Almost 10% of the 60,000 uninsured cars seized
by the police in 2011 and checked with HPI Crushwatch had
outstanding finance recorded against them. 

And mid-range higher volume vehicles, often
the popular Vauxhall, Ford and Volkswagen models, continue to
dominate the list of models found to be without insurance. However,
many offenders last year were driving prestige, high-value
vehicles, including five Ferraris – two worth £151,000 and £115,000
each – an Audi R8, a Bentley and a number of Lamborghinis.

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HPI consumer director Kristian Welch said: “There are an
estimated 1.4m uninsured motorists on the UK roads, illustrating
the threat facing law-abiding road users and the finance providers
who own the offending cars.   

“In 2011
HPI Crushwatch alerted finance companies to the seizure of over
£31m worth of vehicles they owned, thereby protecting their
assets from the crusher,” in a scheme run in conjunction with the
Finance & Leasing Association and the ACPO Vehicle Crime
Intelligence Service.

“It’s very interesting to learn how many of these vehicles are
being driven by people the majority of us would consider to be in a
position to afford insurance, yet have been caught persistently
avoiding paying premiums.”  

Forty-three of the UK’s 52 police forces use HPI Crushwatch,
with West Yorkshire, Strathclyde and Merseyside forces notching up
the highest total value of seized cars, followed closely by
Hertfordshire and Lancashire. The five leading forces accounted for
at least £19.7m of the £31.37m worth of vehicles recovered in
2011.

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An interview with DCI Mark Hooper of the ACPO Vehicle Crime
Intelligence Service appears in the
latest issue of
Motor Finance
magazine.

Top 10 HPI Crushwatch recoveries in 2011 by
value

1.  Ferrari

 458 Italia DCT S-A

£151,475

2.  Ferrari

 California 2 Plus 2
S-A    

£115,100

3.  Ferrari

 California 2 Plus

£ 92,800

4.  Audi

 R8 Spyder Quattro

£ 90,190

5.  Lamborghini   

 Gallardo Spyder

£ 85,725

6.  Ferrari

 F430 Spider F1

£ 74,950

7.  Bentley

 Continental GTC

£ 72,100

8.  Ferrari

 F430 Spider F1

£ 64,400

9.  Lamborghini

 Gallardo

£ 64,300

10. Lamborghini

 Gallardo

£ 64,000

 

Top 10 HPI Crushwatch models most commonly recovered
in 2011

1.     
Vauxhall          

Astra           

373   

  £1,518,756

2.     
Ford                  

Focus          

333

£1,602,856

3.     
Vauxhall         

Corsa          

261

£910,094

4.     
Ford                  

Fiesta          

209

£860,803

5.     
Volkswagen  

Golf             

206

£1,338,966

6.     
Ford                 

Transit       

172

£748,678

7.     
BMW                  

3
Series       

166

£1,176,584

8.     
Vauxhall         

Vectra        

152

£372,564

9.     
Renault           

Megane       

135

£411,130

10. 
  Peugeot          

206

125

£191,524

 

Top 5 marques most commonly recovered by HPI
Crushwatch in 2011

Vauxhall

1072

Ford

971

Volkswagen

366

Peugeot

263

Renault

254

 

Top ten total value of Crushwatch finance hits by
police force in 2011

43 of the UK’s 52 Police forces use HPI Crushwatch,
including 349 recovery agents on their behalf. 

1.      West
Yorkshire 

£3,320,383

2.     
Strathclyde  

£2,576,220

3.     
Merseyside 

£1,902,792

4.     
Hertfordshire 

£1,645,661

5.     
Lancashire 

£1,194,078

6.     
Greater  Manchester 

£1,120,076

7.     
Cheshire 

£823,025

8.      Essex

£597,741

9.     
Northumbria

£344,614

10.    Bedfordshire 

£190,225