Vehicle category

A vehicle category classifies a land vehicle for regulatory purposes.

Information from Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3), Revision 2.

Some categories has further sub classes. See Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) for further information.

Vehicles in the table listed within parentheses are examples of the vehicle in that category, e.g. (Bus).

In Europe, the classifications for vehicle category are based in UNECE standards and defined by:

The EU general classification of vehicle categories is:

There are also a different category classification for driver licensing purposes.

The table below shows a translation of Vehicle categories to European Driving Licence Categories indicating what vehicle class can be driven on which category of licence.

In the Czech Republic, land vehicle categories are defined by the act No. 56/2001 Sb. and the ordinance No. 341/2002 Sb. Categories M (including M1, M2, M3), N (including N1, N2, N3), of-road symbol G of M and N vehicles (M1G, M2G, M3G, N1G, N2G, N3G) and the category O (including O1, O2, O3 and O4) are defined according to the EU directive. Moreover, there are defined categories:

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