1.19 Stopping distance
Stopping distance is the total distance a vehicle travels during the driver reaction time and the braking that follows before it stops.
- Syllabus
- 2024
- Objective
- 1.19
- Level
- —
Exam analysis
Chance of appearing9%of analysed past papers
Latest appearanceNovember 2025
Most common paperPaper1P
Typical marks1–3
Common command terms
- Determine
- Calculate
- Identify
Scoring notes
- Common mistake
- Using only thinking distance or only braking distance instead of adding both component distances.
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Coverage 2023–2025 · Updated 16 Jul 2026
1.19 Stopping distance
Know that the stopping distance of a vehicle is made up of the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance
Concept essentials
- Stopping distance is the sum of thinking distance and braking distance.
- Thinking distance happens before the driver applies the brakes.
- Braking distance happens after braking begins and ends when the vehicle stops.
- A stopping-distance calculation may require values to be read from a graph before they are added.