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Ministry of Transport and successors, Vehicle Safety Divisions: Registered Files

Catalogue reference: MT 98

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MT 98

This series contains policy files relating to all aspects of vehicle safety, including motor vehicle construction and use regulations (dealing with, for example, tyres, brakes, headlights and seat belts); vehicle testing and inspections; the...

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Reference

MT 98

Title
Ministry of Transport and successors, Vehicle Safety Divisions: Registered Files
Date

1931-1978

Description

This series contains policy files relating to all aspects of vehicle safety, including motor vehicle construction and use regulations (dealing with, for example, tyres, brakes, headlights and seat belts); vehicle testing and inspections; the approval of motor vehicles, equipment and parts; speed limits; and standards for the construction and use of goods vehicles, public service vehicles and hovercraft. Some files were re-registered from the VR and VRT series.

The series also contains papers concerning a 1954 regulation requiring all pedal cyclists to maintain their brakes.

The VS files commenced in 1968, replacing the VR (Vehicle Regulation) series (otherwise in MT 165) which had been created in 1962 and which, in turn, replaced the construction and use of vehicles files in the VRT (Vehicle Regulations and Taxation) series (otherwise in MT 99).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

VS Series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of the Environment, Road Safety Divisions, 1970-1976
  • Department of Transport, Road Safety Divisions, 1976-1997
  • Ministry of Transport, Road Safety (General) Division, 1966-1970
  • Ministry of Transport, Road Safety (Traffic) Division, 1966-1970
Physical description

938 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1981 Department of Transport

Subjects
Topics
Shipping
Taxation
Transport management
Accruals

Series is accruing

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11147/

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