Policy paper

Trailer safety report

Statutory report into trailer safety.

• From: Department for Transport and The Rt Hon Michael Ellis KC
• Published: 18 July 2019

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Trailer safety: statutory report (web version)

PDF, 2.19 MB, 65 pages

Trailer safety: statutory report (print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-1520-4

PDF, 2.19 MB, 68 pages

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Details

This report fulfills the requirements of section 20 of the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Act 2018.

The report considers 2 questions:

• how safe are trailers over 750kg on the basis of best available data?
• should mandatory testing and/or registration of trailers over 750kg be introduced?

Published 18 July 2019