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Vehicle Market Surveillance Unit programme results, 2025
Findings from vehicle and component testing done during 2025 to check new products on the UK market meet legal obligations.
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This report sets out the findings of vehicle and component testing during 2025.
The tests make sure new products put on the UK market meet legal obligations.
They’re carried out by the Vehicle Market Surveillance Unit, part of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
This year’s testing programme checked:
- advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
- catalytic converters (CATs) and diesel particulate filters (DPFs)
- electrically assisted pedal cycles
- e-scooters
- manufacturers and suppliers of vehicles and aftermarket components
- motorcycle exhaust systems and silencers
- non-road mobile machinery (NRMM)
- tyres
There’s a different report on the Vehicle Market Surveillance Unit’s 2025 emissions testing programme.