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Simply enter your reg and postcode to get a price for your car and arrange collection!

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Scrap Car Collection

Our scrap car collection option is ideal if you don’t have the time to drop your car off, but it’s also the perfect option if your car isn’t working, or if you don’t have tax, insurance or a valid MOT.

Free scrap car collection near me

With over 300 scrap car collectors across the UK ready to buy your car, we’re never far away and can collect your car from anywhere in the UK! Free scrap car collection can be arranged at a time to suit you. We’ll collect from any accessible location, whether it’s your home, work or a garage. Just let us know where you’d like your car to be collected from and we’ll get in touch to arrange the details with you.

Arranging scrap car collection

Arranging the collection of your car is quick and easy. After you’ve accepted a quote for your scrap car, your local CarTakeBack branch will contact you to arrange a convenient time and date to collect your car, and answer any questions you might have.

We’ll do our best to fit in with you and most scrap car collections are arranged within a day or two of you accepting a quote. Collections usually take place from Monday to Saturday between 7am and 7pm. But please let us know if you’re in a hurry, or you need us to collect your car earlier or later than this, or on a Sunday, and we’ll do our best to help.

What happens when you have your car collected

We’ll send you a reminder, either a text or email, to confirm the collection date and time that we agreed with you.

On the collection day you’ll need to have a few things ready…

  • your ID
  • car keys
  • documents (such as the registration certificate) if you have them
  • and don’t forget to remove any personal belongings and rubbish from your car

When we collect your car, we’ll help with the paperwork, and sort the payment.

Driver and customer sorting paperwork with car on collection truck

Scrap car collection – Our history

CarTakeBack launched in 2005, and in 2007 began collecting cars in certain areas of the country. The first car collected was a 1987 Peugeot 205! Shortly after, in 2008, CarTakeBack introduced fully nationwide scrap car collection. Collecting cars across the UK, we’ve even collected vehicles in the remotest of locations like Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and the Isles of Scilly!

Scrap car collection has become so popular with our customers, that over 95% of vehicles sold with CarTakeBack are collected, rather than delivered to our branches.

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4.9/5 stars based on 1,516 service ratings over the past year

Easy to do with your help

Professional from beginning to end. The man who collected the car helped me to fill in all the official papers and the money was in the bank that day. Thank you.

5 stars

Brilliant Service

Simple and straight forward. Everything was done very professionally and they dealt with paperwork and DVLA. Money was in my account within 5 mins of car being loaded...10/10 Highly recommended.

5 stars

Completely favourable !

I had no problem immediately obtaining a viable quote for my car . Once accepted an arranged pickup was agreed within 48hrs and the resulting collection was swift and the two staff members both friendly and polite. Payment was as agreed

4 stars

Perfect service

Absolutely hassle free and perfect service from start to finish very well informed and felt very comfortable throughout the process. I would recommend this company to friends and family thank you 🙏

5 stars

Speedy, efficient, fair brilliant service

Quick, easy, very professional, fair price offered, the recovery driver was amazing very friendly, very efficient made the whole process effortless Thank you 👍

5 stars

Successful easy sale

Very easy sale and a good price. All done in a few days and on days and times as suggested. Polite staff including collecting driver so overall I would recommend them heartily.

5 stars

Perfect experienxe

So easy - filled out the info on the website, accepted their competitive offer and the car was collected at the agreed time with no fuss. Couldn’t have asked for any better.

5 stars

Excellent

Very quick and simple and got the price I was offered online, (which was a lot more than I was offered by a few local companies) no hassle at all and the money was in my account within an hour of the car being collected! Excellent service highly recommended!

5 stars
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