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London ULEZ, Birmingham CAZ, Manchester (suspended), Bath, Bristol, Sheffield, Tyneside and several other UK zones have separate compliance rules for vans. The check returns the emissions class and notes whether the van is compliant in each active zone today, with the caveat that zone rules change at short notice.
Every UK van has a Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM) and an unladen weight recorded on the V5C and on the manufacturer's plate inside the driver's door. Driving over MAM is a licence offence and invalidates insurance. The check returns both figures so you can confirm the van you're buying actually matches the V5C presented at viewing.
If the report shows nothing of concern, ask to see the V5C in person and compare the VIN on the document to the one stamped on the chassis and printed on the dash. If the report flags something, raise it directly: a Category N write-off is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but a seller who claims a car has no history when MIAFTR shows otherwise is telling you something important about the rest of the conversation.
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vanhistory.com now operates as part of Expert Car Check — the same van-friendly lookup, with the wider car, finance and insurance tooling layered alongside it. 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 vanhistory.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to vanhistory.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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Most diesel vans first registered from September 2016 onwards meet ULEZ. The report returns the recorded Euro classification and the daily charge that would apply in each active UK clean-air zone.
Commercial mileage is typically much higher than passenger-car mileage for the same age; the valuation model uses commercial benchmarks so 120,000 miles on a five-year-old diesel van isn't penalised the way it would be on a car.
Yes, particularly Sprinters, Transits and Vivaros from 2014 onwards. Recovery rates are also lower than for cars. PNC theft check is included; buyer-side prevention measures matter more for vans.
The vehicle has been converted from its original body type — refrigerated, dropside, tipper, Luton or camper. Professional type-approved conversions are on DVLA records; homebrew conversions typically aren't and should be reconciled at purchase.
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