Car brands with the most speeding offences
Tesla drivers were caught speeding more often than any other motorists in the 2024-25 financial year, according to data analysed by RAA.
When RAA compared SA Police (SAPOL) data with registered vehicles on SA roads, it revealed that Tesla and Audi drivers commit the most speeding offences per vehicle.
Between July 2024 and June 2025, 986 speeding offences were recorded by the 5,936 Teslas registered in South Australia. That’s 0.166 (or about one in six) offences per vehicle.
Luxury car brand Audi wasn’t far behind, with 2181 speeding offences committed by the 13,224 registered Audis on the road, equalling 0.165 per vehicle.
RAM (0.159 offences per vehicle), Jeep (0.138) and LDV (0.137) rounded out the top five for the worst offending car makes on SA roads.
Toyotas recorded 37,079 offences – the most overall – however with more than 333,000 registered on the road, they only received 0.105 fines per vehicle.
RAA Senior Traffic Engineer Matt Vertudaches says the data is an important reminder to road users that speeding is one of the fatal five causes of road trauma.
“The data shows that drivers of some makes of car are exceeding the speed limit more than others,” Matt says.
“Some modern vehicles, particularly EV’s can accelerate very rapidly and are very quiet at high speeds which can mask a driver’s perception of the actual speed.
“This can make it is easy to exceed the speed limit which can increase the risk of a crash, especially where other crash factors such as inattention are involved.”
Speeding offences by vehicle make in SA
| Vehicle make | Offences per vehicle |
|---|---|
| 1. Tesla | 0.166 (about one in six) |
| 2. Audi | 0.165 (about one in six) |
| 3. RAM | 0.159 (about one in six) |
| 4. Jeep | 0.138 (about one in seven) |
| 5. LDV | 0.137 (about one in seven) |
| 6. Porsche | 0.132 (about one in eight) |
| 7. Land Rover | 0.130 (about one in eight) |
| 8. BMW | 0.130 (about one in eight) |
| 9. Mercedes Benz | 0.128 (about one in eight) |
| 10. Haval | 0.126 (about one in eight) |
Speeding motorbike riders
When it comes to exceeding the speed limit by more than 20km/h, two motorcycle makes were the worst overall culprits. Kawasaki riders recorded 0.0138 offences per vehicle and Ducati riders 0.0135.
“To see two motorcycle makes come out as the biggest culprits for higher range speeding shows that several riders are gambling with their safety – and the safety of others – despite them being vulnerable road users, which is alarming,” Matt says.
“It’s important drivers and riders of all vehicles drive to the conditions and abide by the prevailing speed limit, for the safety of themselves and other road users.”