Driver licence checking for haulage and logistics
An HGV operation stakes more on each licence than any other business. The entitlement is vocational, the medical renewals are real, and the driver's CPC and tachograph card are separate documents that can lapse on their own. A photocopy of the photocard at induction proves none of it stayed valid.
Where the risk sits.
Vocational entitlement can lapse mid-employment
C1, C and C+E entitlements carry medical renewal requirements. A licence that was valid at hire can quietly stop being valid — and the driver is not always the first to know.
CPC and tacho are separate from the licence
A professional lorry driver needs a Driver CPC and a tachograph card as well as the entitlement itself. Checking the photocard alone misses both.
Points arrive between checks
An SP30 picked up in the driver's own car at the weekend counts against the same licence they drive your vehicles on. Annual checking leaves up to a year of not knowing.
How DV Check fits.
Checks match the role, not just the licence
Assign each driver their real role — HGV rigid, HGV articulated, or any of the 24 DVLA categories — and every check verifies entitlement for that category, plus CPC and tachograph card where the role requires them.
Re-checks follow the risk
Every three months as standard, tightening to monthly at six or more penalty points or any licence problem. No diary reminders, no chasing.
An evidence trail, not a filing cabinet
Who consented, when each check ran, and exactly what DVLA said — kept against every driver, ready when anyone asks.
Start with a single check.
Create an account, add a driver, and have a DVLA verdict back in minutes. Pay per check — no subscription.