Latest HMG Bulletin on towing

[Gafferbill]

To my knowledge, HGV trailers that have had to be registered already for some time if used internationally are not subject to an MOT either.

......all UK trailers over 3500kgs have a chassis number which has to be stamped or welded into the chassis metal (ie...not an easily remove label)
The trailer has to annually undergo a ministry examination at a DVSA HGV testing centre and pass the tests to be road legal.
The pass certificate must be displayed on the trailer to which it applies.

 

[Lutz]

......all UK trailers over 3500kgs have a chassis number which has to be stamped or welded into the chassis metal (ie...not an easily remove label)
The trailer has to annually undergo a ministry examination at a DVSA HGV testing centre and pass the tests to be road legal.
The pass certificate must be displayed on the trailer to which it applies.

Thanks for the clarification.
Trailers under 3500kg have to have a VIN as well, though too, and it mustn't be an easily removable label either.

 

[Buckman]

Thanks for the clarification.
Trailers under 3500kg have to have a VIN as well, though too, and it mustn't be an easily removable label either.

In the UK I don't think trailers under 3500kg require a VIN number as they are not classed as a vehicle? Trailers under 3500kg built before 2021 definitely do not have a VIN number.

 

[Lutz]

In the UK I don't think trailers under 3500kg require a VIN number as they are not classed as a vehicle? Trailers under 3500kg built before 2021 definitely do not have a VIN number.

Since when is a trailer not a vehicle? It always has been.
VIN numbers have been a requirement since the introduction of whole vehicle type approval for trailers in 2014 and it has to be displayed on the statutory plate.

 

[Buckman]

Since when is a trailer not a vehicle? It always has been.
VIN numbers have been a requirement since the introduction of whole vehicle type approval for trailers in 2014 and it has to be displayed on the statutory plate.

It doesn't have a means of self propulsion so cannot be a vehicle? ID for trailers was introduced in Oct 2012?

 

[Lutz]

It doesn't have a means of self propulsion so cannot be a vehicle? ID for trailers was introduced in Oct 2012?

A vehicle doesn’t have to have any means of self propulsion in order to fulfil the definition of a vehicle. If it has means of self propulsion it’s a motor vehicle.
Whole vehicle type approval for new designs was first introduced in 2012, that’s true, but it wasn’t effective for all trailers until 2014.