Check-Buy-Drive | Used Car History Reports - Avoid Buying Lemons

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Access comprehensive reports to avoid bad deals, sell your car faster, and to ensure your current vehicle is safe.

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What Our Report Reveals

Comprehensive Vehicle Details

Our report provides essential information about the vehicle, including its make, model, year of manufacture, body type, fuel type, engine specifications, and transmission. This ensures the car's declared specifications match the actual details, giving you a clear picture of what you're buying.

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Our data comes from reliable sources such as the DVLA and UKVD.

We check for writeoffs, mileage clocking, and other issues.

Choose Wisely

Ensure your next vehicle is a reliable companion for your journeys.

Save Valuable Time

Skip countless test drives and wasted hours. Filter through offers efficiently by knowing the vehicle's true condition upfront.

Avoid Costly Mistakes

Access the full vehicle history to ensure you're not buying a money pit. Our comprehensive reports uncover hidden issues before they become your problem.

Negotiate a Better Peal

Once you find your dream vehicle, use the detailed information from our report to confidently negotiate a fair and lower price.

Did you know?

Around 560,000 cars are written off by insurers in the UK every year — that's more than one every minute.

CBD · 2023 · Open Government Licence v3.0

Over 80% of insurance write-offs — Categories S and N — can legally return to the road after repair.

CBD · 2023 · Open Government Licence v3.0

There are 42.4 million licensed vehicles on UK roads — roughly one for every 1.5 people.

DfT · Q3 2025 · Open Government Licence v3.0

More than 40% of cars on UK roads are at least 10 years old.

DfT · 2024 · Open Government Licence v3.0

Grey has been the UK's most popular new car colour for seven years running — making up nearly 28% of new registrations.

CBD · 2024 · Open Government Licence v3.0

Your Vehicle History Report

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Enter any reg with an A

There is a little 'bug' icon in the reg input controls throughout the pages that will bring up a list of all the regs with an A in them. They are categorised by state of the vehicle, e.g. stolen, written off, etc.

Some of the vehicles in this list no longer exist. The app should tell you though.

During the checkout process

you don't enter a real credit card, you can use this test one:

✔️ card number - 4242 4242 4242 4242
✔️ expires 12/29
✔️ CVV 123