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Licence cut for maintenance problems
A car transport operator has escaped with a month-long licence curtailment after he exceeded the number of vehicles on its licence, drove overweight and did not use a tachograph.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
February 4, 2026
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Waste operators compliance improves after Agency operation
More than two dozen drivers and companies were found to be operating without a waste carrier’s licence in East Anglia last year, according to the Environment Agency (EA).
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 30, 2026
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Caravan haulier case “almost as bad as it gets”
The operator licences belonging to a static caravan transporter have been revoked and the director disqualified indefinitely after a “truly astonishing” level of dishonesty.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 29, 2026
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Lack of engagement with TC’s office ends in revocation
The deputy traffic commissioner for Scotland has revoked the licence of a restricted goods vehicle operator after an S marked prohibition for serious tyre and brake pipe defects led to an unsatisfactory maintenance investigation.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 28, 2026
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Pilots killed after lorry driver collides with taxi
A lorry driver has been jailed for 10 years after he failed to react to stationary traffic on the M62 near Liverpool and killed two pilots being driven home from their shifts.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 28, 2026
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Deputy TC’s lack of trust in haulier results in disqualification
A Redditch operator whose approach to vehicle maintenance and record keeping posed a serious risk to road safety has had its licence revoked and its director disqualified for six months.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 23, 2026
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Lincs firm created false maintenance records
Significant shortcomings in Spalding operator RMK Haulage’s compliance led to its licence being revoked at a Cambridge public inquiry.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 22, 2026
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Licence cut after drivers’ hours offences discovered
A Leicestershire operator has had its authorisation reduced following a public inquiry which found repeated drivers’ hours breaches and shortcomings in management oversight.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 16, 2026
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Haulier successfully appeals TC decision
An appeal tribunal found there was “procedural unfairness” by the North West traffic commissioner after he dismissed an application for a licence to run lorries in Lancashire.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 15, 2026
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Reckless driver behaviour recorded by police
Police in Wales said it was “unbelievable” that a delivery driver was caught with one foot on the dashboard engaged in a facetime call with someone while not wearing a seatbelt.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 14, 2026
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TC finds private HGV was used for hire and reward
An application for the return of a 7.5-tonne lorry to a Hertford businesswoman has been rejected after a deputy traffic commissioner found it was being used for commercial purposes.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 9, 2026
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Operator with long-standing issues fails in licence bid
An application to run an HGV out of a Preston operating centre has been refused after the traffic commissioner highlighted links to previously revoked licences
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 8, 2026
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Licence cut after compliance failings emerge
A removals firm in Morecambe has had its licence curtailed and transport manager disqualified after a public inquiry revealed serious regulatory shortcomings
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 7, 2026
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Appeal tribunal finds operator displayed ‘rank incompetence and significant ignorance’
A Gloucestershire operator has failed to overturn the loss of its licence after a tribunal dismissed an appeal brought by the company and its director
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 2, 2026
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Removing jury trials raises questions of fairness and transparency
A law firm specialising in road transport cases has warned that scrapping jury trials will hit professional drivers the most and erode the country’s justice system
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
January 1, 2026
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Driver jailed for fatal overtaking manoeuvre
A parcel delivery driver has been jailed for six years after dangerously overtaking another vehicle on a B road in Lincolnshire and killing a seven-year-old car passenger.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 19, 2025
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Company continued to run HGVs despite revocation
The licence held by West Yorkshire-based BTW Transport has been revoked after a public inquiry concluded the company repeatedly failed to meet road-worthiness and compliance standards
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 17, 2025
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Long list of compliance gaps at Yorkshire haulier
A Sheffield operator has had its licence revoked and a pending fresh application refused after demonstrating persistent failures and inadequate responses
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 15, 2025
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Arrest for lorry driver attempting to evade police
An HGV driver who pulled off the M5 and drove through a carpark in order to avoid a police vehicle inspection struck two cars before re-joining the motorway and getting arrested.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 13, 2025
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Licence lost after compliance pledge fails to materialise
An Essex-based international operator has lost its operator licence after the traffic commissioner found maintenance and management failings.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 11, 2025
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Failings lead to loss of TC’s trust
A haulage company in Brentwood that operated without a transport manager for six months and relied on an unauthorised operating centre in a traffic area it had no licence at all, has been disqualified.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 10, 2025
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Driver sustains serious injuries in fall from trailer
A manufacturing company has been fined £80,000 after a visiting HGV driver sustained a brain injury when he fell from a trailer during loading operations at a site in County Durham
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 5, 2025
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HGV driver admits falling asleep in M6 collision
A lorry driver from Greater Manchester has been jailed after his vehicle was in collision with a motorist on the M6 and caused life-changing injuries.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 4, 2025
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Lorry driver jailed after 32 migrants found in trailer at Dover
A lorry driver has been jailed for three years after attempting to smuggle 32 migrants out of the UK and into France
Compliance News - Commercial Motor
December 3, 2025
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TC refuses restricted licence application
The traffic commissioner has revoked the licence of a Herts-based sole trader and rejected the application for a restricted licence for a linked business, citing serious concerns over transparency, financial fitness and regulatory compliance.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
December 3, 2025
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Police use unmarked HGV to spot offences
West Midlands police described the actions of an ADR driver on the motorway holding a cup in one hand and a spoon in the other while eating a meal as “shocking”.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 28, 2025
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Prison for lorry driver who accelerated into line of traffic
A lorry driver that failed to brake for traffic on the A27 in Sussex and crashed into a line of vehicles at more than 50mph has been jailed for causing serious injury by dangerous driving
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 27, 2025
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TC’s decision to refuse application ruled unfair
An operator that had its variation application refused on the basis that its newspaper advertisement was outside the permitted timeframe has won an appeal after a tribunal called the decision “procedurally unfair”
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 26, 2025
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Middlesbrough haulier fined after devanning death
A haulage company in the North East has been fined a quarter of a million pounds after one of its employees died while working in a shipping container.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 21, 2025
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Rural crime in the spotlight as thefts rise
Lorry drivers were among those pulled over by the police and the DVSA focusing on rural crime in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire last month
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 21, 2025
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Operator failed to notify TC of ‘blatant criminal activity’
An “arrogant and bullish” operator that failed to inform the traffic commissioner of his conviction for running an illegal waste site in Lincolnshire has been disqualified.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 17, 2025
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Biffa fined almost £2.5m for reversing fatality
Biffa Waste Services has been fined £2.48m after one of its operatives was run over and killed by a reversing lorry.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 14, 2025
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Expert casts doubt on HGV driver’s motorway conviction
A lorry driver has had his conviction for driving without due care and attention on the M5 referred to the crown court after an expert report cast doubt on whether any offence took place.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 13, 2025
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Complex business arrangements prompt regulatory scrutiny
The traffic commissioner has granted operating licences to two connected companies following a detailed public inquiry into their complex management arrangements and structures, after they committed to clearer governance and compliance.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 12, 2025
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Truck driver was seven times over drug drive limit
An HGV driver has been disqualified for 17 months after he was found to be more than seven times over the drug drive limit
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 7, 2025
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Suspected fly tipper arrested in multi-agency op
A man has been arrested and two tipper trucks seized as part of a multi-agency investigation into organised waste crime across the south east
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 6, 2025
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Disqualified operator posed risk to road users
The traffic commissioner for the East of England has revoked the licence held by an international operator based in Wellingborough after finding it had relied on an unauthorised operating centre.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 5, 2025
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HGV drivers caught not wearing seatbelts
Truck drivers on the M1 wearing high visibility tabards to cover up for missing seatbelts were caught and fined by police in Nottinghamshire this month
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
November 3, 2025
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Road rage trucker jailed after stabbing incident
A truck driver who brutally stabbed a fellow driver multiple times in a road rage attack has been jailed for 22 months
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 31, 2025
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“One of the very worst cases” operator kicked out of industry
The traffic commissioner has revoked the licence of a Hereford operator after a DVSA probe produced one of the worst scoring maintenance investigation reports (MIVR) he had ever seen.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 30, 2025
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Life changing injuries after skip company workplace accident
A skip hire firm in Worcester has been fined £160,000 after a loading shovel bucket fell onto a maintenance worker and fractured his ribs, leg, foot and pelvis.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 17, 2025
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Fine for haulage firm after unlawful waste movements
Four firms and a haulier have been fined more than £70,000 after allowing thousands of lorries to move waste from housing developments and dump it in Suffolk.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 16, 2025
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‘Wide range of negative features’ results in operator’s disqualification
A sole trader in Sheffield has had his licence revoked and been disqualified indefinitely after the traffic commissioner found he had run away from his responsibilities and failed to control his operation.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 15, 2025
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Distracted trucker jailed after causing death by dangerous driving
A lorry driver who killed a motorist on the M58 when he was scrolling through social media apps on his phone has been jailed for 10 years
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 10, 2025
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Haulier wins appeal against revocation decision
A Bolton haulage operator has successfully appealed against a decision to revoke its international licence after a tribunal found the traffic commissioner was “plainly wrong”
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 9, 2025
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Management ill-equipped to manage drivers’ hours
Failures at Liverpool-based Climax Scaffolding were significant, long-standing and caused a risk to road safety, according to the North West traffic commissioner and so he revoked its licence
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 8, 2025
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No confidence company would comply with regs
A deputy traffic commissioner in the Eastern region has revoked the licence of a metal recycler in Harlow and refused its director’s application to run eight vehicles under a second licence.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 6, 2025
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Sentence for road rage attack on lorry driver
A man that climbed up the side of an HGV cab and attacked the driver, a man in his 70s, has been sentenced for common assault by beating.
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 6, 2025
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Scaffolding firm displayed ‘serious failure’ to meet undertakings
A company that relied on an unauthorised operating centre for over a year, did not notify the traffic commissioner it had changed maintenance provider, or that its director had been disqualified from driving, has had its licence revoked
Compliance News - Chris Tindall
October 2, 2025
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