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Find contact details for dangerous goods safety advisers (DGSA) that can help you transport dangerous goods safely.

Find driver and vehicle software and IT systems that can report on performance measures for the DVSA earned recognition scheme for vehicle operators.

Find contact details for approved auditors to carry out system and process audits on your vehicle operator business so you can join DVSA earned recognition.

Guidance for driving examiners on general operational matters.

Guidance for driving examiners on candidates with a disability, health condition or learning difficulty.

The guidance driving examiners follow when they carry out driving tests in Great Britain. It's sometimes known as the 'DT1'.

Driver standards statistics on the numbers and pass rates for driving, riding theory, practical tests and registered driving and riding instructors.

Apply to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) for approval to book and manage driving and motorcycle tests for your pupils.

Apply to get replacement heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer plating certificates or ministry plates if the originals have been lost or damaged.

Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.

Find out if your heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer needs a ministry plate and plating certificate, how to get them and what to do if you lose or damage them.

The law on using electrically assisted pedal cycles (EAPCs) on public roads.

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

Equipment and methods you can use to secure a load in a goods vehicle and how to use it safely.

How to make sure goods and other items are loaded, secured and unloaded safely from HGVs, trailers, vans and cars.

Why load security is important, what operators, drivers and consignors must do when loading and transporting goods, and how load security is enforced.

Ways to load items on a goods vehicle safely.

What you need to do to register and then record Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) periodic training your training centre provides.

A list of subcategory A2 and category A motorcycles that can be used for the module 1 and module 2 motorcycle riding tests.

How to keep heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and public service vehicles (PSVs) safe to drive, including daily checks, inspections, maintenance and record keeping.

Guidance for driving examiners on the wording to use in all categories of driving tests.

A flowchart showing when a candidate will be issued with a manual or automatic licence for categories C and D.

Vehicle safety questions ('show me, tell me' questions) used by driving examiners in car driving tests, motorcycle tests, vocational driving tests, and tractor and specialist vehicle driving tests (including Highway Code questions).

Guidance for driving examiners on accidents and legal procedures, and other non-operational matters

Guidance for driving examiners on candidates with a disability, health condition or learning difficulty.

A summary of annual research carried out in September 2024 to find out what it’s like working as a driving instructor in Great Britain.

A summary of annual research carried out in September 2024 to find out what it’s like working as a driving instructor in Great Britain.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will be closed at times during Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025.