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Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
This tax information and impact note is about changes to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (CEMA) power to use force to gain entry to vehicles or vessels.
This Policy Framework provides the requirements and guidance for prisons and staff on searching of the person, cells, areas and vehicles.
New Geospatial Commission report highlights the power of location data in the safe deployment of connected and self-driving road vehicles.
Information on how Border Force staff use training to carry out searches of vehicles, either for commercial freight, cars or coaches.
Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.
Check heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) operator applications and decisions
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
Request details about a vehicle's registered keeper: bulk data, anonymised data, mileage data requests, other information requests
Find lorry and bus operators by name, address or licence number
Being stopped by the police or DVSA - fixed penalties, roadside prohibitions, driving without an operator's licence, immobilisation and impounding.
What to do if your vehicle, vehicle part or accessory is recalled, has a registered fault and how to report serious safety defect you find
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
How you can train to drive a heavy goods vehicle (HGV): Skills Bootcamps, apprenticeships, vocational courses and driving schools.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
Check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled because of a fault in how it was made
Find out what to do if you have problems accessing the services to book your driving test, change your appointment or cancel your test.
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