A to Z Transport & Logistics Acronyms Listing

A

AA

Automobile Association

ACAS

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

ADLV

Association for Driving Licence Verification

ADR

Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route

AETR

European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport

AIL

Abnormal Indivisible Load

AILV

Abnormal Indivisible Load Vehicle

AIRSO

Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers

ANPR

Automatic Number Plate Recognition

ATM

Automated Traffic Management

AU

Authorised Weight (Regulations)

B

BERR

Dept for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

BIFA

British International Freight Association

BTMA

British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association

C

C&U

Construction and Use (Regulations)

CDG

Carraige of Dangerous Goods

CFIT

Commission for Integrated Transport

CILT

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

CMPS

Centre for Management and Policy Studies

CMR

Convention on the Contract for the International Carraige of Goods by Road

CO

Company

COSHH

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

CPC

Certificate of Professional Competence

CRF

Customer Record Form

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

D

DFT

Department for Transport

DGSA

Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor

DSA (Replaced by DVSA)

Driving Standards Agency

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

DTLR

Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions

DVLA

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVLC

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre

DVO

Driver Vehicle and Operator

DVSA

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

E

EC

European Community

ECHR

European Court of Human Rights

ECJ

European Court of Justice

EEA

European Economic Area

EEC

European Economic Community

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

ESDAL

Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads

EU

European Union

F

FAQ

Frequently Asked Question

FCO

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

FTA

Freight Transport Association

G

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFPN

Graduated Fixed Penalty Notice

GLA

Greater London Authority

GO

Government Office

GPS

Global Positioning System

GTW

Gross Train Weight

GV

Goods Vehicle

GVW

Gross Vehicle Weight

H

H&S

Health and Safety

HA

Highways Agency

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HAD

Horizontal Amending Directive

HAZCHEM

Hazardous Chemicals

HGV

Heavy Goods Vehicle

HMRC

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs

HMSO

Her Majesty's Stationery Office

HR

Human Resources

HSC

Health and Safety Commission

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

I

IAM

Institute of Advanced Motorists

IE

Internet Explorer

INT

International

IP

Internet Protocol

ISP

Internet Service Provider

IT

Information Technology

ITEA

Integrated Transport Economics and Appraisal

ITS

Intelligent Transport Systems

ITSO

Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation

ITU

Intermodal Transport Unit

J

JIT

Just In Time

K

KG

Kilogram

KM

Kilometre

KPH

Kilometre per Hour

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

KPL

Kilometres per litre

KSI

Killed or Seriously Injured

L

LA

Local Authority

LGV

Large Goods Vehicle

LHA

Local Highway Authority

LTD

Limited

M

MAPP

Major Accident Prevention Policy

MID

Motor Insurance Database

MIDAS

Motorway Incident and Detection Signalling System

MOT

Ministry Of Transport road-worthiness test

MOVA

Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation - a traffic signal control system

MPG

Miles per Gallon

N

NAO

National Audit Office

NAT

National

NATS

National Air Traffic Services

NB

nota bene, a latin expression meaning "note well"

NDC

National Distribution Center

NDPB

Non-Departmental Public Body

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NIP

Notice of Intended Prosecution

NTM

National Transport Model

O

OCRS

Operator Compliance Risk Score

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OTS

On-The-Spot (accident database)

P

PCV

Passenger Carrying Vehicle

PDF

Portable Document Format

PI

Public Inquiry

PMMW

Passive Millimetric Wave Facility

PPL

Pence Per Litre

PSA

Public Service Agreement

PSR

Passenger Services Requirement

PSV

Passenger Service Vehicle

PTA

Passenger Transport Authority

PTE

Passenger Transport Executive

Q

QA

Quality Assurance

R

RDC

Regional Distribution Center

RHA

Road Haulage Association

RIDDOR

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurences

RoSPA

Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents

RP

Roads Performance Division

RPC

Reduced Pollution Certificate

RPI

Retail Price Index

RPS

Roads: Performance and Strategy Directorate

RS

Roads Strategy Division

RTA

Road Traffic Accident

RTDF

Rural Transport Development Fund

RTP

Rural Transport Partnership Directorship

RTWTD

Road Transport Working Time Directive

RUS

Road User Safety Division

RVSS

Road and Vehicle Safety and Standards

S

SACTRA

Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SR

Statistics Roads Division

STGO

Special Types General Orders

T

TAN

Traffic Area Network

TC

Transport Category

TEMPO

Trans-European intelligent transport systems Project

TFL

Transport for London

TGWU

Transport and General Workers Union

TIR

Transit International Routier

TM

Transport Manager

TMA

Traffic Management Act

TPI

Targeted Programme of Improvements

TPT

Transport

TQM

Total Quality Management

TRL

Transport Research Laboratory

TSG

Transport Supplementary Grant

TTS

Transport Technology and Standards Division

TUPE

Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment

U

UCC

Urban Freight Consolidation Centre

UMTC

Urban Traffic Management and Control

UN

United Nations

URTU

United Road Transport Union

UTC

Urban Traffic Control

V

VCA

Vehicle Certification Agency

VED

Vehicle Excise Duty

VI

Vehicle Inspectorate

VOSA (Replaced by DVSA)

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

VU

Vehicle Unit

W

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WAI

Web Accessibilty Initiative

WIMS

Weigh in Motion System

WTD

Working Time Directive

WWW

World Wide Web

X

XHTML

Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language

XI

Irritant

XRD

X-ray diffraction

Y

YTS

Youth Training Scheme

Z

ZIP

A compressed file folder comprising of single or multiple files