Guidance

HGV overloading: the basics

A guide on how to avoid overloading heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and the effect it has on vehicles and the road.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Published: 16 July 2013

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HGV overloading: the basics

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This guide explains how to avoid overloading HGVs as well as explaining what can happen to an overloaded vehicle.

There’s different guidance about load securing for vehicle operators.

Published 16 July 2013