Here you can discover more about the sources of data that collectively form the vehicle history check.
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It is important to note that you can only reveal full written off vehicle information by purchasing a full vehicle history check, our free check does not provide data from the MIAFTR database.
This data comes from a database known as MIAFTR (Motor insurance fraud and theft register) and includes a record of UK vehicles that insurance companies have recorded as being 'written off'.
If a vehicle was written off before 1st October 2017 it will be classified as A, B, C or D,
The definition of each category can be found in the below table:
If a vehicle was written off after 1st October 2017 it will be classified as A, B, S or N,
The definition of each category can be found in the below table:
This data also comes from two sources, the Police National Computer, which records all vehicles reported to the police as stolen, and also MIAFTR (Motor insurance fraud and theft register), when an insurance firm becomes aware that a vehicle is stolen they place a marker against the vehicle in the MIAFTR database. Similarly, if the vehicle is recovered, but classified as a total loss (see above).
Theft/Stolen | Recovered - Total Loss | |
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What is this loss type? |
This vehicle was recorded with a theft marker on the date provided. It does not necessarily indicate that the vehicle remains stolen. |
This vehicle was recorded as a theft and subsequently recovered on the date provided. The vehicle upon recovery was deemed a total loss by the insurer. Please see Category descriptions for further information. |
Outstanding finance data is a data set that helps to highlight if a vehicle has a current financial agreement registered against it. If a vehicle has a financial agreement registered against it, such as a 'Hire Purchase Agreement', you will always want to speak to the owner of the vehicle about how the agreement will be settled before purchasing the vehicle. This check will also give you the contact details of the finance company that has registered the finance agreement, so you can contact them to establish if the financial agreement has been settled prior to purchase.
Outstanding Finance Data is provided by Experian Ltd. Experian Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Experian Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company registration number 653331. Registered office address: The Sir John Peace Building, Experian Way, NG2 Business Park, Nottingham, NG80 1ZZ.
The source of this data is the DVLA (driver and vehicle licensing agency). This data contains the core data on the specification of the vehicle as well as some insight into the history of the vehicle. It contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Some of the important data contained in this dataset is:
You can see a list of the full 47 data fields contained within this dataset by reading: The DVLA bulk data-set information for vehicles buyers
This data is supplied by the VCA in an open fashion, and contains lots of useful information about the CO2 emissions, fuel economy and running costs of a vehicle. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
We turn it into a useful certificate that you can use to compare between vehicles.
This data is also supplied by the VCA. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
If a fault is discovered in a vehicle make or model after manufacturing it might be recalled. As a result these safety recalls are generally very serious, ignoring them can lead to the issue getting worse and the vehicle becoming very dangerous to drive. The data contains information on the makes and models affected and descriptions of issue that has led to the safety recall.
This data is supplied by the police forces of the UK via the Police.uk API.
We enable users of totalcarcheck.co.uk to enter a location on our free Car Crime Map, which may be a post code, town or street name and then we display them a map outlining the number of vehicle crimes that have been recorded in that area.
The date contains the following fields:
This data is supplied by the DVSA. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This data reveals any historic and current MOT test data, it reveals MOT passes, failures and advistory notices. It also reveals the mileage as recorded on the odometer at the time of the MOT test.
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