Car history check: see a UK vehicle's past before you buy

Enter a registration number or VIN to see a free preview. Unlock the full report from £25.

UK

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What type of vehicle is it?

🏍Bike
🚗Car
🚌Motorhome
🚛Van / truck
⛵Boat

Checking

  • DVLA registration details✓
  • Mileage history✓
  • MOT history and advisories✓
  • Police stolen vehicle register✓
  • Outstanding finance✓
  • Insurance write-off register✓

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What is in a full report

Outstanding finance
Whether a lender still has a claim on the car.
Write-off category
Cat S, N, C or D records from insurers.
Stolen status
A check against the police stolen vehicle record.
Mileage history
Past readings, so a wound-back odometer shows up.
MOT history
Every pass, fail and advisory on file.
Previous owners
How many keepers the car has had.

Data from the DVLA, DVSA (MOT), MIAFTR, the Police National Computer and finance company records.

How it works

  1. 1

    Enter the plate

    Type the registration number or VIN of the car you are looking at.

  2. 2

    See a free preview

    You get the basics straight away. The detailed records stay hidden until you unlock them.

  3. 3

    Unlock the full report

    Choose a plan, pay once, and we email the full PDF report within 8 to 10 hours.

Simple pricing, one-off payment

Pay once per report. No subscription. Pick a plan, enter the plate, and your report is emailed to you within 8 to 10 hours.

Silver

£25 per report

A quick check of the basics before you go and see a car.

  • DVLA registration details
  • Tax and MOT status
  • Colour history
  • Basic write-off search
  • Report emailed within 8 to 10 hours
Choose Silver

Gold

Most popular

£80 per report

The full history check for a car you are serious about buying.

  • Everything in Silver
  • Outstanding finance check
  • Accident and write-off record (Cat S, N, C, D)
  • Police stolen vehicle check
  • Mileage history and clocking check
  • PDF certificate to keep or print
  • £40,000 data accuracy guarantee
Choose Gold

Platinum

Best value

£120 for 3 reports

Three full reports, for when you are comparing several cars.

  • Everything in Gold
  • 3 full reports for 3 different vehicles
  • 12 months of tax and recall alerts
  • Value tracking for your cars
  • Priority support
  • Unused reports never expire
Choose Platinum

Not happy with how an order went? Read our refund policy.

See a finished report first

Open our sample report to see the layout, the mileage chart and every section before you buy.

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Questions people ask

A report on a UK registered car, van or motorbike that pulls together DVLA details, MOT history, insurance write-off records, police stolen records and outstanding finance, so you know the car's past before you pay for it.
You see a free preview straight away. The full report is checked by hand and emailed to you as a PDF within 8 to 10 hours of your order.
Insurers class badly damaged cars as write-offs. Category S means the structure was damaged and has to be repaired properly. Category N means the damage was not structural. Both are shown in your report.
Yes, in the cases set out in our refund policy: for example if we cannot deliver your report, or if our data was wrong. You can read the full list on the pricing section below or at checkout.
The DVLA, the DVSA MOT database, the MIAFTR insurance register, the Police National Computer stolen vehicle record, and finance company records.
Yes. Your report comes as a PDF you can save, print or forward to a seller or a garage.

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