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20p Twenty Pence UNDATED - Error Mule Coin - 2008 VERY RARE Twenty Pence.

• Irish Coins 20p
• 20p Coins That Are Worth Money

• This very simple, yet ingenious, testing method offers UK drivers a handy way of checking their tyre tread depth regularly and at any time, using just a single 20p coin. So if you don't have a tread depth gauge we recommend that you keep a 20p coin in your car at all times.
• Information and mintage figure data for the 20p coin 1982 to the present day. All designs for the Twenty Pence denomination to enter general circulation - British currency.

The British decimal twenty pence (20p) coin – often pronounced 'twenty pee' – is a unit of currency equal to 20/100 (or 1/5) of a pound sterling. Like the 50p coin, it is an equilateral curveheptagon.^[1] Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 9 June 1982.^[1] Four different portraits of the Queen have been used; the latest design by Jody Clark was introduced in 2015. The second and current reverse (as of 2019), featuring a segment of the Royal Shield, was introduced in 2008.^[1]

As of March 2014 there were an estimated 2,765 million 20p coins in circulation, with an estimated face value of £553.025 million.^[2] Of this estimated number, between 50,000 and 200,000 of these coins are undated mule coins minted in 2008 after the dies for the old and new designs were accidentally mixed up during the minting process.

Beyond the usual commemorative versions, no 20 pence coins were minted for general circulation in 2017. This was because the concurrent introduction of the new version of the one pound coin had put enough 20 pence (and two pound) coins back into circulation, as people emptied coin jars primarily for the older one pound coin that was due to be withdrawn.^[3]

20p coins are legal tender for amounts up to the sum of £10 when offered in repayment of a debt; however, the coin's legal tender status is not normally relevant for everyday transactions.

Irish Coins 20p

Design[edit]

The original reverse of the coin, designed by William Gardner, and used from 1982 to 2008, is a crowned Tudor rose, with the numeral '20' below the rose, and TWENTY PENCE above the rose.

To date, three different obverses have been used. On coins minted before the 2008 redesign, the inscription is ELIZABETH II D.G.REG.F.D..^[4] Coins minted after the 2008 redesign also have the year of minting on the obverse.

Like all the new decimal coins introduced in 1971, until 1984 the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin appeared on the obverse,^[5] in which the Queen wears the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara.

Between 1985 and 1997 the portrait by Raphael Maklouf was used,^[5] in which the Queen wears the George IV State Diadem.

From 1998 to 2015 the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley was used,^[5] again featuring the tiara, with a signature-mark IRB below the portrait.

As of June 2015, coins bearing the portrait by Jody Clark have been seen in circulation.

In August 2005 the Royal Mint launched a competition to find new reverse designs for all circulating coins apart from the £2 coin.^[6] The winner, announced in April 2008, was Matthew Dent, whose designs were gradually introduced into the circulating British coinage from mid-2008.^[7] The designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins depict sections of the Royal Shield that form the whole shield when placed together. The shield in its entirety was featured on the now-obsolete round £1 coin. The 20p coin depicts the meeting point of the second and fourth quarter of the shield, showing the lions rampant of Scotland and the lions passant of England. The date no longer appears on the reverse of the coin, and has instead been added to the obverse, where the lettering has been adjusted so as to fit the date in.

Status as legal tender[edit]

20p Coins That Are Worth Money

20p coins are legal tender for amounts up to and including £10.^[8][9] However, in the UK, 'legal tender' has a very specific and narrow meaning which relates only to the repayment of debt to a creditor, not to everyday shopping or other transactions.^[10] Specifically, coins of particular denominations are said to be 'legal tender' when a creditor must by law accept them in redemption of a debt.^[11] The term does not mean - as is often thought - that a shopkeeper has to accept a particular type of currency in payment.^[10] A shopkeeper is under no obligation to accept any specific type of payment, whether legal tender or not; conversely they have the discretion to accept any payment type they wish.^[9]

Dateless coin[edit]

An unusual accidental dateless version of the 20 pence was reported to be in circulation in June 2009, the first undated British coin to enter circulation in more than 300 years. This was the result of the production of a mule, i.e. a version of the coin with a non-standard combination of obverse and reverse face designs. The fault occurred as a result of the 2008 redesign of UK coinage, which moved the date on a 20 pence from the reverse to the obverse (Queen's head side), and a batch of coins were produced using the tooling for the obverse of the old design and the reverse of the new design. The Royal Mint estimated that between 50,000 and 200,000 entered circulation before the error was noticed. The Royal Mint stated that these coins were legal tender, although due to their rarity they are traded at above face value by collectors. Following publicity about the coins, they were initially traded on eBay for several thousand pounds, although an eBay spokesman was unable to confirm if an accepted winning bid of £7,100 for one coin had actually been transacted.^[12]In June 2011 they trade at around £100.^[13]

Mintages[edit]

Machin portrait

• 1982 ~ 740,815,000
• 1983 ~ 158,463,000
• 1984 ~ 65,350,965

Maklouf portrait

• 1985 ~ 74,273,699
• 1986 ~ none
• 1987 ~ 137,450,000
• 1988 ~ 38,038,344
• 1989 ~ 132,013,890
• 1990 ~ 88,097,500
• 1991 ~ 35,901,250
• 1992 ~ 31,205,000
• 1993 ~ 123,123,750
• 1994 ~ 67,131,250
• 1995 ~ 102,005,000
• 1996 ~ 83,163,750
• 1997 ~ 89,518,750

Rank-Broadley portrait

• 1998 ~ 76,965,000
• 1999 ~ 73,478,750
• 2000 ~ 136,428,750
• 2001 ~ 148,122,500
• 2002 ~ 93,360,000
• 2003 ~ 153,383,750
• 2004 ~ 120,212,500
• 2005 ~ 124,488,750
• 2006 ~ 114,800,000
• 2007 ~ 117,075,000
• 2008 ~ 11,900,000

Matthew Dent design

• 2008 ~ 115,022,000 (the dateless coin is included in this mintage)
• 2009 ~ 121,625,300
• 2010 ~ 112,875,500^[14]
• 2011 ~ 191,625,000
• 2012 ~ 69,650,030
• 2013 ~ 66,325,000
• 2014 ~ 173,775,000
• 2015 ~ 63,175,000 (4th Portrait)

Jody Clark portrait

• 2015 ~ 131,250,000 (5th Portrait)
• 2016 ~ 212,625,000
• 2017 ~ 0 (zero)^[3]
• 2018 ~ 0 (zero)
• 2019 ~ 125,125,000

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'Twenty Pence Coin'. The Royal Mint Limited. 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
2. ^'Twenty Pence mintage figures (20p)'. Royal Mint. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. ^ ^abKevin Peachey (10 May 2019). 'Why the Royal Mint stopped making 20p coins'. BBC News. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
4. ^Clayton, Tony. 'Decimal Coins of the UK – Bronze'. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
5. ^ ^abc'1p Coin'. British Royal Mint. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2006-05-23.
6. ^'Royal Mint seeks new coin designs'. BBC News. 17 August 2005.
7. ^'Royal Mint unveils new UK coins'Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2 April 2008
8. ^'Coinage Act: Section 2', legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1971 c. 24 (s. 2)
9. ^ ^ab'What are the legal tender amounts acceptable for UK coins?'. The Royal Mint. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
10. ^ ^ab'What is legal tender?'. Bank of England. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
11. ^'Legal tender'. Collins. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
12. ^Wentworth, Jo (1 July 2009). 'eBay frenzy as undated 20p sells for £8k'. Totally Money. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
13. ^'London Mint Office'. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
14. ^'Twenty Pence coin mintage figures'. The Royal Mint. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

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Kwik Fit | Friday 13th April 2018 11:01am

At Kwik Fit, we're your leading local tyre experts, with unrivalled experience of providing UK motorists with all the tyre safety advice they require to ensure they stay safe on the road. At the heart of this is our view that tyre tread and specifically tread depth, is of vital importance; it plays such a vital role in maintaining driver safety.

Did you know that in a survey undertaken last year, a staggering 69% of drivers questioned were not aware of the legal minimum tyre tread depth for the UK? Ask yourself, do you? If not, you really need to know. Your tyres determine how well you can maintain control of your car, especially in wet weather conditions when braking and cornering requires extra grip. If your tread depth isn't deep enough, your tyres will struggle to stick firmly to the the road, and that increases the possibility of having an accident.

If you're not aware of the importance of tread depths, this article will help. We'll not only outline how to avoid a tyre-related fine and penalty points on your license, but also provide you a quick, easy to apply tyre tread depth checking process, commonly known as the 20p test.

Understanding the importance of tyre treads

But first, let's get a better understanding of tyre treads. Simply put, they're the grooves you find on your tyres, and they're there to remove water from the road. This enables your vehicle to better grip the road surface. Without tyre treads, you'd struggle to control your car, especially in the wet when cornering and braking water cannot be dispersed between the tyre and the road surface leading to sliding. Think Formula 1 cars, driving on slick tyres (which have no tyre tread) in the rain… they skid and slide uncontrollably off the track so have to pit quickly to change to intermediate or wet tyres. Now picture the same situation, when it's you, doing 70 mph on a wet motorway and your driving on tyres with no tread like slicks… It doesn't bear thinking about does it.

The more tread depth you have on your tyres, the more they can clear water from the road surface, and the better grip you'll achieve. Simple as that. Plus your stopping distances will be much shorter too.

When you purchase brand new tyres from Kwik Fit, they typically come with 8 mm of tyre tread. However, over time (depending on your driving style, the distances you travel, and how often you drive) your tyres' tread depths will reduce through natural wear and tear. As it does, so will your tyres' ability to grip the road surface. As they wear down, the original 8 mm of tread will significantly decrease, especially as the tread depth gets lower and lower.

That's why tyre experts, like Kwik Fit, and leading premium tyre manufacturer, Continental, strongly recommend that you replace your tyres before they reach the UK road legal tyre tread depth mimimum of 1.6 mm. Why? Because we believe this minimum depth is too low, and – like Continental – as members of TyreSafe – the UK tyre safety charity – we're continuously campaigning to have this minimum tread depth level increased. Our position is based on the undisputed fact that below 3 mm of tread depth, independent testing has conclusively proved that a tyre's ability to grip the road surface dramatically deteriates, consequently exposing UK drivers to an increased risk of accident.

So, exactly how can you stay UK road legal, ensuring that you're always aware of what your tread depths are? How can you tell when it's time to replace your tyres? Some tyre manufacturers, like Continental, have incorporated handy Tread Wear Indicators (TWI) within their products. These markers are always visible, but set below the level of the original 8 mm of tyre tread. Over time, as your tyre incurs natural wear and tear, the tread depth will reduce to the point where it's level with the TWI. At this point its an easy indication that the tyre should now be changed.

With Continental's tyres, there are two sets of TWI – at 3 mm (above, right – Continental's recommended depth to change your tyres) and at 1.6 mm (above, left – the UK road legal minimum).

Introducing the 20p Test

TWI are very useful, but there's an easy to do alternative to check your tyre tread depth quickly if you don't have tyres with this feature: the 20p Test. This very simple, yet ingenious, testing method offers UK drivers a handy way of checking their tyre tread depth regularly and at any time, using just a single 20p coin. So if you don't have a tread depth gauge we recommend that you keep a 20p coin in your car at all times. That way, you'll always be able to check your treads whenever you feel the need or are concerned about your treads.

So how do you do it? Simple: just place the coin in the main tread channels multiple times, at various points around the tyre. If you can see any part of the outer band of the coin face, it means the tyre tread is too shallow – and probably illegal. It's not only time to stop everything and replace your tyres, it's vital that you do so as soon as possible.

The 20p Test is potentially a life saver – not just your life, but those of your passengers and other road users. It allows you to quickly and simply maintain a regular check on your tyre tread depths, ensuring you aren't caught on the wrong side of the law. It can also prove to be a money saver too as illegal tyres with insufficienct tread can land you with a heavy fine and penalty points on your licence if pulled over by the police. But just as importantly, regularly taking the test will help ensure that the tyres fitted to your vehicle can provide you with the essential grip you really need to significantly improve your driver safety.

Speak to the experts at Kwik Fit about tyre tread depth

If you're unsure about tyre tread depths, unsure if yours make the grade or have any questions about the 20p test, talk to your local tyre professionals at Kwik Fit. Our dedicated team can provide you with unrivalled tyre advice, offer you expert fitting solutions, and ensure you fit the right tyres for your car. Find your local Kwik Fit centre.

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As of March 2014 there were an estimated 2,765 million 20p coins in circulation, with an estimated face value of £553.025 million.^[2] Of this estimated number, between 50,000 and 200,000 of these coins are undated mule coins minted in 2008 after the dies for the old and new designs were accidentally mixed up during the minting process.

Beyond the usual commemorative versions, no 20 pence coins were minted for general circulation in 2017. This was because the concurrent introduction of the new version of the one pound coin had put enough 20 pence (and two pound) coins back into circulation, as people emptied coin jars primarily for the older one pound coin that was due to be withdrawn.^[3]

20p coins are legal tender for amounts up to the sum of £10 when offered in repayment of a debt; however, the coin's legal tender status is not normally relevant for everyday transactions.

Irish Coins 20p

Design[edit]

The original reverse of the coin, designed by William Gardner, and used from 1982 to 2008, is a crowned Tudor rose, with the numeral '20' below the rose, and TWENTY PENCE above the rose.

To date, three different obverses have been used. On coins minted before the 2008 redesign, the inscription is ELIZABETH II D.G.REG.F.D..^[4] Coins minted after the 2008 redesign also have the year of minting on the obverse.

Like all the new decimal coins introduced in 1971, until 1984 the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin appeared on the obverse,^[5] in which the Queen wears the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara.

Between 1985 and 1997 the portrait by Raphael Maklouf was used,^[5] in which the Queen wears the George IV State Diadem.

From 1998 to 2015 the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley was used,^[5] again featuring the tiara, with a signature-mark IRB below the portrait.

As of June 2015, coins bearing the portrait by Jody Clark have been seen in circulation.

In August 2005 the Royal Mint launched a competition to find new reverse designs for all circulating coins apart from the £2 coin.^[6] The winner, announced in April 2008, was Matthew Dent, whose designs were gradually introduced into the circulating British coinage from mid-2008.^[7] The designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins depict sections of the Royal Shield that form the whole shield when placed together. The shield in its entirety was featured on the now-obsolete round £1 coin. The 20p coin depicts the meeting point of the second and fourth quarter of the shield, showing the lions rampant of Scotland and the lions passant of England. The date no longer appears on the reverse of the coin, and has instead been added to the obverse, where the lettering has been adjusted so as to fit the date in.

Status as legal tender[edit]

20p Coins That Are Worth Money

20p coins are legal tender for amounts up to and including £10.^[8][9] However, in the UK, 'legal tender' has a very specific and narrow meaning which relates only to the repayment of debt to a creditor, not to everyday shopping or other transactions.^[10] Specifically, coins of particular denominations are said to be 'legal tender' when a creditor must by law accept them in redemption of a debt.^[11] The term does not mean - as is often thought - that a shopkeeper has to accept a particular type of currency in payment.^[10] A shopkeeper is under no obligation to accept any specific type of payment, whether legal tender or not; conversely they have the discretion to accept any payment type they wish.^[9]

Dateless coin[edit]

An unusual accidental dateless version of the 20 pence was reported to be in circulation in June 2009, the first undated British coin to enter circulation in more than 300 years. This was the result of the production of a mule, i.e. a version of the coin with a non-standard combination of obverse and reverse face designs. The fault occurred as a result of the 2008 redesign of UK coinage, which moved the date on a 20 pence from the reverse to the obverse (Queen's head side), and a batch of coins were produced using the tooling for the obverse of the old design and the reverse of the new design. The Royal Mint estimated that between 50,000 and 200,000 entered circulation before the error was noticed. The Royal Mint stated that these coins were legal tender, although due to their rarity they are traded at above face value by collectors. Following publicity about the coins, they were initially traded on eBay for several thousand pounds, although an eBay spokesman was unable to confirm if an accepted winning bid of £7,100 for one coin had actually been transacted.^[12]In June 2011 they trade at around £100.^[13]

Mintages[edit]

Machin portrait

• 1982 ~ 740,815,000
• 1983 ~ 158,463,000
• 1984 ~ 65,350,965

Maklouf portrait

• 1985 ~ 74,273,699
• 1986 ~ none
• 1987 ~ 137,450,000
• 1988 ~ 38,038,344
• 1989 ~ 132,013,890
• 1990 ~ 88,097,500
• 1991 ~ 35,901,250
• 1992 ~ 31,205,000
• 1993 ~ 123,123,750
• 1994 ~ 67,131,250
• 1995 ~ 102,005,000
• 1996 ~ 83,163,750
• 1997 ~ 89,518,750

Rank-Broadley portrait

• 1998 ~ 76,965,000
• 1999 ~ 73,478,750
• 2000 ~ 136,428,750
• 2001 ~ 148,122,500
• 2002 ~ 93,360,000
• 2003 ~ 153,383,750
• 2004 ~ 120,212,500
• 2005 ~ 124,488,750
• 2006 ~ 114,800,000
• 2007 ~ 117,075,000
• 2008 ~ 11,900,000

Matthew Dent design

• 2008 ~ 115,022,000 (the dateless coin is included in this mintage)
• 2009 ~ 121,625,300
• 2010 ~ 112,875,500^[14]
• 2011 ~ 191,625,000
• 2012 ~ 69,650,030
• 2013 ~ 66,325,000
• 2014 ~ 173,775,000
• 2015 ~ 63,175,000 (4th Portrait)

Jody Clark portrait

• 2015 ~ 131,250,000 (5th Portrait)
• 2016 ~ 212,625,000
• 2017 ~ 0 (zero)^[3]
• 2018 ~ 0 (zero)
• 2019 ~ 125,125,000

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'Twenty Pence Coin'. The Royal Mint Limited. 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
2. ^'Twenty Pence mintage figures (20p)'. Royal Mint. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. ^ ^abKevin Peachey (10 May 2019). 'Why the Royal Mint stopped making 20p coins'. BBC News. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
4. ^Clayton, Tony. 'Decimal Coins of the UK – Bronze'. Retrieved 2006-05-24.
5. ^ ^abc'1p Coin'. British Royal Mint. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2006-05-23.
6. ^'Royal Mint seeks new coin designs'. BBC News. 17 August 2005.
7. ^'Royal Mint unveils new UK coins'Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2 April 2008
8. ^'Coinage Act: Section 2', legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1971 c. 24 (s. 2)
9. ^ ^ab'What are the legal tender amounts acceptable for UK coins?'. The Royal Mint. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
10. ^ ^ab'What is legal tender?'. Bank of England. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
11. ^'Legal tender'. Collins. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
12. ^Wentworth, Jo (1 July 2009). 'eBay frenzy as undated 20p sells for £8k'. Totally Money. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
13. ^'London Mint Office'. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
14. ^'Twenty Pence coin mintage figures'. The Royal Mint. Retrieved 8 November 2019.

External links[edit]

Kwik Fit | Friday 13th April 2018 11:01am

At Kwik Fit, we're your leading local tyre experts, with unrivalled experience of providing UK motorists with all the tyre safety advice they require to ensure they stay safe on the road. At the heart of this is our view that tyre tread and specifically tread depth, is of vital importance; it plays such a vital role in maintaining driver safety.

Did you know that in a survey undertaken last year, a staggering 69% of drivers questioned were not aware of the legal minimum tyre tread depth for the UK? Ask yourself, do you? If not, you really need to know. Your tyres determine how well you can maintain control of your car, especially in wet weather conditions when braking and cornering requires extra grip. If your tread depth isn't deep enough, your tyres will struggle to stick firmly to the the road, and that increases the possibility of having an accident.

If you're not aware of the importance of tread depths, this article will help. We'll not only outline how to avoid a tyre-related fine and penalty points on your license, but also provide you a quick, easy to apply tyre tread depth checking process, commonly known as the 20p test.

Understanding the importance of tyre treads

But first, let's get a better understanding of tyre treads. Simply put, they're the grooves you find on your tyres, and they're there to remove water from the road. This enables your vehicle to better grip the road surface. Without tyre treads, you'd struggle to control your car, especially in the wet when cornering and braking water cannot be dispersed between the tyre and the road surface leading to sliding. Think Formula 1 cars, driving on slick tyres (which have no tyre tread) in the rain… they skid and slide uncontrollably off the track so have to pit quickly to change to intermediate or wet tyres. Now picture the same situation, when it's you, doing 70 mph on a wet motorway and your driving on tyres with no tread like slicks… It doesn't bear thinking about does it.

The more tread depth you have on your tyres, the more they can clear water from the road surface, and the better grip you'll achieve. Simple as that. Plus your stopping distances will be much shorter too.

When you purchase brand new tyres from Kwik Fit, they typically come with 8 mm of tyre tread. However, over time (depending on your driving style, the distances you travel, and how often you drive) your tyres' tread depths will reduce through natural wear and tear. As it does, so will your tyres' ability to grip the road surface. As they wear down, the original 8 mm of tread will significantly decrease, especially as the tread depth gets lower and lower.

That's why tyre experts, like Kwik Fit, and leading premium tyre manufacturer, Continental, strongly recommend that you replace your tyres before they reach the UK road legal tyre tread depth mimimum of 1.6 mm. Why? Because we believe this minimum depth is too low, and – like Continental – as members of TyreSafe – the UK tyre safety charity – we're continuously campaigning to have this minimum tread depth level increased. Our position is based on the undisputed fact that below 3 mm of tread depth, independent testing has conclusively proved that a tyre's ability to grip the road surface dramatically deteriates, consequently exposing UK drivers to an increased risk of accident.

So, exactly how can you stay UK road legal, ensuring that you're always aware of what your tread depths are? How can you tell when it's time to replace your tyres? Some tyre manufacturers, like Continental, have incorporated handy Tread Wear Indicators (TWI) within their products. These markers are always visible, but set below the level of the original 8 mm of tyre tread. Over time, as your tyre incurs natural wear and tear, the tread depth will reduce to the point where it's level with the TWI. At this point its an easy indication that the tyre should now be changed.

With Continental's tyres, there are two sets of TWI – at 3 mm (above, right – Continental's recommended depth to change your tyres) and at 1.6 mm (above, left – the UK road legal minimum).

Introducing the 20p Test

TWI are very useful, but there's an easy to do alternative to check your tyre tread depth quickly if you don't have tyres with this feature: the 20p Test. This very simple, yet ingenious, testing method offers UK drivers a handy way of checking their tyre tread depth regularly and at any time, using just a single 20p coin. So if you don't have a tread depth gauge we recommend that you keep a 20p coin in your car at all times. That way, you'll always be able to check your treads whenever you feel the need or are concerned about your treads.

So how do you do it? Simple: just place the coin in the main tread channels multiple times, at various points around the tyre. If you can see any part of the outer band of the coin face, it means the tyre tread is too shallow – and probably illegal. It's not only time to stop everything and replace your tyres, it's vital that you do so as soon as possible.

The 20p Test is potentially a life saver – not just your life, but those of your passengers and other road users. It allows you to quickly and simply maintain a regular check on your tyre tread depths, ensuring you aren't caught on the wrong side of the law. It can also prove to be a money saver too as illegal tyres with insufficienct tread can land you with a heavy fine and penalty points on your licence if pulled over by the police. But just as importantly, regularly taking the test will help ensure that the tyres fitted to your vehicle can provide you with the essential grip you really need to significantly improve your driver safety.

Speak to the experts at Kwik Fit about tyre tread depth

If you're unsure about tyre tread depths, unsure if yours make the grade or have any questions about the 20p test, talk to your local tyre professionals at Kwik Fit. Our dedicated team can provide you with unrivalled tyre advice, offer you expert fitting solutions, and ensure you fit the right tyres for your car. Find your local Kwik Fit centre.

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