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2 days ago
Last year 43 per cent of drivers who received speeding-related points on their licence were aged 45 to 64 compared to 22 per cent aged 17 to 34, according to the DVLA.
4 days ago
'Greedy' DVLA worker jailed after fiddling records and documents so car dealers could sell unroadworthy vehicles worth £1.3m ⊖⊖
A 'greedy' DVLA worker has been jailed after changing the records of written-off and stolen vehicles so they could be sold by used car dealers for almost £1.3million.
11 days ago
Drunk Audi driver was filming himself on Snapchat when he killed father-of-three in 100mph crash after DVLA had failed to ban him from the roads, inquest hears ⊖
Robbie Diffey, 24, was filming himself on Snapchat speeding in his Audi A4 40mph above the speed limit when he veered into the opposite lane on December 13 last year.
12 days ago
DVLA's recent private plate auction raised over £5m with 57 O selling for £68,010 ○
The DVLA holds a monthly private plate auction and May's saw over £5million raised as some personalised registrations went for over 27 times their starting price.
21 days ago
Drug driving reoffending five times higher than drink driving ⊖
Worrying new analysis of DVLA data by the RAC has found that repeat drug-driving offences are five times higher than repeat drink-driving offences over the last 11 years.
48 days ago
Rise of the ‘ghost owners’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records ⊕
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Exclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying ‘speeding, hit and runs and worse’ are going unpunished
More than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where the…
49 days ago
Widow, 86, who was prosecuted by the DVLA for a one-letter typo on her car insurance opens up about weeks of sleepless nights of fears over being branded a criminal ⊖⊖
Edna Nightingale endured weeks of anguish after discovering she was being taken to court because her registration number had been entered incorrectly when she renewed her cover over the phone.
84 days ago
Grieving widow prosecuted in controversial SJP case over £35 vehicle tax bill on her dead husband's car which went unpaid in the weeks after he passed away ⊖⊖
The woman, 51, was taken to court by the DVLA over the slip-up, which happened last July when she was in mourning and arranging her husband's funeral.
3 months ago
Are thieves targeting YOUR car? Britain's most stolen cars revealed with a vehicle pinched every 10 minutes last year ⊖⊖
Some 54,830 cars were reported stolen by owners in 2025, down from 61,343 a year earlier, DVLA records show. We reveal the top 10 most commonly pinched - and which versions are targeted.
5 months ago
New crackdown on ghost plates after Mail probe: MOT will now check your reg plate with penalty points for those who fail, plus new powers for DVLA on gangs in driving blitz ⊖
Motorists who use number plates invisible to road cameras face penalty points and having their vehicles seized under new plans to improve road safety launched today.