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freevehiclehistory.com keeps the entry price low deliberately. A quick lookup should cost little enough that nobody talks themselves out of running one, with the paid detail reserved for the vehicle you have actually decided to pursue. Free UK vehicle history checks. Past owners, MOT record and basic provenance — fully free to view. The material below assumes you want the reasoning as well as the result.
Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
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Every recorded mileage figure from MOT records, plus any submitted at change of keeper, is plotted in date order. Drops are flagged. Implausible jumps are flagged. Long flat periods with no MOT may indicate the car was off the road and should be reconciled against any SORN declarations.
DVLA holds registration, keeper counts, VED and technical detail. DVSA holds MOT tests and advisories. MIAFTR is the insurance industry's own total-loss register. Stolen-vehicle markers come from contracted UK data providers, which aggregate insurer theft notifications and police-issued alerts. The finance position comes from participating UK lenders. Each finding in the report names the register it came from, so nothing is presented as fact without a source.
The history record does not include unreported damage, cash repairs, modifications fitted between MOTs, or work undertaken under warranty without an MOT log. Treat history data as the public, verifiable trail; treat the seller's own service record and an in-person inspection as the private, unverifiable trail that fills the gaps.
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freevehiclehistory.com 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, contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team 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 freevehiclehistory.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to freevehiclehistory.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
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Usually a SORN period, a repair layup or a late test. The report shows SORN periods alongside test dates so the two can be reconciled; a gap with no SORN is the one worth asking the seller about.
A Statutory Off-Road Notification means the vehicle was declared as not used on public roads. A long, recent SORN can simply mean the car was laid up, or it can indicate post-incident storage. Reconcile it against any insurance markers found in the report.
It shows the recorded number of previous keepers and the date each took ownership. It does not return the names or addresses of previous keepers, which are protected under data-protection law.
Yes, through DVA. Digital MOT coverage before 2014 is less complete there than in Great Britain, so an older NI vehicle may legitimately show a shorter test history.
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