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What we do

We improve road safety by ensuring drivers, vehicle operators and MOT garages understand and comply with roadworthiness standards. We also provide a range of vehicle licensing, testing and enforcement services. We are merging with the Driving Standards Agency to become a single agency in 2014.

VOSA is an executive agency of the Department for Transport

Read more about what we do

We work on these topics

  1. Transport

    Safe and dependable transport is essential to UK society and the economy. The government is working to make rail, road, air and water transport more efficient and effective, keep them safe and secure, and reduce greenhouse gas and other emissions. Read more

Our policies

  1. Making roads safer

    Reducing road collisions through better driver training, tougher drink/drug driving charges, road safety campaigns and lowering speed limits

  2. Reducing greenhouse gases and other emissions from transport

    The government is taking steps to reduce carbon emissions from all forms of transport in the UK

See all of our policies

Our management

Contact VOSA

Office address

VOSA
Berkeley House
Croydon Street

Bristol
BS5 0DA

VOSA licensing application services

Hillcrest House
386 Harehills Lane

Leeds
LS9 6NF

Customer service centre

VOSA
The Ellipse
Padley Road

Swansea
SA1 8AN

VOSA intelligence unit

VOSA
Berkeley House
Croydon Street

Bristol
BS5 0DA

Contact us about potential breaches of the law for the mechanical condition of goods and passenger vehicles, drivers' hours rules, vehicle overloading, goods and passenger vehicle operator licences and potential car MOT fraud.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information requests

Information Access Team
VOSA
Second Floor
Berkeley House
Croydon Street

Bristol
BS5 0DA

Corporate information

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Find out about our commitment to publishing in the Welsh language scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.

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