How to find a car reg no for a 3rd party who ran into the back of my stationary car

biscan25

A long shot, but have your checked Companies House?

Jenni_D

Companies House will have the vehicle's registration mark?

biscan25

It will show you where they live, so you can do a stake-out.

Jenni_D

But the OP already knows where they live? And it is on the other side of the country, so not convenient for them to "do a stake-out".

(It pays to read the OP and other replies).  

biscan25

My apologies, you are most correct.
I'm very surprised then that insurer can't get these details from the DVLA.

Sandtree

biscan25 said:

I'm very surprised then that insurer can't get these details from the DVLA.

An insurer can only ask for the registered keeper for a specified registration on a specified date, they cannot ask for all vehicles registered to a certain address or person

DB1904

fournarios said:

I'm trying to find the reg no of a van that ran into the back of mine while I was stationary at a junction with the hand brake on. He gave me his phone no (subsequently found to be false) and name, but I was in such a state of shock that I didn't get his reg no. I was able to track him down because his company name was written on the side of his van. He offered to settle off insurance but turned nasty when I took the trouble to provide 3 separate repair quotes. At which point I handed it over to my insurance company. Now they  are saying that without the reg no it will have to be treated as a claim rather than a no fault claim - no doubt with an impact on my premium and no claims.

Has anyone used a private detective or other means to get a reg no? I have his home address but it's on the other side of the country. 

Report the matter to the police, pay for a copy of the collision report and you'll get the registration and insurance details. Whether you can find any interest for them to do that is another matter. 

Manxman_in_exile

Your best hope is to report it to the police as a failure to exchange insurance details.  Report it to the constabulary where it happened first, but I'd also ask them if you should be reporting to his local force.  (I can see that if you tell he's not a local they may lose interest - not that they're likely to show much anyway... )

ontheroad1970

biscan25 said:

A long shot, but have your checked Companies House?

That will get you the registered company address.  Depends how the vehicles are registered.

ontheroad1970

Diver2 said:

Get a friend to contact them for a quote and then take the registration number when he turns up?

If there is more than one vehicle in their fleet, what do you do then?

Best bet is for the OP to go to the police.