Vehicle seizures
Date of request: 31 December 2024
Reference: 1543-24
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information on vehicle seizures in 2024.
Please may you provide me with:
- The number of vehicles seized by the police in 2024
- The number of seized vehicles that were returned to owners
- The number of vehicles sold at auction or destroyed
- The reasoning behind each of these seizures
Response
Please find below the number of vehicles seized, returned to owners, vehicles destroyed and vehicles sold at auction for 2024.
| 2024 | Number of Seizures | Number of seized vehicles returned to their owners | Number of destroyed vehicles | Number of vehicles sold at auction |
| Jan | 707 | 506 | 112 | 17 |
| Feb | 622 | 405 | 238 | 50 |
| March | 649 | 443 | 153 | 18 |
| April | 610 | 419 | 216 | 23 |
| May | 766 | 512 | 195 | 23 |
| June | 661 | 467 | 142 | 40 |
| July | 670 | 450 | 159 | 32 |
| August | 762 | 513 | 141 | 42 |
| September | 667 | 437 | 203 | 48 |
| October | 705 | 453 | 157 | 53 |
| November | 755 | 499 | 147 | 51 |
| December | 742 | 408 | 183 | 60 |
Please find below table which provides the data for reason for seizure
| Month | BREAKDOWN | DVLA UK (NO TAX) | NO INSURANCE/DL SEIZURE. (SECTION 165) | OBSTRUCTION /DANGER | PACE. | POLICE REFORM ACT (SECTION 59) | RTC | RTC – SERIOUS INJURY/FATAL. | RTC SERIOUS INJURY/PACE | RTC/PACE. | STOLEN | Total |
| Jan | 3 | 12 | 99 | 50 | 24 | 3 | 232 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 506 |
| Feb | 3 | 8 | 78 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 178 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 405 | |
| Mar | 5 | 13 | 77 | 46 | 24 | 187 | 6 | 3 | 82 | 443 | ||
| Apr | 4 | 16 | 75 | 29 | 19 | 181 | 1 | 94 | 419 | |||
| May | 2 | 15 | 116 | 28 | 10 | 244 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 88 | 512 | |
| Jun | 6 | 11 | 93 | 36 | 21 | 206 | 4 | 8 | 82 | 467 | ||
| Jul | 5 | 6 | 88 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 204 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 450 | |
| Aug | 5 | 17 | 84 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 242 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 105 | 513 |
| Sep | 6 | 11 | 86 | 36 | 7 | 204 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 437 | ||
| Oct | 5 | 16 | 82 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 228 | 1 | 3 | 83 | 453 | |
| Nov | 4 | 16 | 106 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 248 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 499 | |
| Dec | 8 | 15 | 97 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 191 | 2 | 54 | 408 | ||
| Total | 56 | 156 | 1081 | 417 | 205 | 12 | 2545 | 41 | 30 | 5 | 964 | 5512 |