Miles per hour
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "about". Template:Infobox unit Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour. It is used in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.
Usage
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Road traffic
Speed limits and road traffic speeds are given in miles per hour in the following jurisdictions:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas[1]
- Belize[2]
- Dominica[3]
- Grenada[4]
- Liberia (occasionally)Template:Refn
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Palau
- Saint Kitts and Nevis[5]
- Saint Lucia[6]
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[7]
- United Kingdom[8]
- The following British Overseas Territories:
- The Crown dependencies:
- United States[16]
- The following United States overseas dependencies:
Rail networks
Miles per hour is the unit used on the US, Canadian and Irish rail systems.[22][23][24] Miles per hour is also used on British rail systems, excluding trams, some light metro systems, the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1.[25]
Nautical and aeronautical usage
Nautical and aeronautical applications favour the knot as a common unit of speed. (One knot is one nautical mile per hour, with a nautical mile being exactly 1,852 metres or about 6,076 feet.)
Other usage
In some countries mph may be used to express the speed of delivery of a ball in sporting events such as cricket, tennis and baseball.
Conversions
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See also
References
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