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.

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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.

Updates to this page

Published 16 July 2013

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