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Aspeed limit is the limit of speed allowed by law for road vehicles, usually the maximum speed allowed. Occasionally, there is a minimum speed limit.^[1] Advisory speed limits also exist, which are recommended but not mandatory speeds. Speed limits are commonly set by the legislative bodies of national or local governments.

The following tables show various jurisdictions'default speed limits (where applicable) that apply to different types of vehicles travelling on three different types of road. Actual speed limits may range beyond these values. The enforcement tolerance is specified in km/h or percentage above the stated limit.

Germany is the only country where some motorways do not have a maximum speed limit. The 130 km/h is sign-posted as a general advisory speed limit for motorways in the entry of the country. Due to thoseAutobahns, Germany is considered a country without a general speed limit on its highways.^[2] TheIsle of Man is the only jurisdiction without a general speed limit on rural two-lane roads.

Numerous countries have a different general speed limit for urban roads than on remaining roads. Such differences exist since the beginning of the 20th century, in countries such as United Kingdom and France. This concept is formally defined as road within built-up area in various regulations, including Vienna convention, even if UK has re-branded them as street lighted or restricted area. More informally they are known as urban road. In 2017, most of all IRTAD countries have a default speed limit in urban roads of 50 km/h, with various lower speeds, for instance, in the Netherlands, 70% of the urban roads are limited to 30 km/h.^[3]

Some countries, for instance the US, India or China, do not have a specific urban road maximum speed.

Different speed limits exist for heavy goods vehicles (HGV) but the limit for HGV is country dependent: while most Eurasian and American countries might use the Vienna convention's 3.5-tonne limit, other countries in North America, China, India, Australia or Ireland might use different weight limits.

(Speed limits are indicated in kilometers per hour (km/h), except as noted.)

Country	Within towns	Controlled-access highway/ motorway/freeway/expressway	Interurban roads outside built-up areas/regional highways	Automobiles & motorcycles	Lorries or automobiles withtrailer	Enforcement tolerance
Albania[4][5]	40	110	80	80–90	60–70	10 km/h
Argentina	40–60	100–130	80	80–110	80	10 km/h
Australia[6]	40–60	100-110[fn 1]	100-130[fn 2]	100–110[fn 1]	100[fn 2]	Varies by state/territory[fn 3]
Austria[8]	50	130	100	100	70/80	3 km/h up to 100 km/h; 3% above
Azerbaijan[9]	40–60	110		90		Up to 10 km/h
Bangladesh	40	80	80	80 (Automobiles) 50 (Motorcycles)	50	10
Bahrain	50	100–120[10]	90	80	70	10
Belarus	60	120 ( 90)[11]	90	90	70	N/A
Belgium[12]	20–50	90–120	90 70 (Flemish Region)	70–90	70–90	6 km/h up to 100 km/h, 6% over
Bosnia and Herzegovina[13]	50[14]	130 (motorways) 100 (expressways)	80	80	80	10 km/h[15]
Brazil	40–70	80–120	80–100	80–110	80 (90 for buses)	10 km/h up to 110 km/h, 10% over, rounded to nearest integer[16]
Brunei	50	100	80	80	80	10 km/h
Bulgaria[17]	50	140 ( 100)	90	90 ( 80)	80	10 km/h
Canada[18]	30–50	100–120[19]	60–100		depends on province	Officially 0 (fines specified for 10 km/h over in Alberta[20]), unofficially 20%–40% depending on officer
Chile	30–50	120 (automobiles & motorcycle) 100 (interurban bus only)	90	90	90	10 km/h
China	30–60	100–120	80	60–80	80–100[21]	10% of speed limit
— Hong Kong[22]	50	100–110[23]	70	50–80	50–70	10 km/h
— Macau	20–60	60–80	N/A	50–80	N/A	10 km/h
— Taiwan	40–60	100–110	80–90	50–80	60–80	10 km/h
Costa Rica	45	80–100	80	60	60	10 km/h
Croatia	50	130 (motorways) 110 (expressways)	80	90	80	10 km/h up to 100 km/h; 10% over
Cyprus[24]	30–50	100	100	80	80	10 km/h
Czech Republic[25]	50	130 (motorways) 110 (expressways) 80 (urban expressways & motorways)	90	90	80	3 km/h up to 100 km/h; 3% over
Denmark[26]	50	130[fn 4]	80	80	80	10 km/h up to 100 km/h; 10% over (Only for lasers and cameras)
— Faroe Islands	50			80		10 km/h
— Greenland	50			80		10 km/h
Estonia	50	110–120[27][28]	90-100	90–120	90	10 km/h
Egypt	60	100-120	90	90–120 (for automobiles) 90-100 (for motorcycles)	60-70 (for trucks) 80-100 (for buses)	20 km/h
Finland[29]	50	80–120[fn 5]	80	80	80	10 km/h
— Åland	50			70–90		10 km/h
France[30]	50	110 (100 in rain) (expressways) 130 (110 in rain) (motorways)	80–90	80–90	60[fn 6]–90	5 km/h up to 100 km/h, 5% above 100 km/h for fixed cameras; doubled for mobile radars
Georgia[31]	60 (20 in residential areas)	110	80	90	70	10
Germany[32]	50	None, recommended speed 130 km/h.[fn 7]	80–100[fn 8]	100	60 (trucks) 80	3 km/h up to 100 km/h, 3% over; differs for different speeding control methods
Greece[33]	50	110 (expressways) 130 (motorways)	80	90	70	10
Hungary[34]	50 (in general) 30 (residential areas) 60–70 (main roads)	110 (expressways) 130 (motorways)	90	90–110	70	15 km/h up to (and including) 100 km/h; 20 km/h over
Iceland	50	90[fn 9]	90	90 (paved roads) / 80 (gravel roads)[35]	80	10
India	50	up to 120, often lower	60	80	65	20
Indonesia	40-60	80-100	80	50-80	60–80	10% of speed limit within towns 20% of speed limit in toll roads.
Iran	50	70–120	70–110	70–110	70–110	20 km/h
Ireland[36]	30–50	120	80 (default but up to 100 where stated)	80	Trucks 90 Trailers 80	Not defined.
Israel[37]	50	100–120	90	80–90	80	20 km/h
Italy	50	130 (110 in adverse weather) (motorways) 110 (expressways)	90	90	70	5 km/h up to 100 km/h; 5% above 100 km/h
Japan[38]	30–60	80–120 (national expressways) 70–80 (single-lane expressways)	60	30 (~50cc) 100-120	80 (trailers) 90 (trucks)	14 km/h with very few expection[39]
Jordan	60 or less	120	80	80-120	80-100	20 km/h
Kazakhstan[40]	60	140		110		20 km/h
South Korea	30–60[41]	80–120	80	80–90	40–60	15 km/h
Latvia[42]	50	90–120	80–90	80–90	80	10 km/h
Lebanon	50	100				20 km/h
Liechtenstein[43]	50	N/A	N/A	80	80	10 km/h
Lithuania[44]	50	110–130	90	70–90	70–90	10 km/h
Luxembourg[45]	50	130 (110 in rain)	90	90	75	3 km/h below 100 km/h; 3% above 100 km/h[46]
North Macedonia	50	120		80–100		10
Malaysia	30–60	90–110	70–90	70–90[fn 10]	70–80 80–90 (in expressway)	10
Malta[47]	30–50			80	60	10
Mexico[48]	20–50	100–110	80–95[49]	70–90	80–95	20
Moldova	50	No such highways	90 (110 in certain areas only)	90–110	70	20
Morocco	40–60	120	100	100	85-90	10% up to 70 km/h, 7 km/h
Netherlands[50]	50 (30 in residential areas, ca. 70% of urban streets (2008)[51])	130 (motorways 19–6 h)[fn 11] 100 (motorways 6–19 h) 100 (expressways)	80	80	80[fn 12][fn 13]	3 km/h
New Zealand[52]	30–50	100–110	60–100	100 (30–90 when towing, depending on vehicle)[53]	90 (80 school buses)	10 (school zones, 10)[54]
Norway[55]	50	100–110	80	80	80	10
Pakistan	40	100–120	100	50–80	100	20
Peru	30–50	80–100	100 (90 buses)	60–100	70–80	15
Philippines[56][57]	20–60	100[58]	40–80	40–80	30–50	20
Poland	50	100 (single-lane expressways) 120 (dual-lane expressways) 140 (motorways)	90	90 (single-lane) 100 (dual-lane)	70 / 80	10
Portugal	50	120	90	90–100	70–80	10
Romania[59]	50 (in certain areas as low as 25)	130 (motorways) 120 (expressways) 80 (expressways in mountainous areas)	90 (100 on highways designated as European Roads)	90–100	70–90	30
Russia	60 (20 in residential areas)	110–130	90	90	70–90	20
Saudi Arabia		120–140			80 (Trucks) 80-100 (Buses)	4 - 10 km/h on highways[60]
Serbia	50	100 (expressways) 130[61] (motorways)	80	80	80	0 km/h (No tolerance)
Singapore	50	90	60	80–90	60	10-20
Slovakia[62]	50	130 (100 in built-up areas) 100 (Single line expressways)	90	90	90	10
Slovenia[63]	50	130	80–100	90	80	10
South Africa	60	120	80–100	80–100	80–100	20
Spain[64]	30–50	120[fn 14]	80–90	90	90 100 (buses)	3–7 km/h up to 100 km/h; 3–7% over, depending on measurement technique
Sweden[65]	50	110–120	70–90	70–100	90 80 (with trailer)	10
Switzerland[66]	50, 30, 20	100 (expressways), 120 (motorways)	80	80	80	Only measurement tolerance: 3-14 km/h, depending on measurement method and speed limit[67]
Thailand	60–80	80–120	100	90	80	25
Turkey	50-70-82	110 (expressways)( 90 if L3, 80 if L4, L5, or L7, 45 if L1 or L6) 120–130–140 (motorways) ( 100 if L3, 80 if L4, L5, or L7, 0 if L1 or L6)[68][fn 15][69]	85 (expressways) 90 (motorways)[citation needed]	90 ( 80 if L3)	80	10% over the limit
Ukraine	50 (20 in residential areas)	110–130	90	90	70–90	20
United Arab Emirates	80	140–160	120–140	120	80
United Kingdom[fn 16][71]	20 mph (32 km/h) some urban/residential areas and built up areas in Wales 30 mph (48 km/h) built up areas40 mph on some roads in built up areas.	70 mph (112 km/h) (for both motorways and dual-carriageways)[fn 17]	60/70 mph (96/112 km/h)[fn 18] dependent on class (motorways) 50/60/70 mph (80/96/112 km/h), ditto (trunk dual-carriageways)	60 mph (96 km/h)	40/50/60 mph (64/80/96 km/h) dependent on class.[fn 18]	10% + 2mph
Gibraltar[72]	30–50	N/A	N/A	N/A	35 for registered goods vehicles and buses	10
Isle of Man[fn 16]	30 mph (48 km/h)	N/A		No limit[73]	N/A	5 mph (8 km/h)
United States[fn 16]	25–35 miles per hour (40–56 km/h) (Varies by State)	55–85 miles per hour (89–137 km/h)[fn 19][fn 20]		40–65 miles per hour (64–105 km/h)[fn 21]	Restrictions only in some states, typically 5–15 mph lower.	None formally, though jurisdiction-dependent
Venezuela	40–60 kilometres per hour (25–37 mph)	120[fn 22]	60–120	80	40–60	5 mph (8 km/h)
Vietnam[74]	50–60	120 ( 100)	60–90	60–80	60–80	20 km/h
Zimbabwe	60 kilometres per hour (37 mph)	80–120 kilometres per hour (50–75 mph)		80–120 kilometres per hour (50–75 mph)		10 mph (16 km/h)

Usual interurban (non urban) speed limit in the European Union (except Cyprus), Albania, Kosovo, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, outside of motorways and outside of expressways
Legend:
   = 70 km/h;   = 80 km/h,   = 90 km/h;   = 96 km/h (60 mph);   = 100 km/h
Source Europa.eu^[75]

National speed limits for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) (>3.5 tonnes according to Vienna convention) in the European Union, Kosovo, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, on all roads including motorways
Legend:
   = 60 km/h;   = 70 km/h,   = 80 km/h,   = 90 km/h;   = 100 km/h;   = 110 km/h;   = 112 km/h (70 mph)
source Europa.eu^[75]

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