The Ford Transit is the most stolen van in Britain

The Ford Transit has retained its status has the most stolen van in the UK (click here for last year’s results).

Coming in second was the Land Rover, followed by the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and then the Volkswagen Transporter.

HPI’s hit rates for stolen vans tell the story – 17.6% of Ford Transits that undergo a HPI Check turn out to have been stolen, compared to 11.8% of Mercedes Sprinters and VW Transporters.

The Ford Transit is also most likely to have been involved in an accident and written off, too.

A whopping 15% of Transits that undergo a HPI Check are found to have been previously written-off as a total loss by an insurance company. This figure is much higher than for any other van – the next highest van on the list is the Volkswagen Transporter, with 8% of those checked having been written-off by an insurance company.

It all adds up to a stark warning – if you are buying a used van, use the HPI Check service to make sure that the van is not stolen, has no outstanding finance (another common problem) and has not been written-off by an insurance company.

Source: Fleet News