Accident database. How to determine if a car has been in an accident

In our time, there are quite a few scammers who make money on the sale of broken or stolen cars. Therefore, it is very important to have services that systematize and store data about machines for a long period.

In Russia on this moment there are several services for checking a car for participation in an accident and other violations: a service on the traffic police website, private checking sites, a single database of insurance companies.

Not all services are available ordinary citizens, but still, now when buying a used car, you can find out if it was involved in accidents and how much it was repaired after that.

What information is entered

There is an online traffic police accident database through which you can get some information about the car. This data is also used on the Avtokod website, where in Moscow and the region you can get information about a car registered in this region.

The database contains the following information about the car:

• general information (year and place of issue, brand, the lineup, engine parameters, etc.);
• previous owners (their number, without indicating names and surnames, only the nature of ownership - legal or natural person);
• participation in an accident (date, place and type of accident, nature of the damage received);
• prohibitions and restrictions on the car (search, being in pledge, etc.);
• date of inspection;
• use of cars for taxation (officially);

In the future, the Autocode service plans to expand to other regions of the country, as well as supplement the information entered into the database on the configuration of the machine and its service.

The traffic police database allows you to find information about a car and an accident with it throughout Russia, which is quite convenient.

True, the information is not as complete as in Autocode:

• information about participation in an accident;
• being wanted;
• prohibitions from the court, customs, social protection or investigation;
• prohibition when changing ownership;
• fines and violations.

Also, according to the traffic police database online, you can check driver license person.

Who is leading

The traffic police database is maintained by authorized employees of the organization, changes are made immediately after the incident and are displayed in the database.

If a person has a violation or has become a participant in an accident, this will be visible during the check. Therefore, many are wondering - who can remove an accident from the traffic police database, but this is not done officially.

Of course, everything depends on the nature of the violation - if an accident is classified as an administrative violation, then information about it is stored for at least 2 years, and often longer. Criminal offenses are not removed from the database.

The Autocode portal also belongs to the state portals, which is being developed by a special department based on data from the traffic police, banks and insurance companies.

Auto manufacturers give data about cars according to their VIN numbers m. The portal is still quite new, because the information in it is constantly updated.

The site has Feedback, so if the check reveals flaws, you can always write to the developers and fix the error.

The database from insurance companies is controlled and maintained by the Russian Union of Motor Insurers, which collects information about cars in various insurance companies.

The disadvantage of this accounting is the still low number of insurers in the database, therefore it is not always possible to track a person according to his previous policy.

Information about a new contract or its change is received from the database participants within 15 days, which is immediately displayed in the system.

How to check a car

When buying a car, the new owner becomes aware of his VIN-number, according to which the car is registered.

If the car is used, then its previous owner has already registered the car with the traffic police, therefore, knowing the registration certificate number and VIN number, you can find out information about the car in the Russian traffic police database online.

This will help to verify the honesty of the owner, as well as find out if the car was beaten in an accident and whether it has fines, court injunctions, etc. unpleasant things that will cause a problem with new registration and car ownership in general.

Information can be provided directly to the traffic police when contacting the department, which will take some time, but it is much more convenient and faster to do this online.

The service for checking cars has been operating on the traffic police website since February 2018 and allows you to find out all the prohibitions imposed on cars, fines and participation in an accident.

To do this, on the traffic police website, on the right, select the check section of interest in the "Online services of the traffic police" - "Checking the car":

The verification will start after entering the VIN number and the generated verification code. VIN code is indicated in the documents for the car (registration certificate or PTS). If the VIN number cannot be found, you can enter the chassis or body number.

It takes a maximum of 1 minute to search for information. If there are violations, this will immediately be displayed on the screen.

By the same principle, you can check a car for fines, but for this you need to enter its license plate. For check driving license you need to know its series and number, as well as the date of registration.

Since 2018, another verification service has been operating - Autocode at avtokod.mos.ru, but only for the Moscow region. The portal is unique in the information it provides, which displays the entire history of the car since it was purchased, not just information about accidents and restrictions.

This is a connecting portal between the traffic police and insurance companies, combining a lot of information. It belongs to the state and plans to expand it to the entire territory of the country.

To check the car, you need not only the VIN number, but also a vehicle registration certificate.

If there is no VIN number, you can enter the license plate of the car. Only registered users or users of the State Services website can use the portal.

There are also many private portals on the Internet for checking cars, and they are not always free. They work on the basis of traffic police databases, but they are not as accurate as the original source. But there is no guarantee that the data provided is up-to-date and generally real.

Is it possible to find a car that fled the scene of an accident

If road accident participant fled the scene, you can only find him if you remember him state signs. This cannot be done online, as the request requires the number of the registration certificate or the VIN number of the car.

This restricts access to the database of accidents by car number to just anyone, making it possible to monitor your vehicle or check the car before buying.

But in the traffic police department, by the number of the car and the corresponding request, they can easily find the missing participant.

Database of accident insurance companies

Previously, insurance companies, when their client got into an accident, reduced the cost of his insurance, so the driver simply changed the company and received insurance in a new, full amount.

Now insurers have decided to create their own single database to check the client's history, because if a person has had frequent insured events and accidents, he receives fewer bonuses from the company and pays more for insurance.

It is even supposed to accrue bonuses to diligent drivers who did not participate in traffic accidents and accidents, and to those who often get into similar situations, there will be disbonuses on the contrary.

Go to new company, if it is a member of the base, it will not change anything, because insurers in this case only benefit from unfavorable clients.

If a person has bought OSAGO insurance, the data on him gets into the database within 15 days and is stored. All emergencies and accidents are also displayed when checked by a company employee.

In the absence of an accident with the driver, he is annually given a bonus discount on the policy, which can reach up to 50%. The driver rating can only be corrected after 2 years without precedent.

With three accidents per year, for example, the price of insurance will be increased by 2.5 times. But more than three times, insurance companies have no right to increase it.

This database can only be used by insurance companies, it is not available to ordinary people. The passport data of the driver, the number of his certificate, the policy number and the accident rate are not entered in, which makes it possible to set the price for a new policy.

Checking a car based on an accident database makes it possible to monitor your own state of affairs regarding driving, as well as avoid buying a car that has been beaten in the past, or a car that is under some kind of ban from the state.

If the car was stolen, the check will show this information as well. It is best to receive data on state portals - traffic police and Autocode, they reflect the real state of affairs and are free.

This speeds up the verification of the purchased car, and also makes it possible to avoid a long trip to the traffic police to obtain this data.

Video: Afontovo: Unified database of accidents and the cost of the OSAGO policy

Buying a new car is not cheap, so Russians still prefer to shop online. secondary market. According to the results of 2016, transactions with used cars exceeded sales of car dealers by almost 4 times (5.3 million and 1.4 million). But those who want to save money need to remember that buying a used car is fraught with many risks.

And the most common of them is the purchase of a vehicle after an accident, the consequences of which are carefully retouched by the seller. Only motorists with great experience, but for beginners, fortunately, there are now several available ways to check a car for an accident.

○ Visual inspection.

Not the most reliable way examinations for accidents, as used in the repair and painting modern technologies are able to almost 100% eliminate all visual flaws. However, this step should not be neglected.

For a successful visual inspection, it is important to create the right environment:

• Good lighting (daylight or bright artificial).
• A clean vehicle to prevent body damage from being masked by dirt.
• Enough time, because in a hurry you can miss important details.

It is good to involve a person who understands car repair to the inspection. If this is not possible, study the car yourself, following this algorithm:

1. Examine the coating for deformations. Side surfaces It is convenient to inspect while squatting. Special attention take the roof and hood.
2. Examine the joints of the parts, they should be uniform in width throughout their entire length.
3. If you suspect the presence of putty, attach a magnet wrapped in cloth to the doubtful area. Its fall will tell about an impressive layer of coverage.
4. Check door mechanisms. If the geometry of the body part is violated, the opening and closing of the doors will be accompanied by extraneous sounds.
5. Inspect the body parts, they should be uniform in color and without traces of the previous paint.
6. Find the stamps on the glasses and check their production dates.

Even if no visible signs of an accident were found, the history of the car is still worth checking with the help of special services. The easiest way to do this is by its unique code.

○ Check for an accident by VIN code.

Vin code is assigned to the car by the manufacturer. This is a unique seventeen-digit number, consisting of numbers and Latin letters. Each of its symbols has a certain meaning - an indication of the country and plant, year of manufacture, type of vehicle, body number. During a personal inspection of the car, you should not rely on the words of the seller, but it is better to find the Vin-code yourself.

Usually the number is located on one of the following parts of the car:

• Under the hood.
• Under the driver's seat.
• On the door on the driver's side.
• On the windshield.
• In the trunk.
• On the front tires.

Having a Vin-code, you can find out comprehensive information about the vehicle, including its participation in an accident. For this purpose, many online services have been created. The most popular of them:

1. Autocode. The service allows you to get information about all former and existing owners of a car, its real mileage, road accidents and repair work, being used as a taxi, being bailed or stolen, and many others important points. The report is generated on the basis of the databases of traffic police, FSSP, credit institutions and insurance companies.
2. Vin Ru. The report is generated according to the state databases. bodies of 3 states at once - Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
3. AutoDNA. The leading service for checking vehicle histories from the US and Europe, operating since 2010.

In principle, you can use any of the services presented on the network, since they all provide reports similar in composition. It is much more important to make sure that the Vin code you have is authentic.

✔ Fake VIN code.

Vin-code falsification is carried out, most often, in order to legalize a stolen car. But unscrupulous sellers who want to hide the fact that the car was involved in an accident can also take this step. Fraudsters practice in several ways:

1. Breaking characters by writing additional elements, or filling excess elements with a polymer mixture.
2. Applying putty to the location of the code on the body and its further painting over.
3. Applying metal to the marked area, leveling with the help of metalworking and engraving a new code in this place.
4. Cutting out individual characters and their subsequent installation in a different sequence, or upside down (for example, the numbers 6 and 9).

You can check the authenticity of the code using the same online services. In addition, the Vin-code located on the elements of the car is necessarily duplicated in its technical documentation. You can identify the discrepancy by simply checking with the documents.

Forgery of an identification number, the seller faces criminal liability.

Clause 1 of Article 326 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation:

• “Forgery or destruction of an identification number is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to eighty thousand rubles or in the amount of wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to three hundred and sixty hours, or by corrective labor for a term of up to one year, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to two years, or forced labor for a term of up to two years, or imprisonment for the same term.

○ Checking a car for an accident in the traffic police or through the traffic police website.

All services for checking the Vin-code draw information about what happened with car accident from the database of the State traffic inspectorate. Therefore, it would be more logical to refer to the original source. In addition, unlike third-party services, checking on the site is free. There are two ways to get information from the traffic police database:

• With the help of a visit to the department of the State traffic inspectorate.
• Using the service on the official Internet resource of the traffic police.

With the first method, everything is simple, so let's take a closer look at the online verification mechanism.

To check a car for an accident, you must perform the following steps:

1. Go to the main page of the website of the State traffic inspectorate.
2. In the "Services" section, select "Vehicle Check".
3. In the line Vin / Body / Chassis, enter your code.
4. From the check options below the row, select "Check for participation in traffic accidents."
5. Click Request Review.

After entering the captcha, you will be provided with a report on the participation of the car in an accident. But it must be taken into account that given base was formed only in 2015, and does not contain information about previous accidents. In addition, only those accidents that were recorded by a police officer and put on federal records can be calculated.

○ Checking for an accident through an insurance organization.

Insurance organizations have a common database where all data on insured events that have occurred in relation to cars are entered. Having on hand the data on the insurance policy of the purchased car, you can apply for information about the accident to your insurer. You can ask the seller for a copy of the insurance policy, or find out the data on it using the service of the Russian Union of Motor Insurers. To do this, you need the VIN code of the vehicle, its register sign, as well as body and chassis numbers.

○ Checking for an accident through the website of the State Service.

The website of the State Service accumulates information from the databases of all government departments of the Russian Federation. Here you can find information about the participation of the car in an accident, as well as its registration, owners, and all kinds of restrictions. But has a service significant disadvantage – complicated procedure registration, which involves an authorization procedure through a personal visit to any of the state. authorities, or received by mail code. If you have not previously registered on the portal, then it will be easier to break through the car with any of the other services.

You can get the necessary information on the website of the State Service in the "Transport and Driving" section, you will need a Vin-code and registration plate number for this.

○ Inspection at a service station.

When buying a new car, it is issued service card, in which all marks on technical inspections and repair work will be entered. Such a card can be requested from the seller to get acquainted with the history Maintenance cars. It will not be superfluous to visit a service station to carry out vehicle diagnostics.

However, visiting a service center official dealer has a number of disadvantages:

• There is a high probability of establishing friendly relations between the owner of the car and the employees of the service, who, in his interests, may “not notice” significant shortcomings.
• Computer diagnostics, which is practiced in such services, may not be enough to make an objective assessment.
• You will not be able to find out the adequate amount needed for repairs, since the prices of official service centers higher than in conventional service stations.

For these reasons, it is better to give the car for an examination for an accident and an assessment technical condition to an independent service center.

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Most of the country's population cannot afford to buy a new car from the showroom. Most often used cars are bought. In this case, the risk of acquiring a pig in a poke increases. The previous owner will do everything possible to hide the existing shortcomings of the vehicle being sold, for which in the future, as well as for inattention during the purchase, the new owner will have to pay. Therefore, when buying "from hand", you need to know how to check a car for an accident. If you do not conduct an inspection, the likelihood of an early breakdown and repair is not ruled out.

Verification methods

There are two methods for checking a car for its participation in:

• visual inspection (read about how a car is checked by professionals in a separate one);
• electronic database checks.

Inspection

Any check on the participation of the car in an accident begins with a visual inspection. A large number of The consequences of traffic accidents can be easily determined by yourself by carefully examining the condition of the vehicle.

During the preliminary examination, it is important to adhere to the following rules, which will help identify fraud on the part of the seller:

• inspection should be carried out daylight or subject to availability enough artificial lighting. It is strictly forbidden to inspect the machine in conditions insufficient visibility, in evening time;
• inspection of a dirty car is not allowed. It must be clean, as pollution of any kind can distort the result, hiding small defects;
• special attention should be paid to the quality of painting. Any irregularities in color, color mismatch on individual details- an alarming sign, signaling that the car was repainted.

Database check

Although the accident check can be carried out by the buyer right next to it, it is not recommended to rely solely on a visual inspection or that the seller will tell the whole truth. Modern craftsmen can mask the flaw so that only a specialist can see it. Unverified sources can also provide false information, so you can only use reliable databases.

The following types of services can be distinguished:

• Insurance companies.
• other.

Let's get acquainted in more detail with each of them, having studied their capabilities and characteristic features.

Checking through the traffic police

Car check for the presence of an accident through the traffic police - the most reliable source. It allows you to get the necessary information in two ways:

1. By contacting the nearest police station.
2. Through the official website.

Both methods are characterized by high accuracy, since the database used by the traffic police is identical to the database presented on the agency's website. Therefore, personal visits to the inspection are not in great demand.

Sending a request for verification via the Internet is the most relevant method for modern car owners. All information can be obtained in minutes without leaving home.

A car is checked for an accident by VIN (VIN) on the official website of the traffic police for free, and consists of the following steps:

1. Go to the site gibdd.ru.
   
2. Go to the "Services" - "Vehicle Check" section.
   
3. Enter the VIN number.
   
4. Select "Request an Inspection" in the "Crash Inspection" section.
   
5. After a few seconds, the result will be displayed on the screen.
   

The database of the service contains information about all vehicles that are registered in the country. All data is constantly updated, which is an indisputable advantage. Immediately after the incident, information about it is added to the database and becomes available for search.

Using this service, you can not only check the car for an accident by the VIN code in the traffic police for free, but also find out another important information about him:

• registration history (who owned the car before);
• diagnostics for theft (participation in the search);
• the presence of restrictions on registration actions;
• existence of credit obligations.

By state number

Registering a car is not only about the VIN. Each vehicle is tied to a specific license plate.

Many car owners are interested in information, how to find out about an accident by car number? The easiest way is to use online resources. For this purpose, the same portals can be used as when obtaining data by VIN code.

The license plate can be transferred to another car and documents can be forged, and fraudulent transactions with the VIN are much more difficult. Therefore, to obtain the most reliable and accurate information, you can use, and.

Through Public Services

The State Services Portal provides a huge amount of information of various kinds. It contains data from various government agencies, including the traffic police. In order to check a car for an accident by VIN through the State Services, you must be registered on the portal.

The main advantages of the resource include:

• efficiency in providing information;
• ease of use;
• constant updating of the database;
• the ability to check by license plate and VIN-code.

Access to all functions of the site opens after the authorization procedure.

Through an insurance company

The growth of fraud in the sale of cars, an increase in requests for how to look at an accident on a car, became the reason for the creation of a database of accidents in insurance companies. To obtain data on a specific vehicle, you must contact the insurance manager.

The main disadvantage of this method is limited information. Each company has its own base and, accordingly, you can check the transport only in the company in which it was serviced. To access such data, it is enough to require from the previous owner a copy of the insurance policy from the insurance company in which he was served. Refusal to provide a document is one of the fundamental reasons for concern.

Other services

The number of online services with which you can check the history of a car in an accident by VIN code for free is constantly increasing. This method is developing rapidly. Today, it is possible to check not only domestic cars but also foreign ones.

Among the most common online resources that allow you to check a car by VIN (vin) code for an accident for free in Russia, the following can be distinguished:

• VINCAR;

There are other services, information on which is fully or partially paid:

• CARFAX;
• VIN online.

Information in such databases is entered not only by traffic police and insurance companies, but also by experts - customs and other services.

The VINCAR resource is a collection of data from the traffic police and insurance companies. All information becomes available within 15 days from the moment of the incident. The service provides the following information:

• car history;
• accidents and their number;
• a detailed description of the accidents, the damage received in them.

This is one of the most informative online resources that allows you to answer the question of how to find out if a car has been in an accident by the VIN code. To activate the function on the vincar.ru website, you must click the "Check by VIN" button.

The CARFAX Internet portal contains information about vehicles brought to the Russian Federation from Canada or the USA. Before you start using the site, you must register and replenish your account.

This resource is paid, but the cost of services is low compared to possible losses associated with the acquisition damaged car. The main advantages of Carfax include the following:

• user-friendly interface;
• operational data processing;
• the ability to create an electronic copy of the report.

VIN-online is a regional resource available for residents of Kemerovo and the region. It contains two types of information:

• free - allows you to get data about the presence of a car in the database and minimal information about it;
• paid - issues a detailed report on the accident.

The main disadvantage of a paid service is the lack of data on the cost of the service. It will be possible to find out only after debiting funds from the account. mobile phone after sending SMS.

Checking a car for an accident using all available portals is a reliable way not only to save your time, but also money by refusing to purchase problematic vehicles. But, despite the high popularity of databases, one should not forget that not all accidents are recorded. In cases where , there is no information about incidents, and it cannot be obtained in any of the databases. Then it remains only to hope for a visual inspection. The most accurate picture of the technical condition of the transport will help to obtain a combination of all available verification methods.

How to check a car for an accident: Video

Unfortunately, the well-being of most of our citizens does not always allow you to buy a car directly from a car dealership. A car purchased from hand, in addition to visible flaws, may also have hidden ones.

Often the seller is silent about the fact that the vehicle has already been in an accident. However, these are not all the surprises that you can expect after buying a used car.

What "pitfalls" lie in wait for a used car buyer?

Taking advantage of the legal ignorance of the client, the seller can offer:

• uncleared car;
• transport on which arrest or prohibition of registration actions is imposed;
• motor vehicle after serious repairs and damages received as a result of a traffic accident;
• mortgaged property.

Therefore, it is extremely important to monitor the machine for these limitations before purchasing it. First of all, it is worth checking the car for an accident. According to statistics, most often unscrupulous sellers hide this fact from the future owner.

The car involved in the accident is in a special risk group, because the buyer does not have information about what damage was received in the accident and how it affected its performance.

Vehicle testing

Visual inspection is the first thing a buyer needs to do. If you have many years of driving experience, it will not be difficult to identify visible flaws and defects by eye. Otherwise, you can always resort to the help of professionals.

Car inspection should be treated with due care. In doing so, keep the following recommendations in mind:

Checking against available databases

Even a picky visual inspection won't tell you the whole story of a used car. Moreover, one should not rely on the oath assurances of the seller. Only reliable information from reliable databases can become a sufficient guarantee when buying. Therefore, it is important to independently check the car for participation in an accident.

In the matter of acquiring movable or immovable property, you can only rely on yourself, so printouts of a dubious type provided by the seller can be adopted, but it is better to confirm the fact of the “cleanliness” of the vehicle on your own.

Traffic police base

This source is considered the most reliable. The main parameter required for verification is the vehicle's VIN. It is possible to obtain information from traffic police sources in the following ways:

• upon application to the traffic police registration authority;
• on the official website of the internal affairs bodies.

It is easier to check the car on the basis of an accident in the second way due to its high efficiency and mobility. The buyer does not have to specifically go to the police department, and it will not take much time to receive a response. In addition, this service is provided free of charge.

The traffic police database is regularly updated, so the information provided is the most reliable and accurate. By indicating the VIN number of the purchased vehicle, the potential owner will be able to obtain reliable information about:

• vehicle owners;
• possible search for a car;
• the presence of imposed prohibitions and restrictions;
• use of the car in collateral obligations.

In addition, with the help of the resources of the State traffic inspectorate, you can check a car for an accident according to the state. number. However, this method may not always be reliable. State. the number can be easily transferred to another car, and transport documents can be faked.

That is why it is much more reliable to check a car by the VIN code, since it is much more difficult to kill it. Ultimately, you can get information about the vehicle from two databases at once.

Checking a car for an accident: "Public services"

This portal provides many opportunities for obtaining necessary information. However, access to the resources of state bodies is possible only after passing a simple registration procedure. To do this, you will need to enter personal information. The more complete they are, the more possibilities will be opened to the user on this portal. An accessible interface allows you to quickly get any information, including checking a car by VIN code.

Insurance companies

The progressive growth of fraudulent activities in the sale of used vehicles has prompted most of the reputable insurance companies to create databases of their customers. Their main disadvantage is the presence of significant limitations. In other words, each insurance company has information relating exclusively to its customers.

Applying to all kinds of companies is a very long and troublesome business, so ask the seller for a copy of the insurance policy and contact the company that services it for information. If the car owner refuses to provide a document, you should think about possible reasons such behaviour.

Other available sources

The number of online services through which it is possible to check a vehicle for participation in a traffic accident by its VIN number is constantly growing. In this case, it is possible to check not only domestic cars but also foreign ones.

Among the most well-known ways to check a car for an accident, online users note VINCAR and Autocode. These services provide information for free.

Online resources CARFAX and "VIN-online" work on a paid basis.

The main advantage of referring to the listed sources is that here, available information for services is provided not only by the traffic police, but also by insurance companies, as well as customs authorities.

VINCAR

This is a collection of information from the databases of the traffic police and insurance companies. A fairly convenient way to check a car for an accident quickly. Information about the accident that has occurred is entered into the resource base within fifteen days. The information provided contains the history of the car, participation in an accident with an indication of each individual incident, a description of the damage received by the vehicle.

This resource is one of the most informative and easy to use. To start the search, just fill in the VIN code of the vehicle and press the start button.

CARFAX

This is a portal containing information about vehicles brought into the territory Russian Federation from Canada and the United States of America. Before launching the database search function, you will need to register and replenish your account, since the service is provided on a paid basis. This resource has a user-friendly interface and the function of creating an electronic report. In addition, data processing is quite fast.

"VIN-online"

A good way to check a car for an accident for residents of Kemerovo and Kemerovo region. At the same time, free information contains a minimum set of information, while paid information consists of a more detailed notification.

This resource has a significant drawback, which consists in the fact that the service does not provide information about the cost of the service before debiting Money from your mobile phone account after an SMS request.

Service "Autocode"

Provide basic information about the vehicle (make of car, year of manufacture), as well as additional information about the participation of the car in an accident. Information from this resource is relevant only for vehicles registered in Moscow and the Moscow region. In addition, "Autocode" allows you to check the car and its state number.

For many citizens of our country, even buying a used car is a rather serious step. Therefore, every future car owner should know how to check a car for an accident. Before closing a deal, it is important to resort to all available ways obtaining information about the vehicle, including electronic resources, as well as official appeals to government agencies.

It should also be taken into account the fact that in some cases the parties to the accident solve the problem without the participation of traffic police officers, therefore, information in the databases may be missing. In this case, it is extremely important to pay due attention visual inspection and testing the car by professionals, because often the cost declared by the buyer justifies the cost of inspecting and checking the vehicle.

Due to complex economic difficulties lack of money for the majority of the population for basic food and accommodation, the purchase of a vehicle fades into the background.

If citizens of Russia buy cars, then they are supported units with considerable mileage.

Buying a car from the hands of inexperienced driver who wants to buy cheap car at any cost, can result in trouble. After all, a used car is always a “pig in a poke”.

You never know what will be thrown at you. Therefore, the choice of a used unit should be treated with caution and, before buying, check it against all possible bases, its condition as a pledge, loan theft or an accident.

After all, by checking the unit in advance on various portals, you will save not only time, but also the money spent on non-worthy goods.

Ways

If you are determined to purchase used vehicles, then it is highly recommended to study the future unit up and down. You should start by viewing ads.

For example, if the car is already on sale for a long time, then you should think about the fact that the seller either overcharges or the car has defects.

But you can see all the inaccuracies with your own eyes and visually evaluate the vehicle. So, what to do with the legal component and possible hidden defects?

Corresponding bases have long been invented to check cars for collateral, theft, credit and condition in an accident.

The base of cars is a place where information is collected about all vehicles that fall under the competence of the base.

For example, in the database of the Tyumen region, all cars that are registered in the territory of this region will be entered. From this emerges the existence of both regional and federal bases.

The regional database collects information about vehicles in their region, the federal of the whole country. Such "gatherings" do not have special secrets and secrets. Therefore, in Russia there are quite a lot of various bases by which you can check the history of a car.

Through the traffic police

One of the most popular bases of the entire federation is the official website of the traffic police, which contains information about all vehicles that move around the territory of Russia.

You can check whether the unit was in a traffic accident both in the department itself and in online mode.

The essence of this does not change. Arriving at the MREO unit, and requesting information about specific vehicle, the traffic police officer will still use the electronic database.

Therefore, checking the history of vehicles with personal presence and adventures in the MREO is already in the past. You can track and find out the number of incidents using the traffic police website, indicating the necessary data for verification.

Online

The most popular way to check the history of a car for an accident is online services. Recently, many organizations have collected their electronic databases, where there is information about the units that have been in an accident, are in pledge or on credit.

However, the reliability of such information should be spoken only when you personally verify the incorrectness of the information provided.

Thanks to online resources, Russians have the opportunity to learn the history of vehicles not only of domestic origin, but also imported from abroad.

After all, when buying a car imported from abroad, we cannot be 100% sure of its legal purity and in that he was not an accident and has no serious damage(violations of the geometry of the body).

Therefore, we are creating resources where cars imported through customs are brought in, which are checked in advance by experts.

These resources work only with the VIN number and license plate of the car. That is, in order to find out the whole story about a car from America or Asia, you just need to have the VIN number of the unit with you. After entering the data, you will be presented with all the statistics on the car, up to the number of owners.

Through an insurance company

All heat on automotive market, fraud and deceit, contributed to the creation of information databases owned by insurance companies. Yes, this is not a joke.

Now you can find out information about the vehicle by contacting the insurance agent. However, there are nuances here.

A legal institution in its database of cars will only have cars that have been in an accident.

After all, how does it work. In case of a traffic accident, the owner of the vehicle with a certificate issued by the traffic police officer goes to the insurance agent for compensation for damage to repair the unit.

Accordingly, the company has the opportunity to add its client to the database. Or rather, his car, like the one that was in an accident. But this principle forms the resource of insurance companies.

In order to find out if the car was in an accident, you need to have an insurance policy for the car you want to buy. You can get it from the owner of the car.

Therefore, as a result of refusing to provide insurance (or a copy of it) when buying a car, the owner of the car suspects that using the document, you can find out about his past sins that the citizen wanted to hide.

How to check a car for an accident online

The most common check on the history of a car, in particular on an accident, is using an online resource. On the Internet, there are plenty of servers that provide car accident checks. We offer a short walk through one of the main ones.

Autocode

The first online service for checking a car for an accident is the regional Autocode database.

Using the resource, you can find out all the information about the vehicle, starting from the elementary:

• year of issue;
• number;
• brand.

And ending:

• condition of the car in pledge;
• the number of accidents;
• loan car.

As mentioned above, the base is regional, and cars can only be checked by owners whose cars have been registered in Moscow or the Moscow region. For full use of the service, you must be authorized on the website of the State Services.

The service uses the VIN code and as the necessary data for work. With the help of the resource, you can also find out the number of people who were the owners of the unit.

As for accidents, each incident (if it happened to the car) is listed in a separate column with a date. Then information about the type of accident is indicated (collision with a vehicle, obstacle, and so on).

The nature of the damage is also indicated, that is, what exactly was damaged and to what extent. It should be noted that the portal actively cooperates with insurance companies and takes part of the information about the type of accident and damage from legal organizations.

The database contains information about the restrictions that are imposed on the machine. Identical information can also be obtained on the traffic police website since 2018.

CARFAX

If your car is imported from the USA or Canada, then there is a special CARFAX service for this.

The information base works on the principle of the previous one and to display the history of the car, information about the accident, you need to know the VIN code of the vehicle. The system, as can be seen in the figure below, is paid and costs from 200-300 rubles for one check.

To find out the history of the car on the portal, you need to register. To carry out the verification, you need to replenish your balance using the WebMoney payment system, which verified the portal.

Database AUTO TROUBLES

Another regional base for checking cars by vin online. This portal covers everything vehicles that are registered in the Kemerovo region. A good and high-quality database of cars has been created here.

There are two verification options:

• paid;
• free.

At free check you get general information about the accident and the presence of the unit in the database. Using a paid resource, you will be provided with a full report on the accident with detailed descriptions and even photos. You can also check the car by license plate.

The owners of the resource do not report the cost of the operation, they only indicate that it is necessary to send SMS to the number, and the amount will be withdrawn from the account.

VINCAR

Another popular resource that has earned the trust of car owners is Vinkar. From the name itself, it is not difficult to guess that the portal requires the VIN code of the vehicle to enter data.

The service is free. From the database, you can find out the history of the vehicle, the number of accidents, their description, damage and defects received by the unit.

Due to the total lack of money for new cars, Russians are massively buying used vehicles. In this case, drivers need to be closely related to the purchased car and to the seller.

After all, when buying a used car, there is no guarantee that it will last a long time.

To minimize risk and buy good car services and databases have been developed for you, where everything is entered legally clean cars. That is, those who are in a bank on bail or a loan have been in more than one accident and accident, as a result of which they received significant damage.

Most of the databases work with VIN numbers of cars. It's unique an identification number auto, which is assigned to the unit at the moment it enters the conveyor.

By entering numbers and letters in the appropriate field, you will not only receive information about whether the car was or was not in an accident, but also information about the number of such accidents, a description of each accident, the damage that the unit received and subsequent defects.

Most portals work for free, but to get detailed information with possible photos from the scene of the accident will have to pay.

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