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Road safety, driving rules and penalties

Road safety law and advice, information about driving penalties and paying fines.

Services

  1. Pay a DVLA fine

    Use this service to pay any money you owe DVLA for not taxing your vehicle or declaring a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)

  2. Pay a parking fine

    Find out how to pay a local council for a parking fine or parking ticket - if it’s a penalty charge notice (PCN)

  3. Medical examination report for a lorry or bus driving licence (D4)

    A doctor will need to complete this form if you are applying for a lorry or bus driving licence.

  1. Tell DVLA about a medical condition that could affect your driving

    Report a health condition to DVLA if it affects your driving

  2. Towing: licence and age requirements

    Work out if you’re old enough or have the right kind of licence to tow a trailer from different kinds of vehicle

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Child car seats: the law

    The rules for child car seats and booster seats - height, weight, age, type of vehicle, car, minibus, licensed taxi

    Guide

  2. Speeding penalties

    You could get a fine and penalty points if you're caught speeding, or could even lose your licence

    Answer

  3. Check if a health condition affects your driving

    Check if you need to tell DVLA about a health or medical condition if you have a driving licence - you'll have to fill in medical questionnaire if you do

    Answer

  1. The Highway Code

    • Manual
    • Department for Transport

  2. Medical conditions, disabilities and driving

    When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.

    • Guide
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News and communications

Jesse Norman MP
Road safety: recent progress and future work

Department for Transport

Written statement

  1. Drink drivers face swifter justice with new roadside breathalysers

    • Department for Transport
    • News story

  2. Drivers’ hours: changes to fines for commercial drivers

    • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
    • News story

  3. New online service could help drivers report accidents

    • Department for Transport
    • News story

  4. New THINK! road safety campaign launched to help cut child deaths

    • Department for Transport
    • News story
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Policy and engagement

  1. Road vehicles: improving air quality and safety

    Department for Transport

    Consultation outcome

    Date closed 02 March 2018

  2. New ways to report road accidents to the police

    Department for Transport

    Closed consultation

    Date closed 24 April 2018

  3. Roadworthiness testing for vehicles of historical interest

    Department for Transport

    Consultation outcome

    Date closed 02 November 2016

  1. Testing if vehicles are roadworthy

    • Department for Transport
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 02 November 2016

  2. DVSA strategy, 2017 to 2022

    • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
    • Policy paper
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Transparency

  1. Road safety statement progress

    • Department for Transport
    • Research

  2. Safer Road Fund process evaluation

    • Department for Transport
    • Research

  3. Road safety factsheets and ad-hoc statistics

    • Department for Transport
    • National statistics

  4. Quarterly statistics on reported road accidents (RAS45)

    • Department for Transport
    • Statistical data set

  5. M20/M2 number of accidents FOI

    • Highways England
    • Foi release
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