Vehicle Smart - Car Check

Vehicle Smart

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: [e-mail]

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.

Ratings and reviews

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.

Great app to log all details of your cars from service, insurace and MOT reminders to all consumables and quatities required eg. what bulbs, oil, coolant, tyre pressures etc. A great app which is always useful and always at hand. I would like to see a print option as well so you can choose the sections you want to print as I keep a log of all maintenance ony car and it would be beneficial to the next owner if I could print it out along with the other useful information.

was great, still is, but it's locked behind a paywall after I paid for a permanent 1 time payment. which has now turned into a yearly subscription. I'm no longer able to add or edit the data in my garage. I feel like I've had my money stolen. why offer a premium version then kick people out and make it yearly

What’s new

This release introduces a new VED pricing mechanism ready for the 2025 price changes. We have also expanded the ULEZ check to cover other zones around the UK
In the garage, there is a new Vehicle Services action sheet for quick access to vehicle related services (tap anywhere on a vehicle in your garage other than the reg plate or add photo). Full release notes in the app.