Track a registration

[Gollom]

Mrs. Gollom has just messaged me as there was a note on my car in Morrisons car park when she came out saying someone reversed in my car and driven off. They were kind enough to note the registration - is there any way I can get the offending cars owner details? Not a lot of damage, just a bit of paint from the bumper.

 

[Will]

DVLA? But correct way would be to report to your insurance company who will deal with this on your behalf.

 

[Gollom]

DVLA? But correct way would be to report to your insurance company who will deal with this on your behalf.

Thanks. Damage will be way below my excess I am guessing so will have to put down to experience I think

 

[Will]

Thanks. Damage will be way below my excess I am guessing so will have to put down to experience I think

Request information about a vehicle or its registered keeper from DVLA

Request details about a vehicle's registered keeper: bulk data, anonymised data, mileage data requests, other information requests

www.gov.uk

But you’d still have a battle to prove damage and get payment from whoever. Probably just one of those things as you say

 

[Pontoneer]

Mrs. Gollom has just messaged me as there was a note on my car in Morrisons car park when she came out saying someone reversed in my car and driven off. They were kind enough to note the registration - is there any way I can get the offending cars owner details? Not a lot of damage, just a bit of paint from the bumper.

You can request the details from DVLA , explaining why you need this , a small fee is payable .

There used to be a form available at the Post Office , but can probably be done online now .

Worth asking if the shop has any CCTV which may have captured the incident , otherwise without proof the other party could just deny liability . Was there any paint transfer from the other vehicle , which would corroborate your claim ? Did the witness leave their details ? If you have a combination of witness statement , CCTV , and paint transfer from the other car , then your chances of recovery might be quite good . If nothing more than an anonymous note , then chances probably not so good alas .

If you involve your insurer it will likely see your premiums loaded for the next five years , so preferable to just get a quotation and ask them to pay .

 

[Scott_F]

Most supermarket carparks are covered by CCTV so if they caught the incident on camera it will add weight to your claim against the person involved (whose initial response is likely to be complete denial).

 

[markjay]

It's nice of whoever left the note... it would have been even nicer if he/she left his/her details and was willing to testify (if it came to that).

 

[sgregory124]

You can request the details from DVLA , explaining why you need this , a small fee is payable .

There used to be a form available at the Post Office , but can probably be done online now .

Worth asking if the shop has any CCTV which may have captured the incident , otherwise without proof the other party could just deny liability . Was there any paint transfer from the other vehicle , which would corroborate your claim ? Did the witness leave their details ? If you have a combination of witness statement , CCTV , and paint transfer from the other car , then your chances of recovery might be quite good . If nothing more than an anonymous note , then chances probably not so good alas .

If you involve your insurer it will likely see your premiums loaded for the next five years , so preferable to just get a quotation and ask them to pay .

Seriously? Can't see the DVLA giving out any personal details to a unknown third party - that's a breach of GDPR rules right there.

 

[Pontoneer]

Seriously? Can't see the DVLA giving out any personal details to a unknown third party - that's a breach of GDPR rules right there.

Believe it : you fill out form V888 and submit it .

You do need to show good reason for needing the information

 

[SpikyMikey]

https://assets.publishing.service.g...eople-information-from-our-vehicle-record.pdf

 

[st13phil]

Believe it : you fill out form V888 and submit it .

You do need to show good reason for needing the information

My experience of using that "service" wasn't good.

Someone unknown had abandoned a car in my employer's car park. Brief enquiries showed it to be untaxed, not SORNed and uninsured.

I filled out a V888 on behalf of my employer requesting Registered Keeper details so we could contact them to have it removed. According to the DVLA drone who responded, the fact it had been abandoned on my employer's property was "insufficient reason for them to divulge RK details". Useless.

 

[Gollom]

https://assets.publishing.service.g...eople-information-from-our-vehicle-record.pdf

Thanks for this. At only £2.50 (cheque or POSTAL ORDER - do either still exist!!) and a simple 2 page form, I'll give it a shot then see if I get a response from the offending car owner. Appears Morrisons will not supply video footage, even if it exists, However, the lady who left the details also spoke to my wife and gave her own details plus is happy to witness.

Not holding my breath though!

 

[Scott_F]

Thanks for this. At only £2.50 (cheque or POSTAL ORDER - do either still exist!!) and a simple 2 page form, I'll give it a shot then see if I get a response from the offending car owner. Appears Morrisons will not supply video footage, even if it exists.....

You could try contacting the police and make an allegation of leaving the scene of an accident / criminal damage and ask them to access any CCTV footage Morrisons may have.

However, it's a long shot as they would doubtless have a "lack of resources" or "other priorities" and will simply not want to know.

Now if some Dibble's private car had been damaged in a car park......

 

[StMarks]

Now if some Dibble's private car had been damaged in a car park......

FYI, if "Dibble" uses PNC for anything other than a directly incident related purpose the consequences border on sectarian.

 

[Scott_F]

FYI, if "Dibble" uses PNC for anything other than a directly incident related purpose the consequences border on sectarian.

Damage to a parked car is an incident - just not one in which they will usually show the slightest interest.

A bit like shop lifting, thefts from a motor vehicle, around 50% of domestic burglaries etc. etc. etc......

 

[Will]

Sadly we all know this is the case.

Someone recently posted on an old thread of mine where an organised gang tried to steal one of my cars via relay theft back in 2019 (which I prevented and interrupted whilst in progress)

Fair enough someone came out at the time but nothing was followed up on. And I suspect some damaged paint to a parked vehicle would be very low down on the priority list.

A combination of lack of resources, no doubt l, and I suspect a lack of interest too.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Damage to a parked car is an incident - just not one in which they will usually show the slightest interest.

A bit like shop lifting, thefts from a motor vehicle, around 50% of domestic burglaries etc. etc. etc......

How high a value theft does it have to be before the police take an interest? Christ knows....but tens if thousands at least around here. A few months back we had two brand new vans stolen from our off site storage yard...cost price trade value? £48,000. We had, admittedly poor quality, video footage and the remains of the clamps etc. Would they do so much as come out to look at the scene/evidence?....would they f***! Only interested in giving us a crime number and said they would be in touch if any further info came to light....yeah right. My already low respect for the police sunk even lower that day.
I bet if I described the theives using a naughty or hurtful word they would be straight round!

 

[Scott_F]

How high a value theft does it have to be before the police take an interest? Christ knows....but tens if thousands at least around here. A few months back we had two brand new vans stolen from our off site storage yard...cost price trade value? £48,000. We had, admittedly poor quality, video footage and the remains of the clamps etc. Would they do so much as come out to look at the scene/evidence?....would they f***! Only interested in giving us a crime number and said they would be in touch if any further info came to light....yeah right. My already low respect for the police sunk even lower that day.
I bet if I described the theives using a naughty or hurtful word they would be straight round!

I'm sorry but I simply don't believe a word of this.

I never miss an episode of Late-Night-Motorway-Interceptor-Cops-With-Bodycameras (you can't miss them as they're all repeated ad nauseam) and I can categorically state that the police respond to every incident with great zeal and are never anything other than incredibly effective.

Or at least they are when they've got some camera operator from the likes of Whizzo Productions in tow.....

 

[StMarks]

Damage to a parked car is an incident

Of course it is Scott.
However unless that incident was allocated to your dibbles, then if he even looked into the job that wasn't specifically his he would be dropping himself in the smelly stuff.! If he honestly believed he had a transparent & valid policing reason, he would be challenged to prove that at the very least. These days if there was any sniff at a self interest, that aforementioned smelly stuff would hit the fan.

Fwiw I'm not defending any lack of response. In an ideal world every wrongdoing would be addressed thoroughly by a motivated, diligent professional and well resourced public service, wouldn't it.?

 

[Fastcar155]

I'm sorry but I simply don't believe a word of this.

I never miss an episode of Late-Night-Motorway-Interceptor-Cops-With-Bodycameras (you can't miss them as they're all repeated ad nauseam) and I can categorically state that the police respond to every incident with great zeal and are never anything other than incredibly effective.

Or at least they are when they've got some camera operator from the likes of Whizzo Productions in tow.....

Where do you live ?