The Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) has started to send details of suspected uninsured vehicles to police forces across the country.
The Serious Organised Crime Act has been amended to allow the MIB to use its Motor Insurance Database to forward details of vehicles whose insurance policies have expired or been cancelled with no evidence of a replacement.
Recent trials have resulted in a ten-fold increase in arrests by police using the information in conjunction with the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) network.
Ashton West, chief executive of the MIB, said "the likelihood of being caught while driving an uninsured vehicle is significantly increasing...[and]...growing numbers of untaxed vehicles and unlicensed drivers are being identified. All across the UK, we are working together to drastically reduce the number of hiding places available to rogue drivers."
