In April 2020 we reported on motorists travelling at more than double the speed limit during lockdown, as Department for Transport data showed motor vehicle use in Great Britain had fallen by two thirds over the past month, particularly since the UK went into lockdown on 23 March. Additional reporting was done by The Local Democracy Reporting Service.
- Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street: Slides and datasets to accompany coronavirus press conference: 21 April 2020
- XLSX: Press conference data
- Supt Julie Ellison, Greater Manchester Police (GMP)'s specialist operations team
- Supt Simon Bradshaw, Police Scotland's road policing division
- Ch Insp Steve Lenney, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall roads policing unit
- Teresa Ciano, all-Wales road safety partnership Go Safe
- Supt Andy Cox, Metropolitan Police's roads and traffic policing command
- Rosie Leech, Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Joshua Harris, director of campaigns, road safety charity Brake
- Line chart: Motor vehicle use in Great Britain (%), March 16-April 17
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