Guidance and regulation

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

Inspection processes and standards for bus and coach MOT tests (annual tests).

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2024

Action Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) traffic examiners take to deal with offences, including warnings, prohibition notices, and fixed penalties.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 12 April 2024

How vehicle defects found during roadside inspections or vehicle tests are categorised and what action will be taken when they're found.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 24 April 2023

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

How to create a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) email alerts account and update your subscription preferences.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 5 March 2018

Information leaflet on wheel maintenance on commercial vehicles.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 20 June 2014

How drivers, transport staff and bridge owners can prevent vehicles from hitting bridges and what to do if a bridge strike happens.

• From: Department for Transport
• Updated: 9 July 2014

You must report any incident involving your organisation's public service vehicles (PSVs) if there are fatalities, serious injuries, or serious damage.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 6 April 2021

The areas that are looked at during maintenance investigations to check that vehicle operators have suitable systems, facilities and arrangements.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 4 May 2023

How buses and coaches are inspected when they're being approved under the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) scheme to make sure they're safe to be used.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 15 March 2024

A reference leaflet about drivers' hours for bus and coach (PSV) drivers.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 January 2011

Examples of how tyre defects and damage on heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), buses and trailers will be dealt with at roadside inspections and MOTs (annual tests).

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 9 December 2020

How fines and financial deposits issued by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for offences found at roadside checks work.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 29 January 2019

The industry standard specification for electronic braking performance monitoring systems (EBPMS) for commercial vehicles.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 12 May 2023

How to maintain and check the automatic slack adjusters in your heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), public service vehicles (PSVs) and trailers.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 19 November 2021

The standards needed for seat belts installed in buses, coaches and minibuses (including van conversions).

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 19 July 2013

How to avoid the top 10 reasons buses, coaches and other M2/M3 category vehicles don't pass the Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) inspection.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 15 June 2017

A list of sites where vehicles can be taken for an LEC test.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 15 July 2013

Bus operators using ADL Enviro200 and Enviro300 buses need to carry out urgent safety inspections, as there are safety concerns with the vehicles' suspension.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 17 May 2019