6 hour course. Qualifying criteria - none, other than ACPO recommended. |
Humberside Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £75 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | 2 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria only. |
Kent Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applies to 30mph speed limit zones only. | £110 | FOI | 09.06.2009 | Full day course (including practical element). Normal ACPO qualifying criteria plus s.172 nomination (from driver) must be received by SCP within 3 months of alleged offence. |
Lancashire Police | 30mph, 40mph & 50mph zones only. From 10%+3mph to 10%plus 5mph in 30mph & 40mph limits. From 10%+3mph to 10%+4mph in 50mph zones. Not offered for offences in reduced speed limit on motorway. | £80 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | All day hour course (theory & practical). ACPO qualifying criteria. |
Leicestershire Police | threshold undisclosed (30mph speed limit zone only but 40mph being considered at time of information) | £60 | FOI | 04.03.2009 | 3 hour course. Qualifying criteria - none, other than ACPO recommended. Due to sign up to ACPO National Scheme 01.04.2009 |
Norfolk Police | up to 10% +6mph (all speed zones) | £70 | website | 03.03.2009 | Courses operated since June 2008. 4 hour course. Qualifying criteria - ACPO recommended, plus the driver must not have further traffic offences being considered. |
Lothian & Borders Police | No course offered. | n/a | FOI | 04.03.2009 | - |
Merseyside Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | £79 | website | 21.09.2011 | 4 hour course. Qualifying criteria - none (other than ACPO recommended). Courses offered only to offenders detected by SCP, not police. |
Metropolitan Police | up to 10% +6mph. 30mph & 40mph speed zones only. | £90 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | 3 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria only. |
North Wales Police | up to 10% +6mph. 30mph & 40mph speed zones only. | £60 | FOI | 26.03.2009 | 3 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria only. |
Northamptonshire Police | ACPO - ACPO+4 | £60 | From the course | 28/02/2006 | |
Northern Police (Scotland) | No course offered. None planned. | n/a | FOI | 26.03.2009 | - |
Northumbria Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed but SCP response implies all zones. | £60 | FOI | 10.03.2009 | 4 hour course. Qualifying criteria - none (other than ACPO recommended) with exception that course must be completed within 4.5 months of alleged offence |
Northants Police | up to 10% +6mph. 30mph & 40mph zones only. | £60 | FOI | 12.03.2009 | 3 hour course. Qualifying criteria include that the person must pay for the course in advance, they must turn up on time otherwise they may be refused admission, and they must not be disruptive otherwise they may be requested to leave the course. Courses will not be offered to anyone who has undertaken a Northants' course within last three years, but those attending courses in other counties within last 3 years remain eligible. Courses are not transferrable to other counties. |
Notts. Police | up to 10% +6mph. Applicable speed zones undisclosed. | unknown | website | 20.09.2010 | Qualifying criteria stipulates that admission of being the driver must be received within 42 days of an alleged offence. Courses will not be offered to anyone who has undertaken a SAC within three years of the date of the alleged offence. |
South Yorkshire Police | up to 10% +6mph maximum. Applicable speed limit zones undisclosed. | £70 (from 01.04.2009) | FOI | 17.03.2009 | 4 hour course from 01.04.2009. Qualifying criteria - ACPO recommended, plus the driver must not have further traffic offences being considered. Courses will also be offered to offenders detected by police patrols from 01.04.2009. |
South Wales Police | Courses offered since March 2010 | £80 | Website | 18.10.2010 | 4 hour course. ACPO criteria apply. |
Staffordshire Police | Upto 39mph in 30mph speed zones. Upto +10mph in 40mph-70mph speed zones. | £75 | FOI / website | 04.04.2009 | 4 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria only. |
Strathclyde Police | None offered currently. | n/a | FOI | 03.03.2009 | - |
Suffolk Police | up to 36mph in 30mph speed zones only. | £105 | FOI / Website | 04.04.2009 | 2.5 hour course. ACPO qualifying criteria only. Notable that Suffolk SCP does not update national register of persons completing SAC. |
Surrey Police | None offered currently (but provider has been appointed and courses will start later in 2009). | n/a | FOI | 02.05.2009 | - |
Sussex Police | up to 10% +6mph (30mph limits only) | £105 | website | 03.03.2009 | All day course including a 2 hour practical session with an advanced driving instructor. Qualifying criteria - ACPO recommended, plus the driver must not have further traffic offences being considered. |
Tayside Police | No course offered. | n/a | FOI | 05.03.2009 | - |
Thames Valley Police | upto 10%+6 (all speed zones) | £77.81 | DriveTech website | 16/07/2007. Updates 05/03/2009 | 4 hour course. For offences from 01/04/2007 |
Warwickshire Police | Up to 10% plus 6mph. Applicable to 30mph & 40mph zones only. | Unknown. | Warks. Council website | 03.08.2010 | Unknown. |
West Mercia Police | Up to 10% plus 6mph. Applicable speed zones unknown. | £60 | website | 02.02.2010 | 4 hour course. |
West Yorkshire Police | 30mph & 40mph speed zones only. Thresholds unknown. | £75 | website | 15.11.2011 | Half day course. |
West Midlands Police | No course offered currently, but scheme being planned at time of information. | n/a | FOI | 15.03.2009 | - |
Wilts Police / Wilts & Swindon SCP | up to 10% +6mph. Applies to 30mph, 40mph, 50mph & 60mph speed zones (but not 70mph NSL or motorway). | £60 | FOI | 17.03.2009 | Half day course. Normal ACPO Qualifying criteria. |