Safety and Assurance

At Vanworx, safety is not an optional extra. It is built into every stage of the design, engineering and manufacturing process.

Industry-leading standards

Whether you’re choosing a campervan for family adventures, a commercial sports van for business use, or a fully off-grid expedition vehicle, you deserve complete confidence that your vehicle has been designed, tested and built to the highest standards. As a manufacturer with Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA), and recognised as an authorised Ford recognised Convertor and Volkswagen Integrated Partner, Vanworx is committed to delivering vehicles that meet rigorous safety, engineering and quality standard – giving you complete peace of mind wherever your adventures take you.

Vanworx Safety
Vanworx Safety

What is Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA)?

Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our customers. That’s why every Vanworx campervan is built to meet the requirements of Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA) – one of the highest levels of vehicle certification available in the UK and Europe. Achieving and maintaining this accreditation requires close collaboration with the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), which rigorously assesses every aspect of our vehicle conversions. From critical structural considerations and seatbelt anchorage locations to electrical systems, weight distribution and vehicle integrity, every detail is carefully scrutinised to ensure compliance with strict safety and engineering standards.

Unlike approvals that assess individual components in isolation, WVTA evaluates the completed vehicle as a whole. This ensures every Vanworx campervan has been engineered, tested and certified to meet recognised standards for passenger safety, structural integrity, lighting, visibility and overall vehicle performance before it leaves our workshop. We are also regularly audited by the VCA to verify that these standards continue to be met, giving customers complete confidence that their vehicle has been professionally manufactured to the highest levels of quality, safety and compliance.

Volkswagen Integrated Partner

Vanworx is proud to be recognised as a Volkswagen Integrated Partner, a status awarded to converters who demonstrate exceptional technical expertise, manufacturing quality and a commitment to best practice. Working closely with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, we benefit from specialist training, technical support and access to manufacturer guidance, ensuring our conversions are designed and built to the highest standards.

For our customers, this provides reassurance that vehicle systems are integrated correctly and safely, engineering processes are independently recognised, and ongoing product development remains aligned with Volkswagen’s latest vehicle platforms. The result is a campervan that delivers the quality, reliability and safety expected from one of the world’s most respected vehicle manufacturers.

Authorised Ford Convertor

Vanworx is proud to be an authorised Ford recognised Convertor, placing us within Ford’s approved network of specialist vehicle conversion partners. This prestigious status recognises converters who meet Ford’s exacting standards for engineering, manufacturing quality and customer support.

For customers, it provides confidence that every Ford-based Vanworx vehicle has been developed in line with Ford engineering guidelines, with safety systems, vehicle integrity and quality control processes carefully maintained throughout the conversion. It’s another demonstration of our commitment to delivering vehicles that offer exceptional safety, reliability and long-term performance.

Additional safety information:

To give you an example of our safety testing, we carried out a vehicle pull test involving a RIB crash tested bed along with Vanworx’s own fitting frame. This video shows a 10 tonne pull for a 3 seater. Measurements were within 50% of what is allowed.

We use RIB beds, which we believe offer an incredibly safe and comfortable place to sleep, along with being of top quality.

RIB beds provide the back seat for travelling, featuring 3-point seat belts. A lever to the side then causes the whole seat to flip over to create a bed, meaning that you lie on the other side, which is completely flat so much more comfortable. 

While the bed itself is excellent, we found that the RIB fitting frame was cumbersome and added too much height to get a finish that worked on a cosmetic level (the rear floor ended up 50mm higher than the front) leaving it near impossible to trim nicely. 

So we designed, fitted and tested our own fitting frame. With 15 bolts going through the chassis and a substantial amount of plating both in and under the vehicle, the bed is very secure. 

We tested the frame on a maximum load of a full width 3 seater RIB and it easily passed the safety test. 

In fact, the bed could have moved twice the amount it did and we would have still passed.

We use Reimo elevating roofs in our conversions, as we believe these offer the best quality on the market.

When fitting the roof we take great care with your vehicle, making a very precise cut, and cleaning and priming all exposed metalwork. We bond and rivet the roofs, and details such as trimming the roof aperture and setting the canvas are done to the very highest standards.