$ ecc query --domain lorryinspect.com --category motor / trade
› lorryinspect.com 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. HGV and lorry inspection reports. Plated weight, MOT, taco history and operator licence verification.
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.
/ Insurance shortcuts
Most people checking a vehicle on lorryinspect.com need cover for it within the same day or week. Rather than send you back to a comparison site, the four panels below route directly to UK specialists for the most common short-notice insurance situations.
Fully comprehensive 1–28 day cover on any UK car you don't own. Quote in under two minutes, policy documents and MID registration delivered before you set off.
Get a day quote →via TempcoverLearner driverShort-term learner insurance for new and provisional drivers on a borrowed or family car. Claims are isolated to the learner's policy so the car-owner's no-claims bonus is protected.
Quote learner cover →via VeygoImpounded releaseStandard annual insurers routinely refuse impound cases. This is the specialist 30-day standalone policy every UK pound and police force accepts. Documents in minutes.
Quote impound cover →via Tempcover ImpoundedAnnual comparisonAnnual fully comprehensive quotes from the UK panel of insurers, with named-driver, telematics and classic-car options included on the same quote stack.
Compare annual →via Confused.comWe earn a commission on policies bound through these partners. The commission does not affect the price you are quoted.
The lookup engine covers cars, vans, motorcycles and HGVs through a single registration entry point. The report adapts to the vehicle class returned by DVLA: van checks include plated weights, motorcycle checks include frame and engine number verification, HGV checks include operator licence and tachograph notes, car checks include passenger-vehicle specifics.
HGV pre-purchase inspections include plated-weight verification, an operator-side check that the chassis is not still recorded against a previous O-Licence and a brake test reading from a DVSA-recognised testing station.
The data shown here is pulled at lookup time from DVLA's vehicle record, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency MOT history, the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR) for write-offs and the Police National Computer feed for theft markers. Finance information is matched against the UK lender register. Nothing is cached for more than 24 hours, so a check run today reflects the record as it stood today rather than a stale snapshot.
/ Brand consolidation
lorryinspect.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, 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 lorryinspect.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to lorryinspect.com 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 — the inspection booking is offered separately, with vetted UK independent inspectors covering all postcodes. The inspector is independent of the report and the costs are not shared.
12 months for consumer accounts, for the duration of the agreement for trade accounts. Raw inputs are available on request for any dispute.
Cars, vans, motorbikes and HGVs through a single registration entry point. The report adapts to the vehicle class returned by DVLA so commercial-specific fields appear for commercials and bike-specific fields for motorcycles.
Yes — Northern Ireland DVA records are included, with the caveat that NI MOT digital records pre-2014 are less complete than GB records of the same era.
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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.