Some 42.1% of non-UK registered trailers stopped by the DVSA in 2014 were defective. Mechanical prohibition figures obtained via a freedom of information request by CM showed that of the 29,567 foreign-registered trailers stopped by enforcement officers between 1 January and 31 December 2014, 12,473 were issued with a PG9. During the same period, 31,295 non-UK registered goods vehicles were checked, of which 9,780 (31.2%) had a mechanical defect. Polish-registered vehicles and trailers accounted for the most prohibitions - although they are the single largest group by nationality of foreign-registered vehicles and accounted for 26% of all cabotage movements last year (CM 3 December). Of these, 31.5% of the 5,799 vehicles checked and 40.7% of the 4,732 trailers stopped by enforcement officers were given a PG9.
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