{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/annex-I", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53/annex-I.json", "legislation": "eudr/1996/53", "legislation_title": "Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-53", "path": "annex/I", "kind": "annex", "number": "I", "heading": "MAXIMUM WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS AND RELATED CHARACTERISTICS OF VEHICLES", "text": "1.\nMaximum authorized dimensions for the vehicles referred to in Article 1 (1) (a)\n1.1\nmaximum length:\n— motor vehicle other than a bus 12,00 m\n12,00 m\n— trailer\n12,00 m\n— articulated vehicle\n16,50 m\n— road train\n18,75 m\n— articulated bus\n18,75 m\n— bus with two axles\n13,50 m\n— bus with more than two axles\n15,00 m\n— bus + trailer\n18,75 m\n1.2\nMaximum width:\n(a) all vehicles except the vehicles referred to in point (b)\n2,55 m\n(b) superstructures of conditioned vehicles or conditioned containers or swap bodies transported by vehicles\n2,60 m\n1.3\nMaximum height (any vehicle)\n4,00 m\n1.4\nRemovable superstructures and standardized freight items such as containers are included in the dimensions specified in points 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 4.4\n1.4a\nIf any removable attachments such as ski-boxes are fitted to a bus, its length, including the attachments, must not exceed the maximum length laid down in point 1.1\n1.5\nAny motor vehicle or vehicle combination which is in motion must be able to turn within a swept circle having an outer radius of 12,50 m and an inner radius of 5,30 m\n1.5a\nAdditional requirements for buses\nWith the vehicle stationary, a vertical plane tangential to the side of the vehicle and facing outwards from the circle shall be established by marking a line on the ground. In the case of an articulated vehicle, the two rigid portions shall be aligned with the plane\nWhen the vehicle moves from a straight line approach into the circular area described in point 1.5, no part of it shall move outside of that vertical plane by more than 0,60 m\n1.6\nMaximum distance between the axis of the fifth-wheel king pin and the rear of a semi-trailer\n12,00 m\n1.7\nMaximum distance measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the road train from the foremost external point of the loading area behind the cabin to the rearmost external point of the trailer of the combination, minus the distance between the rear of the drawing vehicle and the front of the trailer\n15,65 m\n1.8\nMaximum distance measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the road train from the foremost external point of the loading area behind the cabin to the rearmost external point of the trailer of the combination\n16,40 m\n2.\nMaximum authorized vehicle weight (in tonnes)\n2.1\nVehicles forming part of a vehicle combination\n2.1.1\nTwo-axle trailer\n18 tonnes\n2.1.2\nThree-axle trailer\n24 tonnes\n2.2\nVehicle combinations\n2.2.1\nRoad trains with five or six axles\nIn the case of vehicle combinations including alternatively fuelled or zero-emission vehicles, the maximum authorised weights provided for in this section shall be increased by the additional weight of the alternative fuel or zero-emission technology with a maximum of 1 tonne and 2 tonnes respectively.\n(a) two-axle motor vehicle with three-axle trailer\n40 tonnes\n(b) three-axle motor vehicle with two or three-axle trailer\n40 tonnes\n2.2.2\nArticulated vehicles with five or six axles\nIn the case of vehicle combinations including alternatively fuelled or zero-emission vehicles, the maximum authorised weights provided for in this section shall be increased by the additional weight of the alternative fuel or zero-emission technology with a maximum of 1 tonne and 2 tonnes respectively.\n(a) two-axle motor vehicle with three-axle semi-trailer\n40 tonnes\n(b) three-axle motor vehicle with two or three-axle semi-trailer\n40 tonnes\n(c) two-axle motor vehicle with three-axle semi-trailer carrying, in intermodal transport operations, one or more containers or swap bodies, up to a total maximum length of 45 feet\n42 tonnes\n(d) three-axle motor vehicle with two- or three-axle semi-trailer carrying, in intermodal transport operations, one or more containers or swap bodies, up to a total maximum length of 45 feet\n44 tonnes\n2.2.3\nRoad trains with four axles consisting of a two-axle motor vehicle and a two-axle trailer\nIn the case of vehicle combinations including alternatively fuelled or zero-emission vehicles, the maximum authorised weights provided for in this section shall be increased by the additional weight of the alternative fuel or zero-emission technology with a maximum of 1 tonne and 2 tonnes respectively.\n36 tonnes\n2.2.4\nArticulated vehicles with four axles consisting of a two-axle motor vehicle and a two-axle semi-trailer, if the distance between the axles of the semi-trailer:\nIn the case of vehicle combinations including alternatively fuelled or zero-emission vehicles, the maximum authorised weights provided for in this section shall be increased by the additional weight of the alternative fuel or zero-emission technology with a maximum of 1 tonne and 2 tonnes respectively.\n2.2.4.1\nis 1,3 m or greater but not more than 1,8 m\n36 tonnes\n2.2.4.2\nis greater than 1,8 m\n36 tonnes\n+ 2 tonnes margin when the maximum authorized weight (MAW) of the motor vehicle (18 tonnes) and the MAW of the tandem axle of the semi-trailer (20 tonnes) are respected and the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognized as being equivalent within the Community as defined in Annex II\n2.3\nMotor vehicles\n2.3.1\nTwo-axle motor vehicles other than buses: 18 tonnes\nTwo-axle alternatively fuelled motor vehicles other than buses: the maximum authorised weight of 18 tonnes is increased by the additional weight required for the alternative fuel technology with a maximum of 1 tonne\nZero-emission vehicles: the maximum authorised weight of 18 tonnes is increased by the additional weight of the zero-emission technology with a maximum of 2 tonnes.\nTwo-axle buses: 19,5 tonnes\n2.3.2\nThree-axle motor vehicles\n25 tonnes, or 26 tonnes where the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognised as being equivalent within the Union as defined in Annex II, or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9,5 tonnes.\nThree-axle alternatively fuelled motor vehicles: the maximum authorised weight of 25 tonnes, or 26 tonnes where the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognised as being equivalent within the Union as defined in Annex II, or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9,5 tonnes, is increased by the additional weight required for the alternative fuel technology with a maximum of 1 tonne\nThree-axle zero-emission vehicles: the maximum authorised weight of 25 tonnes, or 26 tonnes where the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognised as being equivalent within the Union as defined in Annex II or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9,5 tonnes, is increased by the additional weight of the zero-emission technology with a maximum of 2 tonnes.\n2.3.3\nFour-axle motor vehicles with two steering axles\n—32 tonnes\nwhere the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognized as being equivalent within the Community as defined in Annex II, or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9,5 tonnes\n2.4\nThree-axle articulated buses\n28 tonnes\nThree-axle articulated buses alternatively fuelled: the maximum authorised weight of 28 tonnes is increased by the additional weight required for the alternative fuel technology with a maximum of 1 tonne\nThree-axle articulated buses that are zero-emission vehicles: the maximum authorised weight of 28 tonnes is increased by the additional weight of the zero-emission technology with a maximum of 2 tonnes.\n3.\nMaximum authorized axle weight of the vehicles referred to in Article 1 (1) (b) (in tonnes)\n3.1\nSingle axles\nSingle non-driving axle\n10 tonnes\n3.2\nTandem axles of trailers and semi-trailers\nThe sum of the axle weights per tandem axle must not exceed, if the distance (d) between the axles is:\n3.2.1\nless than 1 m (d < 1,0)\n11 tonnes\n3.2.2\nbetween 1,0 m and less than 1,3 m (1,0 ≤ d < 1,3)\n16 tonnes\n3.2.3\nbetween 1,3 m and less than 1,8 m (1,3 ≤ d < 1,8)\n18 tonnes\n3.2.4\n1,8 m or more (1,8 ≤ d)\n20 tonnes\n3.3\nTri-axles of trailers and semi-trailers\nThe sum of the axle weights per tri-axle must not exceed, if the distance (d) between the axles is:\n3.3.1\n1,3 m or less (d ≤ 1,3)\n21 tonnes\n3.3.2\nover 1,3 m and up to 1,4 m (1,3