Is there any legal limit on the amount of fuel I can carry in my car? I usually carry 5 * 20L petrol cans full of Shell VPower when I attend track days - usually to maximise time on track, and I cant always guarantee the nearest Shell will be open / have Vpower in stock.

I carry the fuel in proper containers made for the job, and are securely tied down in the car I am driving. The fuel tank in the car is also usually topped up before I set off.

I have looked at various driving .gov.uk sites and cant find anyting on the topic.

Dont even know if I should display some sign on the car incase I do pile into an accident to let emergency services know I am potential fire ball.

 

i should have thought that in the correct containers there shouldnt be a problem. I jave just purchsed a Jerry can to carry some with me too.

 

There are limits and markings should be shown, dont know what the limits are though. sorry

 

Details are here :PETEL Number: 95/9:: PORTABLE PETROL CONTAINERS

 

Cheers for that, so answer is no law for private use, but I guess exercise some common sense!

 

Interesting
So when I took 70 litres of VPower and about 15 litres of Methanol and NF Booster recently to track I broke the law - saying that I kind of knew this anyway.............. given that most containers are plastic that people use and it says max 2*5 litres