Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Safe Driving for Life website https://www.safedrivingforlife.info, the website used as an information resource for all drivers and riders, from beginners to professional instructors and allows for the purchase of both physical products and subscriptions to online training.

This website is run by The Stationery Office (TSO) on behalf of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts
zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

Non-Public Areas of the site

There are pages found within a subscription which are only available to paying customers. For these areas of the site there is an assumption that you are learning to drive or ride and your vision and physical movements are sufficient to be able to drive, ride and take the theory and practical driving/riding tests.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this area of the website. We expect you to be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and fonts
zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen

Getting Help

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

This website is not a Public Sector Body website and is not governed by the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. However, TSO is committed to making its websites accessible.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

We know these parts of the website are not fully accessible and we’re working on improving their accessibility:

some embedded YouTube videos do not have captions
the free mock tests, and some eLearning exercises may not be suitable for people with visual impairments
the occasional use of the #FFFFFF and #ED6926 colour combination may not provide sufficient colour contrast for people with visual impairments.

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us.

TSO publishes DVSA’s official theory test revision content in a range of formats including online, books, eBooks, smartphone apps. Please visit the Shop page for more information.

We’ve also published this useful blog about disability and the DVSA theory test.

How we tested this website

This website has been tested using manual and automated accessibility tests. Both types of testing are run against the W3C WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1. Test failures are reported to our development team and the issues are worked through on a priority basis.

We carry out manual testing by selecting a representative sample of web and check that they are compliant with the Accessibility Guidelines. Our testers use the WAVE Chrome browser extension and the Microsoft Accessibility Insight Tool, both of which apply a range of checks to the page under test. Our testers also manually navigate around the pages and check that content is presented in a logical order. The last manual test took place on 02 March 2021.

Preparation of this accessibility statement