Vehicle Smart - Car Check

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4.9
47.7K reviews
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About this app

🏆 UK's No.1 car check app, trusted by millions of UK drivers.
⭐ 135 million vehicle checks completed in 2024.

🔎 A free check reveals any UK vehicle's MOT and mileage history.
🔎 A free check shows when a vehicle's MOT & road tax are due to expire.
⚠️ Always get a full Vehicle Smart® check before buying a used car.

How does it work?

Simply enter a UK vehicle registration number, and Vehicle Smart® Car Check provides free DVLA MOT & tax data for all UK cars, motorbikes, vans, HGVs.

Within seconds, you can reveal:

✅ MOT status and history
✅ Mileage analysis
✅ Road tax status
✅ V5C issue date
✅ Make & model
✅ Colour
✅ Vehicle age
✅ Export marker
✅ Fuel type
✅ Engine size
✅ CO2 output and rating
✅ ULEZ compliance

Found a used car you want to buy on Auto Trader?

Protect yourself when buying or selling used cars with a Vehicle Smart® check (also known as an HPI check) to reveal over 80 data points in total, including:

✅ Stolen (police & insurance databases)
✅ Written off
✅ Salvaged (with photos of damage)
✅ Outstanding finance (HP / Logbook loans)
✅ Imported/exported
✅ VIC inspected
✅ Plate changes
✅ Colour changes
✅ Previous owners
✅ Model specifications
✅ £30,000 data guarantee

When is your MOT or tax due?

Add your cars, bikes, and vans to the garage and receive reminders for important dates such as MOT, tax, insurance, breakdown, servicing, and more!

Download Vehicle Smart® Car Check today and take advantage of all features:

✅ Free DVLA MOT + tax status for all UK vehicles
✅ Free DVSA MOT history (inc. Northern Ireland)
✅ Provenance checks (stolen, written off, financed, and more)
✅ Police PNC stolen status
✅ ANPR technology (Automatic Number Plate Recognition)
✅ Car insurance quotes (Powered by Confused.com)
✅ Breakdown quotes (AA and RAC)
✅ Road Tax bands and costs (VED)
✅ Mileage analysis & insights
✅ Automatic MOT and tax reminders
✅ Reminders for insurance, breakdown, and servicing
✅ Store and manage multiple vehicles
✅ Personalise your vehicle collection with photos and nicknames
✅ Store notes for tyres, fluids, bulbs, and more for all your vehicles
✅ PCP / lease mileage tracker to view and predict expenses

Are you a car enthusiast? Do you love collecting cars?

Get detailed vehicle data and wow your mates with knowledge on any vehicle's engine & gearbox, speed & performance, fuel economy (motorway & urban), model specifics, tyre pressure, BHP, chassis, and dimensions.

Vehicle Smart® is the perfect companion for anyone using AutoTrader, Motorway, Carwow, or Car Guru apps and a better value alternative to HPI for vehicle history checks.

Vehicle Smart® Car Check - Your Garage in Your Pocket.

Any questions or feedback? Contact us at: [email protected]

The Vehicle Smart logo and the terms 'Vehicle Smart' and 'Your Garage In Your Pocket' are registered trademarks in the UK under UK00003268245, UK00003604797, UK00003604844, and UK00003333523.
Updated on
May 29, 2025

Data safety

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Ratings and reviews

4.9
46.3K reviews
Enjay001
February 15, 2025
Great app: very useful; well laid out; easy to use; has all the features I need. I have been using the app for several years. I live in a multi-driver house with a number of cars. Vehicle Smart makes it easy to track all the tax and MOT dates. It's also great for looking up cars that I see out and about, at shows, dealers, or on the road - just to know some history, or even just to identify the model. The optional extra info on a car that you can buy for a small price can also be very useful.
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Nigel Hook
April 18, 2025
disappointed.. I used to be able to click on the insurance icon of the selected car in my garage and I would get the insurance renewal date which I manually entered some time ago.. not the case anymore! so even though my insurance icon is orange.. I can't see when it runs out, so a waste of time now. A step backwards by the app team and no point in having the app..
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Vehicle Smart
May 2, 2025
Hi Nigel, thank you for your feedback. We are adding back in the 'tap' for the reminder tabs. We've also updated the Vehicle Services menu which will show MOT, Tax and Insurance days left / expired with a link to tap and update if required. This will be in the next 4.2 release due in approx. 2 - 4 weeks time 🙂
Jody Schoultz
April 24, 2025
After your response confirming how to avoid the popup, id like to go back to a 5 star review as this app is amazing and has been for years. my own request would be to enable a toggle in settings that would turn the popup function off (or specify to switch between body and number plat for the popup). i can see it's use occasionally. But great app, very handy! I use it for all my motorbikes and cars!
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Vehicle Smart
April 24, 2025
Hi Jody, thanks for your feedback. To avoid seeing the pop-up and go straight to the vehicle details please tap on the vehicle reg 🙂 The pop-up will be evolving to show new data such as MOT, tax and insurance dates to save loading a vehicle each time, this was the first iteration to towards that. Hope that helps.

What’s new

The Advanced Check now has valuations, previous-keeper timeline, extra mileage records and damage indicator for written-off vehicles. The MOT history now shows a clear timeline of missed MOTs & mileage charts plot those gaps alongside average annual mileage (inc. the dip during lockdown). Vehicle Services menu in My Garage has been improved, displaying days remaining for MOT, tax and insurance, plus instant prices for MOT & servicing via Book My Garage.