HGV drivers' hours calculator: check a week under EU 561/2006

Under Regulation (EC) 561/2006 — applied in Great Britain as the assimilated rules — an HGV driver may drive 9 hours a day (10 hours twice a week), 56 hours a week and 90 hours in any two consecutive weeks; after 4 h 30 min of driving a 45-minute break is due (or 15 + 30 minutes); the daily rest is 11 hours (9 hours up to three times between weekly rests) and the weekly rest 45 hours (24 hours reduced, made up by the end of the third following week), starting no later than six 24-hour periods after the last one. This checker applies those limits to the fortnight you enter and names the article for each breach. In Logistivo, the driver app sends the truck's position to the load, every status change is stored with its date and time, and driver and vehicle documents — the tachograph calibration certificate included — are tracked to their expiry date.

Source: EUR-Lex · Swiss Confederation, Fedlex · GOV.UK. Data last updated: .

Your fortnight, checked rule by rule

How many hours may an HGV driver drive, and how long must they rest?

How serious is a breach? The EU grading in Regulation 2016/403

How many hours can an HGV driver drive in a day, a week and two weeks?

When is the 45-minute break due, and can it be split?

What is a reduced weekly rest, and how is it made up?

Can the weekly rest be taken in the cab?

What changed with the Mobility Package?

Which rules apply to UK hauliers?

What Logistivo adds for a haulier

Run drivers, trucks and loads in Logistivo

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Frequently asked questions

How long can an HGV driver drive without a break?

4 hours 30 minutes. Then comes a break of at least 45 minutes, or 15 minutes followed later by at least 30 minutes, before the 4 h 30 min are reached (Art. 7 of Regulation 561/2006). Loading or other work is not a break.

How many 10-hour days are allowed in a week?

Two per fixed week, Monday 00:00 to Sunday 24:00 (Art. 6(1)). A third day over 9 hours is a breach — in Annex I of Regulation 2016/403 it becomes serious (SI) from 10 hours.

How many reduced daily rests can a driver take?

Three between two weekly rests, each at least 9 hours (Art. 8(4)). Unlike a reduced weekly rest, a reduced daily rest does not have to be made up.

Is the 90-hour limit a calendar fortnight?

No. It applies to any two consecutive weeks: weeks 1 and 2, then weeks 2 and 3, and so on (Art. 6(3)). Record the previous week above to check it.

How many days of records must a driver carry?

Under the EU rules the current day and the previous 56 days (since 31 December 2024). GOV.UK sets 28 days for AETR and domestic journeys and 56 days for international journeys to and from the EU; the AETR itself asks for the current day and the previous 28 calendar days.

Do drivers' hours rules apply to vans?

The EU and assimilated rules apply to vehicles over 3.5 t, and since 1 July 2026 also to vehicles over 2.5 t on international journeys and cabotage. That extension does not apply to AETR journeys.

Can Logistivo remind me before drivers' documents or a tachograph calibration expire?

Yes. In Logistivo each driver document (driving licence, passport, visa, residence permit, travel health insurance) and each vehicle document (tachograph calibration, inspection, insurance, ADR) is stored with its expiry date, and every two weeks the company receives an e-mail with an Excel file listing what has expired and what expires within 30, 60, 90 or 120 days.

What does the Logistivo driver app record?

The truck's position, sent to the load in the background, status updates and photographs of CMRs and delivery notes. The legal record of driving and rest stays in the tachograph; Logistivo shows where each load is and what happened to it, and the driver sees only his own loads.

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