How can a member of the public get in to the dvla database?

It is not intended that the public has full access to the DVLA database.

However, from the UK government website you can find out various things about the vehicle, including:

• when its current vehicle tax expires
• when its MOT expires
• the date it was first registered
• SORN status
• colour
• engine size
• year of manufacture
• CO2 emissions
• current vehicle tax rate

You must write to DVLA to request information about the current or previous registered keeper of a vehicle.