Load securing: vehicle operator guidance
This guide provides operators from different sectors of industry with useful information on how DVSA and other regulators expect loads to be secured when in transit.
Securing Loads on Flatbed Vehicles
Unsafe loads on vehicles injure more than 1,200 people a year and cost UK businesses millions of pounds in damaged goods. Share this safety card with your drivers.
Guidance: Driving a van
Who can drive a van, the speed limits and weight limits that apply, and rules on loading, drivers' hours and maintenance.
Driving a van: weight limits and loading
As a van driver, you need to stay within the weight limits when you're driving and not overload it.
Load security: consequences of poor load security
Poor load securing can lead to death or serious injury.
Load securing: good practice
Good practice to follow when securing loads
Load securing: vehicle operator guidance
This guide provides operators from different sectors of industry with useful information on how DVSA and other regulators expect loads to be secured when in transit.
Load security: how DVSA enforces the rules
How the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency enforces the rules on securing loads.
Load securing: roles and responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities in the transport chain for securing loads.