Transport

Aviation, roads, rail, maritime, driving, freight, public transport, safety, environment and transport accessibility.

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Services

• Check the MOT history of a vehicle

  Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed

• Tax your vehicle

  Renew or tax your vehicle for the first time using a reminder letter, your log book or the green 'new keeper' slip - and how to tax if you do not have any documents

• Check if a vehicle is taxed

  Check and report if a vehicle has up-to-date vehicle tax or is 'off road' (SORN)

• View or share your driving licence information

  Find out what information DVLA holds about your driving licence or create a check code to share your driving record, for example to hire a car

• Check the MOT status of a vehicle

  Find out the MOT test status of a vehicle - check the date of the MOT test and the expiry date of an MOT test pass.

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Guidance and regulation

• DVLA services update
  • Detailed guide
  • 13 May 2022
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• MOT inspection manual: cars and passenger vehicles
  • Manual
  • 2 March 2022
  • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• The Highway Code
  • Manual
  • 25 March 2022
  • Department for Transport
• Vehicle tax rates (V149 and V149/1)
  • Guidance
  • 1 April 2022
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Can I drive while my application is with DVLA? (INF188/6)
  • Promotional
  • 28 April 2022
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

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News and communications

• Report 05/2022: Track worker struck by a train near Surbiton station
  • 25 May 2022
  • Rail Accident Investigation Branch
  • Press release
• Quick off the spark: electric vehicle sales continue to soar in green revolution
  • 24 May 2022
  • Department for Transport and Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
  • News story
• UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions
  • 24 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Written statement
• Meet the father and son duo keeping the iconic Spaghetti Junction safe as it turns 50
  • 24 May 2022
  • National Highways
  • Press release
• Iconic Spaghetti Junction turns 50 and shows how to pasta test of time
  • 24 May 2022
  • National Highways
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Reported road accidents, vehicles and casualties tables for Great Britain
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Statistical data set
• Transport use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Official statistics
• Reported road casualties Great Britain: older driver factsheet 2020
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • National statistics
• Reported road casualties Great Britain, provisional results: 2021
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • National statistics
• Provisional in-year statistics on reported road casualties
  • 25 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

• Low carbon fuel strategy: call for ideas
  • 24 May 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 03 April 2022
• COP26 declaration: zero emission cars and vans
  • 24 May 2022
  • Department for Transport and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Policy paper
• Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One route (February 2022)
  • 24 May 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Impact assessment
• Monitoring noise and vibration on the HS2 Phase One route (March 2022)
  • 24 May 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Impact assessment
• Monitoring air quality and dust on the HS2 Phase One and 2a route (March 2022)
  • 19 May 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Impact assessment

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Meeting minutes for the HS2 Phase 2b planning forum
  • 25 May 2022
  • High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
  • Transparency
• Report 05/2022: Track worker struck by a train near Surbiton station
  • 25 May 2022
  • Rail Accident Investigation Branch
  • Raib report
• ORR: workforce management information, April 2022
  • 24 May 2022
  • Office of Rail and Road
  • Transparency
• MCA Business Plan 2022 to 2023
  • 24 May 2022
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Corporate report
• Clean maritime demonstration competition (CMDC)
  • 24 May 2022
  • Department for Transport and Innovate UK
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

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• Marine Management Organisation
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Office for Zero Emission Vehicles
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
• HM Treasury
• Home Office
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Government Office for Science
• Ministry of Defence
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
• Defence and Security Accelerator
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for International Trade
• Border Force
• Department of Health & Social Care
• UK Visas and Immigration
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Government Actuary's Department
• Northern Ireland Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Ministry of Justice
• Planning Inspectorate
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Infrastructure and Projects Authority
• Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Geospatial Commission
• Office for Veterans' Affairs
• UK Export Finance
• Building Digital UK
• Defence Safety Authority
• Homes England
• Immigration Enforcement
• Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
• Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning
• UK Atomic Energy Authority
• UK Health Security Agency

• Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• UK Space Agency
• Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
• DfT OLR Holdings Limited
• UK Hydrographic Office
• Environment Agency
• Competition and Markets Authority
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
• Military Aviation Authority
• Regulatory Policy Committee
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
• Dounreay
• HM Land Registry
• National Counter Terrorism Security Office
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Forensic Science Regulator
• Sellafield Ltd
• Defence Equipment and Support
• Low Pay Commission
• Natural England

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