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A new report published by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has called for the creation of a national body to tackle organised vehicle crime. The report states that vehicle […]

Eight men have been found guilty of stealing personal details of around a million drivers from repairers. The details were accessed and obtained without consent and then sold to claims […]

Vizion has announced its speaker line-up for Kinetic’25, which will take place at the Telford International Centre from 3-4 September. Themed ‘Infinite Possibilities’, Kinetic’25 will bring together hugely experienced and […]

The Ford Transit Custom has been identified as the most likely van to pass its MOT. This is based on analysis of more than 33 million MOT results from 2005 […]

Thatcham Research has joined forces with the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) to tackle vehicle theft in the UK. Despite the UK having the highest levels of on-vehicle security […]

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has reported a 52% rise in ghost broker scams in the last two years, with young drivers the primary targets. Ghost brokers sell fake insurance policies […]

Despite a rise in high-tech vehicle thefts, drivers can still protect their cars from criminals using traditional methods such as steering locks. In the UK, 129,159 vehicles were stolen between […]

Thatcham Research has welcomed the government’s new Crime and Policing Bill targeting electronic devices used in vehicle theft, while emphasising the need for a comprehensive approach to combat increasingly sophisticated […]

DVLA data has revealed the regions where drivers are most likely to have their vehicles stolen, with the West Midlands named the car theft capital of the UK. In total, […]

More than seven in 10 van drivers were victims of theft last year, with nearly half of that number targeted more than once in a 12-month period. NFU Mutual surveyed […]

London has been revealed as the van theft capital of the UK, based on analysis of data from a Freedom of Information request. Dayinsure requested data from police authorities across […]

Van thefts in the UK approached 12,000 between October 2022 and 2023, according to figures from the DVLA. Travis Perkins obtained the figures through a Freedom of Information request. They revealed […]