The new Untraced Drivers Agreement comes into effect for accidents occuring on or after 1 March 2017. It provides a route for the victims of 'hit and run' accidents to claim compensation for the injury or damage caused by a person who cannot be traced. 

Since the Agreement was signed and published in January 2017, a small change has been made to Clauses 10.1 and 10.2 to clarify who is able to submit a claim to MIB.

The Department for Transport (DfT) and MIB have worked swiftly to ensure the wording is improved to prevent ambiguity. 

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MIB Press Office contacts

Shavaun Glen, on 01908 82 1985 or 07595 551 607 and sglen@mib.org.uk

Louise Coxon, on telephone number or 07595 551 608 and lcoxon@mib.org.uk

About MIB

MIB (www.mib.org.uk) aims to significantly reduce the level and impact of uninsured driving by working closely with partners across government and the insurance industry. The Bureau provides compensation to innocent victims involved in accidents with drivers who have no insurance or failed to stop. It is estimated that uninsured and ‘hit & run’ (untraced) drivers kill 120 people and injure 29,000 every year.

The Motor Insurance Database (MID), introduced in 2001 is the only central insurance record of more than 38 million vehicles in the UK. The MID supports a range of users entitled to different levels of information about insured vehicles, including the police, solicitors, the DVLA and the public. In addition to enforcement by police, the MID is used as part of the continuous insurance enforcement (CIE) scheme introduced in 2011 to identify registered keepers of vehicles that appear to have no insurance. All drivers can check their vehicle is recorded on the MID at www.askMID.com.

MIB is funded through a levy (£244m in 2016) on all companies offering motor insurance in the UK.