Abandoned cars and vehicles
An abandoned vehicle is a vehicle that the owner has left, with no plan of returning to it.
It can be any of following:
- burnt out
- poor condition or vandalised
- left for a long time
How to identify an abandoned vehicle
A vehicle is not classed as 'abandoned' simply because it has been parked in the same place for a few days.
Before you report an abandoned vehicle, please collect as much information as possible to check if the vehicle is abandoned.
The following points should help:
- are any of the tyres flat?
- is there litter or weeds under the vehicle?
- is the windscreen or any of the windows broken?
- is there any mould on either the inside or outside of the vehicle?
- does the vehicle contain items, such as tyres, old newspapers or general rubbish?
- does the vehicle have number plates?
- has the vehicle been vandalised?
- is the vehicle taxed? This can be checked on the Gov.UK web site