Section 115 Meaning of “car” and “van”

“car” means a mechanically propelled road vehicle which is not—

1. (a)

   a goods vehicle,

2. (b)

   a motor cycle,

3. (c)

   an invalid carriage, or

4. (d)

   a vehicle of a type not commonly used as a private vehicle and unsuitable to be so used;

“van” means a mechanically propelled road vehicle which—

1. (a)

   is a goods vehicle, and

2. (b)

   has a design weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms,

and which is not a motor cycle.

“design weight” means the weight which a vehicle is designed or adapted not to exceed when in normal use and travelling on a road laden;

“goods vehicle” means a vehicle of a construction primarily suited for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description;

“invalid carriage” has the meaning given by section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52);

“motor cycle” has the meaning given by section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.