How can I trace a car from it's registration number? this is just to trace a vehicle I used to own to see if the present owner has found something that was left in the boot.

Surely they'd have contacted you?? But the DVLA hold all records, although I doubt they'd just say who owned the car and give contact details..?? Well, I'd like to think not, otherwise anyone could follow people home etc...

I don't think there is a way to do it owdlad. Maybe try the police to see if they will relay a message?

Surely if there was a way for the public to do this, I would have been murdered or kneecapped by now, given the amount of road users I p*** off daily! :thumbsup:

K x

How long ago was this Owdy? Was it in a moris minor? :P

Hey up owdlad,you, cannot trace the owner of a car,only through the legal system, police....DVLA, but they will not tell you who they are.

Hey Strix what's wrong with a Morris Minor.

I know that this facililty is regularly used.

Release of another vehicle’s keeper details

You can obtain the name and address of the registered keeper of a vehicle if you can show reasonable cause for needing the information.

Members of the public will need to complete form V888. Companies can either complete form VQ3 or apply in writing giving full details of the reason for the enquiry and the vehicle registration mark. Both forms are available from DVLA.

The fee for information at a specific date of event is £2.50 per vehicle. If further information is required, for instance, a copy of a document or additional keeper information, a fee of £5 is required per vehicle.

Send your application to: Vehicle Record Enquiries, Vehicle Customer Services, DVLA, Swansea SA99 1AJ.


From DVLA (http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/relinfo.htm)

Originally posted by Methuselah
Hey up owdlad,you, cannot trace the owner of a car,only through the legal system, police....DVLA, but they will not tell you who they are.

Hey Strix what's wrong with a Morris Minor. Nothing. I actually quite like them!

I just wondered if Owdy was trying to find something he lost over 20 years ago!

It cost around £2.50 from DVLA, but you must have a good reason.

My mates car got hit in the asda car park by a van who then drove off, A witness got the registration number of the van.

The police said it was not a police matter as it was on private property.

The way he sorted it: He Asked a policeman (from the pub) to do a pnc check for him.

The owner was gutted when my mate turned up on his doorstep.

Originally posted by viking
My mates car got hit in the asda car park by a van who then drove off, A witness got the registration number of the van.

The police said it was not a police matter as it was on private property.

The way he sorted it: He Asked a policeman (from the pub) to do a pnc check for him.

The owner was gutted when my mate turned up on his doorstep.

WTF :loopy: And housebreaking doesn't take place on private property? :confused:

Originally posted by viking
My mates car got hit in the asda car park by a van who then drove off, A witness got the registration number of the van.

The police said it was not a police matter as it was on private property.

The way he sorted it: He Asked a policeman (from the pub) to do a pnc check for him.

The owner was gutted when my mate turned up on his doorstep.

My understanding is that PNC checks are traceable; how would the 'friendly' policeman have explained his actions if the man had complained?

K x

Originally posted by Strix
WTF :loopy: And housebreaking doesn't take place on private property? :confused:

car accidents taking place on private property are not a criminal offence, thus not a police matter, burlgarly is criminal.

PNC checks are all recorded. Someone was sent down recently for providing details to animal rights activists of people that they'd seen drive upto a certain farm. It was in the news sometime in the last 6 months.

Originally posted by Cyclone
car accidents taking place on private property are not a criminal offence, thus not a police matter, burlgarly is criminal.

PNC checks are all recorded. Someone was sent down recently for providing details to animal rights activists of people that they'd seen drive upto a certain farm. It was in the news sometime in the last 6 months.

Thank you Cyclone.
All you need to say as a policeman IF questioned is "I checked it on PNC because when i was off duty it looked as if (known scrote) was driving.

Thanks guys, I know I could have got it traced through a friendly bobby, but wondered if there was an easier way. :thumbsup:

Type the registration into DVLA's new online Sorn System, or use the RAC Vehicle Data Check.

I thought that when you sold a car, the new owner was obliged to fill in the 'new owner' section of the log book, and then you were obliged to complete and send it off.

They're not obliged to tell the truth though.

Clamping companies use the £2.50 DVLA thing all the time.