The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

(see regulations 75, 77 and 79)

SCHEDULE 11 MAXIMUM PERMITTED WEIGHTS, ETC

(see regulation 75)

PART I Maximum permitted laden weights for heavy motor cars and motor cars and trailers in each case not forming part of articulated vehicles

1	2	3	4	5
Item	No. of axles	Distance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres)	Weight not exceeded by any axle (kg)	Maximum permitted laden weight (kg)
1	2	Less than 2.65		14,230 (unless item 2 applies)
2	2	Closely spaced on a trailer where the distance between the foremost axle of the trailer and the rear axle of the drawing vehicle is at least 4.2	The maximum weight permitted by Regulation 78	16,260
3	2	At least 2.65		16,260
4	2	At least 3.0 if the vehicle is a bus the laden weight of which is calculated in accordance with regulation 78(5)		17,000
5	2	At least 3.0 if the vehicle is a trailer		18,000
6	3	Less than 3.0	10,170	16,260
7	3	At least 3.0	10,170	18,290
8	3	At least 3.2	8,130	20,330
9	3	At least 3.9	10,170	20,330
10	3	At least 3.9	8,640	22,360
11	3	At least 4.6	10,170	22,360
12	3	At least 4.9	9,400	24,390
13	3	At least 5.1	10,170	24,390
14	4 or more	Less than 3.7	10,170	18,290
15	4 or more	At least 3.7	8,640	20,330
16	4 or more	At least 4.6	8,640	22,360
17	4 or more	At least 4.7	8,640	24,390
18	4 or more	At least 5.0	9,150	24,390
19	4 or more	At least 5.6	9,150	26,420
20	4 or more	At least 6.0	9,660	26,420
21	4 or more	At least 5.9	9,150	28,450
22	4 or more	At least 6.3	9,660	28,450
23	4 or more	At least 6.3	9,400	30,490
24	4 or more	At least 6.5	9,660	30,490

(see regulation 75)

PART II Maximum permitted laden weights for heavy motor cars and motor cars forming part of articulated vehicles

1	2	3	4	5
Item	No. of axles	Distance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres)	Weight not exceeded by any axle not being the foremost or rearmost (kg)	Maximum permitted laden weight (kg)
1	2	At least 2.0	—	14,230
2	2	At least 2.4	—	16,260
3	2	At least 2.7	—	17,000 (provided that the vehicle has a total train weight of more than 32,520 kg.)
4	3 or more	At least 3.0	8,390	20,330
5	3 or more	At least 3.8	8,640	22,360
6	3 or more	At least 4.0	10,500	22,500
7	3 or more	At least 4.3	9,150	24,390
8	3 or more	At least 4.9	10,500	24,390

(see regulation 77)

PART III Maximum permitted laden weight of articulated vehicles

1	2		3	4
Item	Relevant axle spacing (metres)		Maximum weight (kg)	Minimum overall length (metres)
	(a) Where motor vehicle has 2 axles	(b) Where motor vehicle has more than 2 axles
1	At least 2.0	At least 2.0	20,330	—
2	At least 2.2	At least 2.2	22,360	—
3	At least 2.6	At least 2.6	23,370	—
4	At least 2.9	At least 2.9	24,390	—
5	At least 3.2	At least 3.2	25,410	—
6	At least 3.5	At least 3.5	26,420	—
7	At least 3.8	At least 3.8	27,440	—
8	At least 4.1	At least 4.1	28,450	—
9	At least 4.4	At least 4.4	29,470	—
10	At least 4.7	At least 4.7	30,490	—
11	At least 5.0	At least 5.0	31,500	—
12	At least 5.3	At least 5.3	32,520	—
13	At least 5.5	At least 5.4	33,000	10.0
14	At least 5.8	At least 5.6	34,000	10.3
15	At least 6.2	At least 5.8	35,000	10.5
16	At least 6.5	At least 6.0	36,000	11.0
17	At least 6.7	At least 6.2	37,000	11.5
18	At least 6.9	At least 6.3	38,000	12.0

(see regulation 77)

PART IV Maximum permitted laden weight of articulated vehicles

1	2	3
Item	Type of articulated vehicle	Maximum permitted weight (kg)
1	Motor vehicle and semi-trailer having a total of 3 axles	24,390
2	Motor vehicle and semi-trailer having a total of 4 axles or motor vehicle first used before 1st April 1973 and semi-trailer having a total of 5 or more axles	32,520
3	Motor vehicle first used on or after 1st April 1973 and semi-trailer having a total of 5 or more axles	38,000

(see regulation 79(2))

PART V Maximum permitted weights of two closely-spaced axles

1	2	3	4	5
Item	Distance between axles (metres)	Maximum permitted weight when weight of neither axle exceeds one half of the specified weight (kg)	Maximum permitted weight in cases not within column (3) when weight of neither axle exceeds 10170 kg (kg)	Maximum permitted weight in cases not within column (3) or (4) (kg)
1	At least 1.02	16,260	12,200	10,500
2	At least 1.05	17,280	15,260	10,500
3	At least 1.20	18,300	16,270	15,260
4	At least 1.35	18,800	17,280	16,500
5	At least 1.50	19,320	18,300	18,000
6	At least 1.80	20,000	19,000	19,000
7	At least 1.85	20,340	19,320	19,320

(see regulation 79(3))

PART VI Maximum permitted weights of three closely-spaced axles

1	2	3
Item	Smallest distance between any adjoining axles of three closely-spaced axles (metres)	Maximum permitted weight of each axle (kg)
1	At least 0.70	6,000
2	At least 0.80	6,200
3	At least 0.90	6,400
4	At least 1.00	6,600
5	At least 1.10	6,900
6	At least 1.20	7,100
7	At least 1.30	7,500

(see regulation 79(4))

PART VII Maximum permitted weight of three adjacent axles

1	2	3	4
Item	Distance between foremost and rearmost axles (metres)	Maximum intermediate axle weight (kg)	Maximum permitted total weight (kg)
1	Less than 3.0	10,170	18,290
2	At least 3.0	8,390	20,330
3	At least 3.8	8,640	22,360
4	At least 4.6	9,150	24,390