Is your fleet DVSA-ready?
Answer a few quick questions on your operator licence, drivers, vehicle maintenance, daily checks and records. Get an instant compliance score and a clear list of what needs attention. Free, no signup, no data stored.
Operator licence
You hold the right operator's licence for your work and operate within your authorised vehicle numbers.
A qualified transport manager is in place where your licence requires one.
You meet the licence conditions and financial standing, and keep the licence details current.
Drivers
Driver licences are valid for the vehicles they drive and checked on a regular cycle.
Driver CPC is current (35 hours' periodic training every 5 years) for those who need it.
Drivers' hours and tachograph rules are followed and infringements are dealt with.
Driver medicals / vocational entitlement are kept in date where required.
Vehicles & maintenance
Safety inspections happen at your stated intervals, with a forward planner in place.
MOT / annual tests are in date for every vehicle and trailer.
Brake performance is checked appropriately (e.g. at safety inspections).
Daily checks & defects
Drivers complete and record a daily walkaround check before use.
Defects are reported, recorded and rectified before the vehicle is used again.
There's a clear, no-blame route for drivers to report faults.
Records & systems
Maintenance and inspection records are kept for at least 15 months and are easy to produce.
Tachograph data is downloaded on time (driver cards and vehicle units) and stored.
You audit your own compliance periodically (or have a gap analysis done).
Your O-licence is a promise to keep records
When the Traffic Commissioner grants an operator's licence, you undertake to keep vehicles roadworthy and to be able to prove it. Most operators lose their good repute not through a crash but through missing paperwork — safety inspections that drifted past their interval, walkaround checks that weren't recorded, tachograph downloads that never happened. This checker shows you where the gaps are before the DVSA does.
To run it day to day, see our transport & fleet compliance pages and the free driver walkaround check.
Fleet compliance — FAQs
What does DVSA / O-licence compliance involve?
Broadly: holding the right operator's licence and staying within it, having a qualified transport manager where required, keeping drivers legal (licences, Driver CPC, drivers' hours and tachographs, medicals), maintaining vehicles through regular safety inspections and MOTs, recording daily walkaround checks and rectifying defects, and keeping maintenance and tachograph records you can produce on request. This checker walks through each area.
Does it cover HGVs, PSVs and vans?
The areas apply broadly to operators of goods vehicles, and much of it to PSVs and van fleets too — but the specific rules differ by licence type and vehicle weight. Treat the result as indicative and check the exact requirements for your operation.
Is my data stored?
No. There's no login and nothing you enter is saved — it runs entirely in your browser. Run it as often as you like.
How does Complys help transport operators?
Complys tracks driver licences, Driver CPC, tachograph downloads, MOTs, safety inspections and daily walkaround checks in one place, with reminders before anything falls due — so an audit or roadside stop holds no surprises. There's a free 90-day trial.
Keep the whole fleet audit-ready
Licences, CPC, tacho downloads, MOTs, inspections and walkaround checks in one place, with reminders before anything falls due. Free to start, no card required.
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