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checkcarhpi.co.uk is a UK vehicle-data tool that takes a single registration and returns what the official records actually say about the car behind it. No upsold marketing copy in front of the data, no fabricated "risk indicators" pulled from nothing — the report shows what is on file and where it came from. Run a full HPI-equivalent car check from £1.99. Finance, stolen, write-off, mileage and more.
Data sourced live from DVLA, MIAFTR, PNC and the UK lender register at lookup time.
Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.
Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.
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Category A means the vehicle must be crushed in its entirety and never re-registered. Category B requires the bodyshell to be destroyed; only mechanical parts may be reused. Category S indicates structural damage that has been professionally repaired. Category N covers non-structural damage repaired to a roadworthy standard. The check returns the recorded category, the year of the entry and, where the insurer has shared it, the recorded damage type.
If a UK police force has logged the vehicle as stolen on the Police National Computer, that marker is returned in the check. PNC is updated by police forces themselves, so a 'no marker' result reflects the position at lookup time. The check should be re-run on the day of collection for any private purchase, since the record can change between viewing and handover.
A clean check confirms that, at the moment of lookup, no UK insurer has filed a total-loss marker, no lender has registered an open agreement and no police force has reported the vehicle stolen. It does not confirm mechanical condition, repair quality, or work carried out in cash and never declared to an insurer. Treat the report as the legal and financial backstop to an in-person inspection, not a replacement for one.
/ Brand consolidation
checkcarhpi.co.uk is now part of Expert Car Check — the consolidated UK vehicle-data platform that several of these older brands have joined. The data sources are unchanged: DVLA's vehicle record, DVSA's MOT history, MIAFTR for write-offs, the Police National Computer feed for theft markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team, the underwriting partners and the support contact are the same. What's changed is that the work that was previously spread across several smaller brands now sits in one place, which keeps response times tight and the underlying registers maintained against current DVLA schemas. Bookmarks and historic links to checkcarhpi.co.uk continue to resolve here. If you were referred to checkcarhpi.co.uk by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
Visit expertcarcheck.com →/ Common questions
Yes, for vehicles where the VIN is on record. UK registration plate is the primary lookup; VIN is a fallback for newly-imported or de-registered vehicles.
An HPI-style check cross-references DVLA's vehicle record, MIAFTR (the insurance write-off register), the Police National Computer for theft markers and the UK consumer-finance register for open agreements. It does not verify mechanical condition or repair quality — only the legal and financial backstory.
Raise it directly with the seller before any money changes hands. A Category N marker is not always a deal-breaker but a seller who denies the marker exists is telling you something separate about the rest of the transaction.
Walk away. Any legitimate UK seller has no reason to object to a vehicle check — they should be running one themselves before listing.
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One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.