Driving licence categories

The types of vehicles you can drive with certain licences.

Services

  • You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence

  • Codes that DVLA places on your driving licence, and their explanations

  • Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.

  • Check if you're old enough, or have the right kind of driving licence, to drive different kinds of vehicle

  • You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations