Changes Announced To DVSA Roadside Check Standards

Changes announced to DVSA Roadside check standards

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has announced several major changes to guidelines affecting roadside enforcement checks. From 1^st May 2022 there will be a number of changes, in particular what happens when action needs to be taken when roadworthiness defects are found. In summary the affected changes are:

• The categorisation of defects has been updated to include new items, notes and amendments in parts 1 and 2 of the manual.
• There are significant updates to the load security sections, which includes removing the reference to the load security matrix.  
• There are additional load security defects and notes.
• Other updates include vehicles missing an obligatory seat belt, electronic stability control (ESC), suspension joints and overrun brakes.

For further information visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/categorisation-of-defects

Martin Fryer

Martin Fryer is Managing Director of a specialist haulage company as well as a qualified transport manager with experience across multiple different industries. He holds a BA (Hons) in Logistics and is a chartered member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport.

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