Minibus Weights Explained

If you're considering a carriage capacity of 17, Driver and for example 16 Teenagers. The average weight of Teenage Boy is 60.8kg and 53.5kg for a Teenage Girl.

There's not a great deal of weight left for luggage or equipment with the 1221kg payload that the Minibus may be expected to carry.

16 Male Teenage passengers, without any bags or equipment weigh 972.8kg if we add the average weight of a UK adult (Male – 83.6kg Female – 70.2kg) we’ve a running total of at least 1043kg.

The facts paint a cautionary picture, that some individuals may potentially be operating a Minibus illegally as they’ve unknowingly exceeded the GVW.

Peugeot Boxer - FACTS

The Peugeot Boxer we use for our Minibus Conversions has:

• GVW – 3500kg


• Payload – 1420kg

For an equivalent vehicle that's 200kg of additional carrying weight. Quite a significant difference and perhaps a reason our CanDrive Maxi Minibuses are just as popular as our Ford Transit builds.

View Maxi Minibuses

Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW)

This is the maximum operating weight/mass of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer including the Minibus, fuel, driver, passengers and cargo.

Unladen Weight (ULW)

Kerb Weight / Unladen Weight (ULW) – is the total weight of the Minibus while not loaded with either passengers or cargo.

Payload

This is the GVW minus the ULW, which gives you a figure of how much weight you can carry in terms of people, fuel and luggage.