Clean air zones
Bristol Clean Air Zone rules for cars
Petrol cars need Euro 4 and diesel cars Euro 6. A car below the standard pays £9 a day to drive in the Bristol Clean Air Zone.
Zone rules checked
Bristol Clean Air Zone at a glance
- Run by
- Bristol City Council
- Private cars
- Charged if below the standard
- Clean air zone class
- Class D
- Hours
- 24h, every day
- Petrol cars
- Euro 4
- Diesel cars
- Euro 6
- Electric cars
- Meet the standard
- Below the standard
- £9 a day
- Started
- 28 November 2022
- Area
- 1.18 square miles
- Where
- City centre; see council map
Check one vehicle for the Bristol Clean Air Zone with the GOV.UK clean air zone checker, or use our ULEZ checker for every zone at once.
Vehicles a class D zone covers
The Bristol Clean Air Zone is a class D clean air zone. GOV.UK lists the vehicle types each class covers. Class D: buses, coaches, taxis, private hire vehicles, heavy goods vehicles, vans, minibuses, cars. The council may also include motorcycles.
Charges for other vehicles
The Bristol Clean Air Zone also charges these vehicles when they are below their own standard.
| Vehicle | A day |
|---|---|
| Buses | £100 |
| Coaches | £100 |
| Heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes | £100 |
| Vans and light goods vehicles under 3.5 tonnes | £9 |
| Taxis | £9 |
Which cars generally meet the Bristol Clean Air Zone standard
By first-use date, petrol cars from 1 January 2006 and diesel cars from 1 September 2015 generally meet it, and electric cars always do. A car may have met it earlier: it is decided for each car, from the Euro standard on its V5C. The full rule table and every model by make.
Other zones in England that charge cars
Driving into the Bristol Clean Air Zone?
Enter the fuel and the month the car was first registered, or the Euro standard from its V5C, and see each zone’s answer for that car.
Use the ULEZ checker See an example VetTheCar Buying Report
Found one you might buy? Vet the specific car.
Sources
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Zone rules from GOV.UK and council websites, checked 22 September 2026. Council figures come from each council’s website, linked below.
- GOV.UK: zone, hours and area
- Bristol City Council: car standards and charges
- Bristol City Council: zero emission cars
Not affiliated with or endorsed by DVSA or any council. How we calculate these figures · Data sources