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Guides about keeping commercial vehicles safe to drive, including heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), vans, buses, coaches and other public service vehicles.

• Updated: 29 July 2025

What to do if your vehicle, vehicle part or accessory is recalled, has a registered fault and how to report serious safety defect you find

• Overview

  You need to get your vehicle, vehicle parts and accessories fixed or…

• Recalled vehicles, parts and accessories

  If your vehicle is recalled for a safety reason, you’ll usually be sent a…

• Report a serious safety defect

  If you find a serious defect that affects the safety of your vehicle, one…

• Faults with vehicles, parts and accessories

  Faults in the way vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories are designed or…

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.

• Updated: 22 April 2024

Information and rules about vehicle maintenance, safety and security.

• Updated: 29 January 2022

You must make sure your car, motorcycle or other vehicle is safe to drive (‘roadworthy’) all year round.

FCDO travel advice for Chile. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 1 August 2025

Rules on what motor insurance you need, what to do if you're in an accident, insurance for driving abroad, penalties for uninsured vehicles and drivers.

FCDO travel advice for Venezuela. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 4 October 2025

Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.

• Updated: 6 September 2019

FCDO travel advice for Panama. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 21 August 2025