Private plate - accident

[Freddy88FM]

Was just reading this thread (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1335912&mid=382164&nmt=Trading+in+car+with+private+plate+on+it) and saw how much of a nightmare moving a plate from car to car.

Given I've got a private plate I thought it'd probably be worth knowing how one would go about keeping hold of it should you have a crash? Obviously you don't want the insurance taking it and therefore I felt it best to be prepared should the worst happen!

Many thanks in advance.

[Magic919]

Put it on retention now. Just in case.

[dave7692]

A guy I know had a private plate on his car when he put into a forest (Luckily he was unharmed) but he knew that the car was a right off when he got out.

All he did was put it on retention shortly after initially informing the insurance company of the incident. Either way I expect insurance companies/ the DVLA have procedures for such issues.

[V8RX7]

Dad had his car stolen by fraud (took a PX that was a clone)

IIRC it took 2-3 years before he got his plate back.

[Podie]

In the event of the car being written off, you declare you want to retain the plate. The insurance company then sends you a copy of the engineers report and a letter saying they have no interest in the plate. You then send those to the DVLA and go through the usual procedure to put the plate on retention.

[rds64]

As Podie says above. I've just had the misfortune of going through this process as my 2yr old Jimny was written off by a young foreign lad who was on the worng side of the road. Fairly big shunt, with air ambulance etc.. and so to be fair the "admin" was something of a secondary issue - but its a form filling exercise plus a cheque to DVLA for putting it on a certificate.

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Edited by rds64 on Monday 30th September 17:48

[Freddy88FM]

Many thanks all. Should the worst happen I know what to do!