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These tables provide a three letter code to denote the seat belt requirements as follows:

• first letter is driver鈥檚 and specified front passenger seat belts
• second letter is other forward-facing front passenger seats belts
• third letter is rear seat belts

To use these tables:

• select the heading that relates to the vehicle under test
• refer to the 鈥榣ook up鈥� tables for the seat belt fitment code relative to the vehicle鈥檚 date of first use
• for passenger vehicles with up to 8 passenger seats select the table relevant to the vehicle鈥檚 unladen weight
• note the code and determine the seat belt requirements using the Look up tables

For tricycles and quadricycles first used on or after 17 June 1999, the seat belt requirements are fully detailed in Table 11 and it is not necessary to use the Look up tables.

Table 1. Driver鈥檚 and specified front passenger seat belts.

A specified front passenger seat is the seat which is foremost in the vehicle and furthest from the driver鈥檚 seat.

Table 2. Other forward-facing front passenger seat belts

Table 3. Rear seat belts

A 鈥榩assenger vehicle鈥� is a vehicle constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects.

A goods vehicle which has been converted to a 鈥榩assenger vehicle鈥� specification (for example, fitted with rear seats and side windows) must comply with the relevant 鈥榩assenger vehicle鈥� requirements.

A 鈥榤otor caravan鈥� is a motor vehicle which is both:

• constructed or adapted for the carriage of passengers and their effects
• permanently installed with equipment and facilities which are reasonably necessary to enable the vehicle to provide mobile living accommodation

Motor caravans are in Class 4 or 5 depending on their seating capacity. Size or weight does not determine which class the motor caravan is in.

An 鈥榓mbulance鈥� is a motor vehicle that鈥檚 both:

• specially designed and constructed (and not merely adapted) for carrying as equipment permanently fixed to the vehicle, equipment used for medical, dental, or other health purposes
• used primarily for the carriage of persons suffering from illness, injury or disability

Table 4. Seatbelt fitments for vehicles with an unladen weight of 2,540kg or less

Table 5. Seatbelt fitments for vehicles with an unladen weight more than 2,540kg

A 鈥榤inibus鈥� is a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 8, but no more than 16 seated passengers.

A 鈥榤otor caravan鈥� is a motor vehicle which is both:

• constructed or adapted for the carriage of passengers and their effects
• permanently installed with equipment and facilities which are reasonably necessary to enable the vehicle to provide mobile living accommodation

Motor caravans are in Class 4 or 5 depending on their seating capacity. Size or weight does not determine which class the motor caravan is in.

An 鈥榓mbulance鈥� is a motor vehicle that鈥檚 both:

• specially designed and constructed (and not merely adapted) for carrying as equipment permanently fixed to the vehicle, equipment used for medical, dental, or other health purposes
• used primarily for the carriage of persons suffering from illness, injury or disability

Table 6. Seatbelt fitments for minibuses, motor caravans and ambulances with 9-16 passengers

A 鈥榗oach鈥� is a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than 16 seated passengers, with a DGW of more than 7,500kg and a maximum speed in excess of 60mph.

Table 7. Seatbelt fitments for coaches

A 鈥榖us鈥� is a motor vehicle which is constructed or adapted to carry more than 8 seated passengers (see also 鈥榤inibus鈥�).

Table 8. Seatbelt fitments for other buses

A 鈥榞oods vehicle鈥� is a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage or haulage of goods or burden of any description.

Table 9. Seatbelt fitments for goods vehicles

*Except a model of vehicle manufactured before 1 October 1979 and first used before 1st April 1982.

Table 10. Three-wheeled vehicles first used before 17 June 1999

*If an amateur built vehicle has less than 410kg unladen weight and a driving seat of a type that the driver sits astride, it does not need a seat belt.

Table 11. Tricycles and quadricycles first used on or after 17 June 1999

*Includes outboard forward-facing seats fitted to un-bodied tricycles.

Seat belts are not needed for:

• three-wheeled mopeds
• quadricycles that have an unladen weight not more than 250kg
• tip-up occasional seats
• a sit astride, saddle type driver鈥檚 seat on unbodied tricycles or quadricycles
• any sit astride, saddle type passenger seat that鈥檚 immediately in front or behind the driver in a longitudinal plane

Some unbodied vehicles may have been 鈥榯ype approved鈥� without seat belts. You can accept these if there鈥檚 evidence that they鈥檙e type approved to 92/61/EEC or 2002/24/EC. This information is usually written on the manufacturer鈥檚 plate.