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Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Traffic Commissioners
for Great Britain
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Featured
7 August 2025
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Press release
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain publish 2024-25 annual report
The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have today (7 August 2025) released their Annual Report to the Secretary of State for 2024 to 2025.
23 March 2026
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News story
Drivers’ Hours: A Traffic Commissioner’s Perspective on Safety, Compliance, and Responsibility
In commercial road transport, few regulations are as vital to public safety and operational integrity as the rules governing drivers’ hours.
7 April 2026
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Press release
Excessive Absence
The Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands, Miles Dorrington, has revoked the operator’s licence held by Mr Sukhvinder Singh, following a Public Inquiry held on 5 February 2026. The revocation will take effect at 23:45 on Sunday 5 April 2026.
8 September 2025
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Collection
Key Traffic Commissioner Resources
Helpful links to guidance from and publications by the Traffic Commissioners.
10 April 2026
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Collection
Key Traffic Commissioner Data
Helpful links to key Traffic Commissioner datasets and performance standards.
27 January 2025
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Collection
Regulatory decisions about truck, bus and coach operator licences and safety standards before 2025
Licensing and safety standards regulatory decisions, from 2018 to the end of 2024 about truck, bus and coach operators.
Latest from the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Senior Traffic Commissioner Statutory Document Summaries
21 April 2026
Guidance
PSV notices and proceedings for London and the south east of England
20 April 2026
Guidance
PSV notices and proceedings for the West Midlands
20 April 2026
Guidance
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What we do
Traffic Commissioners are responsible for the licensing and regulation of those who operate heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and the registration of local bus services. They are assisted in this work by deputy Traffic Commissioners, who preside over a number of public inquiries.
The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
is a tribunal of the
Department for Transport
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Documents
Services
Manage your vehicle operator licence
Find lorry or bus operators
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Guidance and regulation
Goods vehicle operator licensing guide
2 October 2025
Guidance
Check if you need to register a trailer before towing it abroad
26 August 2025
Guidance
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News and communications
Excessive Absence
7 April 2026
Press release
Not so Quick
30 March 2026
Press release
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Research and statistics
Quality contract scheme (QCS) board report on the proposed Tyne and Wear QCS
3 November 2015
Independent report
Olympic and Paralympic Games: traffic commissioner report
2 December 2013
Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations
Review of the Senior Traffic Commissioner’s Statutory Document: Vocational Driver Conduct
7 November 2025
Consultation outcome
Traffic Commissioners strategic objectives for 2023 to 2025
20 July 2023
Policy paper
See all policy papers and consultations
Transparency and freedom of information releases
Section 19, Section 19 Large and Section 22 Permits issued under the Transport Act 1985
17 April 2026
Transparency data
Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
14 April 2026
Transparency data
See all transparency and freedom of information releases
Traffic commissioners
Kevin Rooney
Acting Traffic Commissioner for Wales, Senior Traffic Commissioner, Traffic Commissioner for the west of England
Richard Turfitt OBE
Traffic Commissioner for the east of England
Tim Blackmore OBE
Traffic Commissioner for the north east of England
David Mullan
Traffic Commissioner for the north west of England
Sarah Bell
Traffic Commissioner for London and the south east
Miles Dorrington
Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands
Sharon Clelland
Traffic Commissioner for Scotland
Contact The Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Office of the Traffic Commissioner (Licensing)
Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
United Kingdom
Contact: Office of the Traffic Commissioner (Licensing)
Phone
0300 123 9000
East of England
Eastbrook
Shaftesbury Road
Cambridge
CB2 8BF
United Kingdom
Contact: East of England
Phone
0300 123 9000
North east of England
Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
United Kingdom
Contact: North east of England
Phone
0300 123 9000
North west of England
Suite 4
Stone Cross Place
Stone Cross Lane
Golborne
Warrington
WA3 2SH
United Kingdom
Contact: North west of England
Phone
0300 123 9000
London and the south east of England
Ivy House
3 Ivy Terrace
Eastbourne
BN21 4QT
United Kingdom
Contact: London and the south east of England
Phone
0300 123 9000
West Midlands
38 George Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 1PL
United Kingdom
Contact: West Midlands
Phone
0300 123 9000
West of England
Jubilee House
Croydon Street
Bristol
BS5 0GB
United Kingdom
Contact: West of England
Phone
0300 123 9000
Scotland
Level 6
The Stamp Office
10 Waterloo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 3EG
United Kingdom
Contact: Scotland
Phone
0300 123 9000
Wales
3 Llys Cadwyn
Pontypridd
CF37 4TH
United Kingdom
Contact: Wales
phone
0300 123 9000
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