Road Users

Road Safety and Vehicle Regulation Division is responsible for promoting road safety, training and educating road users, producing the Highway Code and developing policy and legislation.

Driver and Vehicle Agency is the new Agency formed from the merger of Driver and Vehicle Licensing, which keeps a record of all those who are entitled to drive, together with a register of all vehicles and operators entitled to travel on public roads and the Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency  whose key aim is to promote and improve road safety.

The Agency operates from a number of geographical locations, including 15 combined vehicle test and practical driving test centres, 2 stand alone centres for driving tests, 6 theory test centres, 2 enforcement centres, 13 dynamic weighbridge facilities, 5 of which can be operated by customers themselves, 8 vehicle / driver licensing offices and a commercial licensing office.