Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

  1. Driving tests and theory tests
  2. MOT and vehicle tests
  3. Driving licences
  4. Operator licences
  5. Vehicle recalls and faults
  6. Driver CPC
  7. ADIs and motorcycle instructors
  8. Vehicle manufacturing and modification
  9. Contact DVSA
  10. All DVSA services and information

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Service

Learn to drive a car: step by step

Check what you need to do to learn to drive, including getting a provisional licence, taking driving lessons, and taking the theory and driving tests.

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Collection

Drivers' hours: rules and guidance

Rules for lorry, bus and coach drivers on how many hours you can drive, exemptions from the rules, and when the rules can be relaxed temporarily.

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Service

Get MOT reminders

Sign up for free text message or email reminders when your MOT for a car, motorcycle, van, lorry, bus or coach is due.

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News story

MOT rule changes: 20 May 2018

The MOT test changed on 20 May 2018, with new defect types, stricter rules for diesel car emissions, and some vehicles over 40 years old becoming exempt.

Documents for hauliers driving in the EU are changing

Guidance

Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit

What private and commercial drivers from the UK may need to do to drive abroad when the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019.

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Guidance

Keeping commercial vehicles safe to drive (roadworthy)

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

Latest from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

  1. Book the DVSA special tests for instructors
    • Form
  2. ECMT international road haulage permits
    • Detailed guide
  3. Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit
    • Guidance

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What the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does

We carry out driving tests, approve people to be driving instructors and MOT testers, carry out tests to make sure lorries and buses are safe to drive, carry out roadside checks on drivers and vehicles, and monitor vehicle recalls.

DVSA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport.

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Announcements

  1. DVSA opening hours: Christmas and New Year
    • News story
  2. Commercial vehicle operators using old tyres to face investigations
    • News story
  3. See all announcements

Consultations

  1. Improving rules for Approved Tachograph Centres (ATCs)
    • Consultation outcome
  2. Updating 'In service exhaust emission standards for road vehicles'
    • Consultation outcome
  3. See all consultations

Publications

  1. ECMT international road haulage permits
    • Detailed guide
  2. Prepare to drive in the EU after Brexit
    • Guidance
  3. See all publications

Statistics

  1. Motorcycle riding test data by test centre
    • Statistical data set
  2. Motorcycle theory test data by test centre
    • Statistical data set
  3. See all statistics

Our management

Gareth Llewellyn
Gareth Llewellyn
Chief Executive, DVSA
Peter Hearn
Director of Operations (North), DVSA
Richard Hennessy
Director of Operations (South), DVSA
Marian Kitson
Director of Enforcement, DVSA
Adrian Long
Director of People, Communications and Engagement, DVSA
Helen Milne
Director of Finance and Corporate Services, DVSA
James Munson
Director of Digital Services and Technology, DVSA
Becky Thomas
Interim Director of Strategy and Policy, DVSA
Bridget Rosewell CBE
Non-Executive Chair, DVSA
Ian Baulch-Jones
Non-Executive Director, DVSA
Shrin Honap
Non-Executive Director, DVSA
Fiona Ross
Non-Executive Director, DVSA

Contact DVSA

How to contact DVSA

Contact Form: How to contact DVSA

Use the link to find the right number, email or address to contact DVSA about driving tests, instructor services, MOT, operator licensing and Driver CPC.

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4th Floor
The Axis Building
112 Upper Parliament Street
Nottingham
NG1 6LP
United Kingdom

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