Table A2.1: Classification of vehicles for New Zealand

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Axles	Distinguishing features or identification algorithm	Vehicle types in class	Length		Axle	Visual		Light or heavy?	NZTER
Axles	Distinguishing features or identification algorithm	Vehicle types in class	Length range	TNZ length class¹	TNZ class	PEM class²	LTSA class³	Light or heavy?	NZTER
2	Number of axles and wb < 3.2 m	o-o (short vehicle)		S	1	Car and LCV	Motorcycle, light vehicles	Light	Car and LCV
3	3 axles and sp ax1-ax2 < 3.2 m or 4 axles and (sp ax1-ax2 < 3.2 and > 2.2) and sp ax3-ax4 ≤ 1.0 m	o-o-o (short vehicle towing) o-o-oo (short vehicle towing)		S/M S/M	2	Car and LCV	Light vehicles	Light	Car and LCV
2	Number of axles and wb ≥ 3.2 m	o--o (long vehicle)	4–11 m	M	3	MCV	Bus, SU 2 axle	Heavy	HCV small (3.5-7.5 t)
3	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 ≥ 3.2 m and sp ax2-ax3 ≤ 2.2 m	o-oo	7–11 m	M	4	HCV1	Bus, SU 3+ axle	Heavy	HCV small (3.5-7.5 t)
3	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 ≥ 3.2 m and sp ax2-ax3 > 2.2 m	o-o--o	6–15 m	M/L	5	HCV1	Semi	Heavy	HCV medium (7.5-12 t)
4	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 ≤ 2.2 m	oo-oo	8–11 m	M	6	HCV1	Bus, semi	Heavy	HCV medium (7.5-12 t)
4	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 > 2.2 m and sp ax3-ax4 > 1.0 m	o--o-o--o o-o-oo	8–19 m 10–17 m	M/L M/L	7	HCV1	Bus, TT	Heavy	HCV medium (7.5-12 t)
5	Number of axles	o--oo-o--o o-oo--oo	16–19 m 11–17 m	L/VL L	8	HCV2	Semi, TT	Heavy	HCV large (> 12 t)
6	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 > 2.2 m and sp ax4-ax5 ≤ 1.4 m	o-oo--ooo	15–18 m	L/VL	9	HCV2	Semi	Heavy	HCV large (> 12 t)
6	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 > 2.2 m and sp ax4-ax5 > 1.4 m	o-oo-o--oo	16–20 m	L/VL	10	HCV2	TT	Heavy	HCV large (> 12 t)
7	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 > 2.2 m	o-oo--oo--oo (B-train) o--oo-oo--oo (T & T) o-oo--oo-o--o (A-train)	18–21 m 18–21 m 18–21 m	VL VL VL	11	HCV2	Semi, TT	Heavy	HCV large (> 12 t)
6, 7, 8	Number of axles (6, 7 or 8) and sp ax1-ax2 ≤ 2.2 m	oo--oo-o--o oo--oo-o--oo oo--oo-oo--oo	15–20 m 17–21 m 18–21 m	L/VL VL VL	12	HCV2	TT	Heavy	HCV large (> 12 t)
8, 9	Number of axles and sp ax1-ax2 > 2.2 m	o-oo--ooo-oo (B-train) o-oo-ooo-o--o (A-train) o-oo-oo-o--oo (A-train) o-oo--ooo--ooo (B-train)	19–21 m 19–21 m 19–21 m 19–21 m	VL VL VL VL	13	HCV2	Semi, TT	Heavy	HCV large (> 12 t)

1 TNZ = Transit New Zealand; S = small (0-5.5 m); M = medium (5.5-11 m); L = large (11-17 m), VL = very large (> 17 m).

2 PEM = Transfund New Zealand Project Evaluation Manual; LCV = light commercial vehicle, two axles < 3.5 tonnes; MCV = medium commercial vehicle, two axles > 3.5 tonnes; HCV I = heavy commercial vehicle, type 1 trucks with three or four axles; HCV II = type 2 trucks with five or more axles.

3 LTSA = Land Transport Safety Authority; TT = rigid truck with trailer, semi-articulated semi-trailer; SU 2 = single unit truck with two axles; SU 3+ = single unit truck with three or more axles.

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