Safety and Your Vehicle Theory Test Practice Questions
One of the fourteen DVSA theory test topics · 45 practice questions with answers
50 questions from all fourteen topics in 57 minutes, with a score for safety and your vehicle so you know where you stand.
Free safety and your vehicle drillThe minimum tread depth on a car tyre must be met across which part of the tread?
Safety and Your Vehicle on the theory test
Safety and your vehicle covers keeping the car roadworthy and using its safety features. Questions ask about tyre tread and pressures, warning lights, brakes and steering faults, seat belts and head restraints, and driving in a way that saves fuel and cuts emissions.
- On the real test
- Part of the 50 multiple-choice questions; DVSA does not publish a count per topic
- On our mock
- 3 of 50 questions, with your score for this topic in the result
- Our drill
- 10 questions from 45 safety and your vehicle questions, untimed, an explanation after every answer; one free attempt, unlimited with a pass
What safety and your vehicle questions test
- Tyres: the legal minimum tread depth, pressures, and signs of damage
- Warning lights and faults: brakes, steering, ABS and what to do when one comes on
- Seat belts and head restraints: who is responsible and how to adjust them
- Lights: when to use dipped headlights, fog lights and hazard warning lights
- Eco-safe driving: planning ahead, smooth acceleration, and the effect of roof racks and under-inflated tyres
- Security: locking the car, keeping valuables out of sight, and parking safely
Take all 50 questions under the real clock
50 questions from all fourteen topics in 57 minutes, with a score for safety and your vehicle so you know where you stand.
Free safety and your vehicle drillHow to revise it
- Learn the numbers: tread depth, the seat belt rules for children, and when lights must be used.
- Read Annex 6 of the Highway Code on vehicle maintenance, safety and security.
- Link each warning light to its first action: stop, check or get help.
Common questions
What is the legal minimum tread depth for car tyres?
1.6 mm across the central three-quarters of the tread and around the entire circumference, as Annex 6 of the Highway Code sets out. Many questions test this number.
Who is responsible for a child wearing a seat belt?
The driver is responsible for making sure children under 14 wear a seat belt or use the right child restraint. Passengers aged 14 and over are responsible for themselves.
50 questions from all fourteen topics in 57 minutes, with a score for safety and your vehicle so you know where you stand.
Free safety and your vehicle drillThe other theory test topics
Sources
- GOV.UK: Theory test: cars (multiple-choice questions, 50 in 57 minutes, video questions)
- GOV.UK: Theory test: hazard perception test (14 clips, up to 5 points per hazard)
- GOV.UK: Theory test pass mark and result (43/50, 44/75, certificate valid 2 years)
- GOV.UK: Theory test revision and practice (the three DVSA books)
- GOV.UK: Book your theory test (£23)
- GOV.UK: Support for a reading difficulty, disability or health condition
- GOV.UK: The Highway Code
- GOV.UK: Driving test and theory test data: cars (DRT111A pass rates)
Original practice questions written to The Highway Code, Know Your Traffic Signs and DVSA’s published theory test topics. They are not the official DVSA revision questions and not questions from the real test. Independent practice, not affiliated with or endorsed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).