The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986

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Item Wheel criteria Maximum permitted weight
(kg)
1 Two wheels in linetransversely each of
which is fitted with a wide tyre or with
two pneumatictyres having the centres
of their areas of contact with the road
not lessthan 300 mm apart, measured at
right angles to the longitudinal axis of
thevehicle—
(a) if the wheelsare on the sole driving
axle of a motor vehicle and the relevant
train weightshown on the plate of that
vehicle exceeds 32,520 kg, 10,500
(b) if the vehicle is a bus which
has 2 axles and of which theweight
transmitted to the road surface by its
wheels is calculated in accordancewith
regulation 78(5), 10,500
(c) in any other case 10,170
2 Two wheels in line transversely
otherwisethan as mentioned in item 1 9,200
3 More than two wheels in line
transversely—
(a) in the case of a vehicle manufactured
before1st May 1983 if the wheels are
on one axle of a group of two closely
spacedaxles or on one of three adjacent
axles as mentioned inregulation 79 (4), 10,170
(b) in the case of a vehicle manufactured
on or after 1st May 1983, 10,170
(c) in any other case 11,180
4 One wheel not transversely in line with
any otherwheel—
(a) if the wheelis fitted as described in
item 1, 5,090
(b) in any othercase 4,600
PART II
(wheeled heavy motor cars, motor cars and trailersnot failing in Part I)
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Item Wheel criteria Maximum permitted weight
(kg)
5 Morethan two wheels transmitting
weight to a strip of the road surface on
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