Test failures fall says VI report
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• The number of I-EGVs and PSVs failing the annual test have both fallen by almost :3% according to the Vehicle Inspectorate's [des( annual report. The failure rate for semi-trailers fell by 1.6% during the same period.
Four out of five of the most common reasons for trucks failing their test are brake related. First is the service brake performance (7.0%), second is the secondary brake (5.7%), third the park brake (4.9%) and fifth is brake components (4.1%). On trailers the story is much the same except that plate details come in second place, accounting for 7.1% of failures,
On PSVs, brake related failures are much lower. Braking components account for 5.8% of failures — service brakes are in sixth place (4.0%). Body interior and headlamp aim are the two most common reasons for failure scoring 7.8 and 7.1% respectively.
During the report period there was a rise of almost 20% in I IGV maintenance investigations and operator appraisals at 38.192. For PSVs the corresponding figure rose by 1% to 3,598. The number of HGVs stopped in roadside checks also rose by 28% to 112,661, while delayed prohibition rates fell by 1% to 8.2%, with immediate prohibitions down 0.25% to 7.1%.
During the same period the report shows a 5.35% increase in PSVs stopped at the roadside, with immediate and delayed prohibition rates falling by 1% and 0.4% to 5.6% and 4.9% respectively.
Of the 32,012 HGVs observed only 2.81% were found to be emitting excessive smoke (down from 2.83% last year). The VI, however, has expressed concern over a 1% increase in lighi goods vehicles being prohibited at spot checks and says that the rate is nearly 50% higher than the equivalent rate for HGVs.