Guidance and regulation

Overview of the vehicle operator licensing system.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 6 February 2024

Rules on drivers’ hours and tachographs for vehicles used for the carriage of goods in Great Britain and abroad.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 2 September 2022

How to make sure goods and other items are loaded, secured and unloaded safely from HGVs, trailers, vans and cars.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 July 2023

How to report a driver or their company to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) if you think they're breaking safety rules.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 4 August 2022

What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 21 September 2023

How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 18 April 2023

Find out if you need the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) qualification to drive a lorry, bus or coach, or if you could be exempt.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 24 July 2020

What UK goods vehicle operators need to do to carry out international road haulage.

• From: Department for Transport and 2 others
• Updated: 8 February 2024

Rules on drivers’ hours and tachographs for passenger vehicles in Great Britain and abroad.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 2 September 2022

Apply to drive an HGV, bus or coach professionally for up to 12 months before taking all the qualifying tests if you’re doing certain training courses.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 10 February 2023

Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 30 April 2024

The subjects that can be covered in Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 28 April 2021

Use this checklist to help secure your vehicle to stop people using it to enter the UK illegally.

• From: Border Force
• Updated: 15 February 2024

How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.

• From: Border Force and 1 others
• Updated: 4 April 2023

Information about how to pay the HGV levy for non-UK HGVs.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 1 August 2023

Find out what’s changed with how driving licences work for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and bus drivers and how driving tests are changing.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and 1 others
• Updated: 16 November 2021

What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a bus, coach or other public service vehicle (PSV) walkaround check.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 18 April 2023

You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.

• From: Department for Transport and 3 others
• Updated: 28 March 2019

Overview of the public service vehicle operator licensing system.

• From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Updated: 6 February 2024

Find training courses to help you become a qualified dangerous goods driver.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 17 December 2021