Traffic safety applications and other communication systems for vehicles together with data collection sensors have the potential to improve road safety. For this to be viable however, it is important that the data collection and communication can be trusted so that erroneous or malicious data does not impact the use cases of the applications. This paper studies current and upcoming solutions to such problems and how they can be modified and applied to meet both technical requirements as well as the needs of relevant stakeholders. The paper defines the TruVeLedger framework using technology from the fields of distributed ledgers and vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) to create a trusted platform. The paper considers the viability of different approaches to such a platform as well as defining a verifiable trusted communication protocol for vehicular networks.