UK police seized more than 214,000 vehicles in 2023

Mark Moran
12 April 2024
 

UK police forces seized 214,051 vehicles last year, according to a new Freedom of Information (FOI).

Police had taken the vehicles for a variety of reasons, including failing to for road tax or car insurance, driving without a valid licence, or if the vehicle had been stolen or involved in a crime. The statistics also include vehicles that had been stolen and then crashed by the offender – and then it being removed from the scene of the crime.

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