Free car history check

Free Car History Check

If you are looking for a used car, check out it's history with our comprehensive free car history check. Our car history report includes car model information, road tax details, full MOT mileage history and reasons for MOT failures.

Enter your car registration number above to check when your car's tax and MOT expires, or for added convenience download our free car check app for Android and iOS.

  • Vehicle Make & Model
  • MOT Due Date
  • MOT Refusals & Advisories
  • Recorded Mileages
  • Tax Expiry Date
  • Road Tax Costs
  • Co₂ Emissions
  • Engine Size
  • Mileage Anomalies


Free Car Check App

Our car check app is available on both iOS and Android devices, it allows you to quickly search a vehicle's history. You can enter your number plate directly, or use the ANPR search feature to access the car report. Download it now, free of charge.

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UK Vehicle Registrations

Enter your car registration number above to check when your car's tax and MOT expires, or for added convenience download our free car check app for Android and iOS. Below are the area prefixes used in the current UK car number plate system, along with the regions in which those plates are registered. Click on a plate below to explore the twice-yearly issued number plates for a given area prefix.

A - Anglia

Peterborough

Norwich

Ipswich

B - Birmingham

Birmingham

C - Cymru (Wales)

Cardiff

Swansea

Bangor
CW CX CY

D - Deeside

Chester

Shrewsbury

E - Essex

Chelmsford

F - Forest and Fens

Nottingham

Lincoln

G - Garden of England

Maidstone

Brighton

H - Hampshire and Dorset

Bournemouth

Portsmouth

Isle of Wight
HW

K - No official mnemonic

Borehamwood (formerly Luton)

Northampton

L - London

Wimbledon

Borehamwood (formerly Stanmore)

Sidcup

M - Manchester and Merseyside

Manchester

N - North

Newcastle

Stockton

O - Oxford

Oxford

P - Preston

Preston

Carlisle

R - Reading

Reading

S - Scotland

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Dundee

Aberdeen
SV SW

Inverness
SX SY

V - Severn Valley

Worcester

W - West of England

Exeter

Truro
WK WL

Bristol

Y - Yorkshire

Leeds

Sheffield

Beverley
YW YX YY