Consultation outcome

Banning tyres aged 10 years and older

From:: Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Published: 23 June 2019
Last updated: 15 July 2020 — See all updates

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Government response to the consultation to ban tyres aged 10 years or older

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Impact assessment restricting the use of tyres on the front axles of heavy vehicles

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Detail of outcome

Response to the banning tyres aged 10 and older consultation which states we have decided to proceed with a ban on a precautionary basis, to improve road safety. The ban will apply to tyres fitted to the front axle of:

heavy goods vehicles
buses
coaches

plus to the tyres on all axles of minibuses when fitted in single configuration.

The response includes an impact assessment of the effect of implementing the ban and led to the creation of the ‘SPaTS 1-869 old tyres evidence collection’ research report.

The response and impact assessment were release on 15 June 2020.

Original consultation

Consultation description

The Department for Transport is seeking views on a proposed ban on tyres aged 10 years and older from certain vehicle types, to improve road safety.

We want to introduce regulations that ban the use of tyres aged 10 years and older from:

heavy goods vehicles
heavy trailers
buses, coaches and minibuses

We are also seeking views and evidence on whether to introduce a similar maximum age for tyres fitted to taxis and private hire vehicles.

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