Seized vehicles
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007643/U
Version Date: 19/02/2025
The Alliance Roads Policing Department have provided the following information.
Please may you provide me with monthly figures for 2024:
• The number of vehicles seized by the police
• The number of seized vehicles that were returned to owners
• The number of vehicles sold at auction or destroyed
|
2024 |
Number of Seizures |
Number of seized vehicles returned to their owners |
Number of destroyed vehicles |
Number of vehicles sold at auction |
|
Jan |
624 |
461 |
126 |
37 |
|
Feb |
553 |
379 |
96 |
23 |
|
March |
635 |
443 |
127 |
44 |
|
April |
534 |
355 |
114 |
41 |
|
May |
587 |
385 |
125 |
26 |
|
June |
629 |
444 |
105 |
22 |
|
July |
655 |
432 |
167 |
39 |
|
August |
603 |
411 |
151 |
24 |
|
September |
599 |
400 |
118 |
28 |
|
October |
590 |
372 |
130 |
39 |
|
November |
640 |
411 |
113 |
31 |
|
December |
638 |
331 |
130 |
24 |
- The reasoning behind each of these seizure
|
Reason |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total |
|
165A (NO INSURANCE) |
63 |
75 |
57 |
66 |
52 |
52 |
72 |
57 |
80 |
71 |
77 |
75 |
797 |
|
165A (NO LICENCE) |
24 |
13 |
18 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
27 |
21 |
30 |
23 |
32 |
26 |
255 |
|
ABANDONED VEHICLE |
9 |
9 |
18 |
19 |
17 |
12 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
10 |
16 |
21 |
170 |
|
BREAKDOWN |
28 |
30 |
35 |
26 |
28 |
42 |
36 |
51 |
25 |
27 |
32 |
46 |
406 |
|
BURNOUT |
4 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
57 |
|
DVLA UK (NO TAX) |
23 |
23 |
19 |
30 |
21 |
16 |
24 |
17 |
19 |
21 |
24 |
22 |
259 |
|
NO INSURANCE/NO LICENCE (1606) |
60 |
65 |
88 |
58 |
69 |
70 |
81 |
62 |
66 |
77 |
67 |
71 |
834 |
|
OBSTRUCTION/DANGER |
20 |
19 |
24 |
15 |
19 |
23 |
14 |
12 |
16 |
10 |
15 |
19 |
206 |
|
OWNERS REQUEST |
14 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
5 |
20 |
7 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
110 |
|
PACE |
21 |
8 |
13 |
13 |
5 |
15 |
4 |
15 |
13 |
17 |
12 |
5 |
141 |
|
POCA |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
5 |
|
|
7 |
|
POLICE REFORM ACT (SECTION 59) |
5 |
4 |
3 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
|
PRISONERS VEHICLE |
|
|
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
16 |
|
PROHIBITION ON VEHICLE |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
RTC |
283 |
235 |
254 |
209 |
259 |
286 |
278 |
243 |
253 |
240 |
260 |
269 |
3069 |
|
RTC - SERIOUS INJURY/FATAL. |
26 |
16 |
28 |
28 |
32 |
14 |
27 |
40 |
21 |
30 |
44 |
25 |
331 |
|
SERIOUS CRIME |
2 |
3 |
|
|
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
24 |
|
STOLEN ABANDONED |
28 |
34 |
43 |
34 |
33 |
53 |
33 |
37 |
29 |
33 |
34 |
24 |
415 |
|
USED IN CRIME |
14 |
6 |
21 |
11 |
18 |
12 |
18 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
161 |
|
Grand Total |
624 |
553 |
635 |
534 |
587 |
629 |
655 |
603 |
599 |
590 |
640 |
638 |
7287 |
Could you provide information on all vehicles that are recovered in the scheme and not just those seized for S165a and S59