Driver Vehicle Standards Agency
October 13
09:26
2022
Details
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) carries out roadside inspections of goods vehicles and passenger-carrying vehicles to check that:
- the driver is following drivers hours rules
- the driver holds the correct licence, insurance and driver CPC
- their vehicle is carrying the correct load weights and type of load permitted
- their vehicle has no mechanical faults and is in a safe and roadworthy condition
DVSA will publish details of offences found on an annual basis.
About the data
The reports show:
- the operators name
- their operators licence number (some countries require operators to have more than one operator licence)
- the number of vehicles the operator had registered on their operator licence
- the number of defects DVSA found
- the number of offences DVSA found
The data is sorted by country and then by operator name.
Data sources
These reports include defects and offences DVSA found from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021:
- during roadside checks
- during visits to operator sites
These reports do not include data from offences found by the police.
Factors which may affect the report
The following factors may affect the report:
- accurate entry of operator licence numbers by DVSA examiners - if these were entered incorrectly, the offence would be attributed to the wrong operator
- operator licence numbers - some countries only use numbers and do not include letters in their operator licence numbers, this means operators from different countries could have the same licence number, so its important to check the country of origin
- variations in spelling of operator names - the DVSA examiner has to manually type in the name of operators from outside Great Britain, this means there might be variations of the operator name
- operators successfully challenging an offence - if an offence is challenged by the operator and DVSA agrees with them, it might still show on the report
- data quality issues - some underlying data might change over time as DVSA finds incorrect data and fixes it