Guidance

Self-driving vehicles listed for use in Great Britain

Check if a vehicle is listed as self-driving for use in Great Britain.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Self-driving vehicles

Self-driving vehicles are vehicles that can safely and lawfully drive themselves.

In a self-driving vehicle, it is safe in at least some circumstances for the driver to delegate control of the vehicle to the self-driving function and no longer monitor the road.

Driving a self-driving vehicle

A new section of The Highway Code clarifies driver responsibilities and rules on the use of self-driving vehicles.

You must insure your self-driving vehicle as self-driving.

List of self-driving vehicles

The Secretary of State for Transport will publish a list of vehicles deemed as self-driving. The list of self-driving vehicles will be published on this page.

At present, there are no self-driving vehicles listed for use in Great Britain.

Finding out if a vehicle has self-driving functions

The list of self-driving vehicles only records vehicle model or variant to help determine if individual vehicles should be registered as self-driving on the DVLA database.

At present, there are no self-driving vehicles listed for use in Great Britain. This information is therefore not yet available on DVLA’s vehicle checker.

If a vehicle has been registered as self-driving, then you must understand how to use the vehicle’s functions and identify the ones that are capable of self-driving before engaging them.

A self-driving vehicle may contain driver assistance features, such as lane tracking, cruise control or automatic start-stop, that are not self-driving.

Updates to this page

Published 20 April 2022

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