▸ Vehicle History · UK Network
carcheckgov.com is built for the trade side of UK vehicle data. The same lookups that sit behind retail checks, exposed at a pace that suits a forecourt or auction lane rather than a customer reading on a phone. Access live DVLA vehicle data, MOT history and full history check in one report. UK government data, expert analysis. Below: how the underlying records work, and the points where a buyer most often gets caught out.
Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
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Built and supported in the UK as part of the trade-facing side of the network.
Compare the mileage stamped in the service book against the mileage recorded at each MOT for the same period. Genuine records track closely. A service stamp showing lower mileage than an MOT taken earlier the same year is either a clerical error or a fabricated stamp, and it is worth resolving before you commit.
Keeper count on its own means little. Five keepers on a fifteen-year-old hatchback is unremarkable; five on a three-year-old car is not. Read the count against the age and the intervals, and treat any sub-three-month tenure as a question rather than a conclusion.
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.
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carcheckgov.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 carcheckgov.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to carcheckgov.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.
Yes. The PDF is shareable. A seller who raises an objection to a specific finding is a useful early signal in the negotiation.
Vehicles are frequently built in one year and registered in the next, and pre-registered stock can sit unsold for months. Registration date is what determines age for valuation, tax and warranty purposes.
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