DVLA V888 Request For 3rd Party Driver Details

Tom99

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Has anyone obtained the 3rd party driver details from the DVLA following an accident/damage by sending off the request form V888 and £2.50?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]If so were you given the details and how long did the DVLA take to reply?[/FONT]

forgotmyname

How would the DVLA know who was driving?

Reported them for failing to stop or the driver refused to give you his details? What have your insurance said?

AdrianC

Or use askmid.com (from a mobile device, free) to get their insurance details and just go straight to them.

Tom99

AdrianC wrote: »

Or use askmid.com (from a mobile device, free) to get their insurance details and just go straight to them.

Thanks but unless I have missed something that only confirms the car is on the insurance database rather than any detail of the insurance company, driver etc.

AdrianC

Tom99 wrote: »

Thanks but unless I have missed something that only confirms the car is on the insurance database rather than any detail of the insurance company, driver etc.

No, going via a mobile will allow you to see the insurer and policy. Same as paying a few quid from a browser.
http://stayinsured.askmid.com/roadside.html

But pause and think a sec - nothing is going to confirm the driver, short of asking the keeper... or the driver if you'd caught 'em at it. You don't notify DVLA or the insurer every time you change between your OH and you driving any of your cars, do you?

Tom99

AdrianC wrote: »

No, going via a mobile will allow you to see the insurer and policy. Same as paying a few quid from a browser.
http://stayinsured.askmid.com/roadside.html

But pause and think a sec - nothing is going to confirm the driver, short of asking the keeper... or the driver if you'd caught 'em at it. You don't notify DVLA or the insurer every time you change between your OH and you driving any of your cars, do you?

I tried using mobile data to connect the phone rather than wi-fi but still do not get the insurance details?

oscarward

It’s only a few quid to obtain from a browser.

Tom99

oscarward wrote: »

It’s only a few quid to obtain from a browser.

It seems that only gives you the 3rd parties insurance details not the registered owner's name and address.
If I park for too long in Lidl they don't seem to have any problem obtaining my details!

AdrianC

Tom99 wrote: »

It seems that only gives you the 3rd parties insurance details not the registered owner's name and address.

The insurance details are for more useful than the keeper details, if you want to put a claim in against whoever was driving it. The keeper would just forward it to their insurance, anyway.

If I park for too long in Lidl they don't seem to have any problem obtaining my details!

I wonder if you can spot the difference, and why insurance may not be useful in dealing with abuse of somebody's private land?

waamo

Tom99 wrote: »

It seems that only gives you the 3rd parties insurance details not the registered owner's name and address.
If I park for too long in Lidl they don't seem to have any problem obtaining my details!

Given there is no such thing as a "registered owner" you cannot get those.

Tom99

waamo wrote: »

Given there is no such thing as a "registered owner" you cannot get those.

Registered keeper will do.