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Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
You must register commercial trailers over 750kg gross weight and all trailers over 3,500kg gross weight before towing them through some European countries.
Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have
You can tow trailers up to a certain weight with your car driving licence.…
Most cars have a maximum weight they can tow. It’s usually listed in the…
The equipment you use with your trailer or caravan must: meet certain…
American trailers and caravans do not always meet European safety…
Check if you need to register a trailer to take it abroad, create an account to register your trailer, manage details of registered trailers.
The rules about towing a trailer or caravan with a car changed on 16 December 2021. Find out how the changes affect you.
Guidance and reports on the Department for Transport's trial of longer semi-trailers for articulated goods vehicles.
Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle
You can tow some small trailers using motorbikes of 125cc or more
Vehicles which must have the annual test - buses, coaches, lorries and trailers, booking and fees.
Apply for Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) if you’re making or importing a single trailer, or a very small number of trailers.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
Forms for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and trailer MOTs (annual tests), notifiable alterations, replacing documents, keepers’ certificates, ADR, TIR and LEC tests.
Who needs to get permission from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), types of trailers that need permission and how to apply.
Information about what you can drive and tow depending on when you passed your test.
Apply for a trailer over 3,500kg first used before 29 October 2012 to have its first MOT (annual test).
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