The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) carry out driving tests, approve people to be driving instructors and MOT testers, carry out tests to make sure lorries and buses are safe to drive, carry out roadside checks on drivers and vehicles, and monitor vehicle recalls.
Our Earned Recognition scheme, enable the safest most compliant operators to be recognised by the regulator of transport. This means by adopting Earned Recognition standards both in your vehicles fleets and the operators you use for contracts, within supply chains and your tendered services you reduce the risk to road safety. This means the safest most compliant operators, vehicles and drivers are being utilised in the communities they serve.
Earned Recognition Booklet (1.2 MiB)
An overview of DVSA's flagship scheme. Reduce your risk and ensure you use the safest vehicles & drivers in your communities.. It's a voluntary scheme that works for all operators, no matter the size of the business or fleet. There are no application fees and no annual subscription costs. The scheme is free!
TfL contractual Module (1.27 MiB)
The DVSA Earned Recognition TfL Contractual Module gives users access to contract standards for TfL, FORS Silver, CLOCS, WRRR DVS and the safer lorry scheme.
HS2 Module (1.17 MiB)
Through the DVSA Earned Recognition High Speed 2 (HS2) Module, you'll be able to bid for contracts for the HS2 project.
London Power Tunnels (LPT2) Module (1.03 MiB)
Through the DVSA Earned Recognition London Power Tunnels (LPT2) Module, you can bid for contracts for the LPT2 Project.
The Guild of British Coach Operators Module (0.9 MiB)
This Earned Recognition module offers operators the opportunity to apply to become members of the Guild of British Coach Operators.
Concrete Operational Module in partnership with the British Aggregates Association (1.25 MiB)
The BAA is established voice of the UK's independent SME quarry operators. Through this module operators can demonstrate they meet the highest levels of compliance and road safety standards.
Road to Earned Recognition (4.54 MiB)
The DVSA Road to Earned Recognition (R2ER) is a programme designed to help new HGV and PSV (PCV) operators to develop and maintain high driver and vehicle standards.