{ "name": "KnownVehicle Write Off And Title Brands", "title": "Write Off And Title Brands", "url": "https://knownvehicle.com/datasets/write-off-and-title-brands/", "csv": "https://knownvehicle.com/datasets/write-off-and-title-brands.csv", "markdown": "https://knownvehicle.com/datasets/write-off-and-title-brands/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-05", "license": "https://knownvehicle.com/terms", "headline": "The Write Off And Title Brands carries 4 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 30 to 70 percent, read 12 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Write Off And Title Brands carries 4 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 30 to 70 percent, read 12 September 2026.", "3 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 12 September 2026.", "Write Off And Title Brands, category wi-claim-paid: median 30 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.", "Write Off And Title Brands, category wi-flood-damaged: median 70 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.", "Write Off And Title Brands, category wi-hail-damaged: median 70 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.", "Write Off And Title Brands, category wi-salvage: median 70 percent across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.", "Write Off And Title Brands, category nsw-re-registration-eligibility: median 28 day across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.", "Write Off And Title Brands, category nsw-heavy-vehicle-notification: median 7 day across 1 source, read 12 September 2026." ], "citation": "\"KnownVehicle Write Off And Title Brands\", updated 2026-10-05, https://knownvehicle.com/datasets/write-off-and-title-brands/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 4, "median": 70, "min": 30, "max": 70, "p25": 40, "p75": 70, "mean": 60, "units": { "%": 4, "day": 2 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 14, "read_sources": 13, "not_published": 10, "published_share": 0.231 }, "by_axis": { "category": { "wi-claim-paid": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 30, "min": 30, "max": 30, "p25": 30, "p75": 30, "mean": 30 } }, "wi-flood-damaged": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 70, "min": 70, "max": 70, "p25": 70, "p75": 70, "mean": 70 } }, "wi-hail-damaged": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 70, "min": 70, "max": 70, "p25": 70, "p75": 70, "mean": 70 } }, "wi-salvage": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 70, "min": 70, "max": 70, "p25": 70, "p75": 70, "mean": 70 } }, "nsw-re-registration-eligibility": { "day": { "n": 1, "median": 28, "min": 28, "max": 28, "p25": 28, "p75": 28, "mean": 28 } }, "nsw-heavy-vehicle-notification": { "day": { "n": 1, "median": 7, "min": 7, "max": 7, "p25": 7, "p75": 7, "mean": 7 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Wisconsin DMV title brands", "url": "https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/vehicles/title-plates/brands.aspx", "figure": "30%", "value": 30, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "category": "wi-claim-paid" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Claim paid - A vehicle less than seven years old damaged by collision or other occurrence to the extent that the estimated or actual cost, whichever is greater, of repairing the vehicle is more than 30% of its fair market value and was transferred to an insurer upon payment of an insurance claim.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "fa2094882076938084310199c0940fdd1e090c4eaf946f3834e593ef148bdab9" }, { "source": "Wisconsin DMV title brands", "url": "https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/vehicles/title-plates/brands.aspx", "figure": "70%", "value": 70, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "category": "wi-flood-damaged" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Flood damaged - A vehicle that is not considered junk and damaged by water to the extent that the estimated or actual repair costs, whichever is greater, is more than 70% of the fair market value.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "fa2094882076938084310199c0940fdd1e090c4eaf946f3834e593ef148bdab9" }, { "source": "Wisconsin DMV title brands", "url": "https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/vehicles/title-plates/brands.aspx", "figure": "70%", "value": 70, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "category": "wi-hail-damaged" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Hail damaged - A vehicle less than seven years old damaged solely by hail to the extent that the estimated or actual cost, whichever is greater, to repair the vehicle is more than 70% of its fair market value.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "fa2094882076938084310199c0940fdd1e090c4eaf946f3834e593ef148bdab9" }, { "source": "Wisconsin DMV title brands", "url": "https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/vehicles/title-plates/brands.aspx", "figure": "70%", "value": 70, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "category": "wi-salvage" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Salvage vehicle - A vehicle less than seven years old that is not considered junk and damaged by collision or other occurrence (other than from hail damage) to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle is more than 70% of the fair market value.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "fa2094882076938084310199c0940fdd1e090c4eaf946f3834e593ef148bdab9" }, { "source": "NSW re-registering a written-off light vehicle", "url": "https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/vehicle-registration/written-off-vehicles/re-registering-a-written-off-light-vehicle", "figure": "28 days", "value": 28, "unit": "day", "vat": null, "axis": { "category": "nsw-re-registration-eligibility" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "the applicant was the registered operator for more than 28 days before the vehicle was damaged, or", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "46542bc61f01da1b9c9eb41e18387c1e4032fea297bdaad988136144108e7073" }, { "source": "Service NSW written-off heavy vehicles register", "url": "https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/written-off-heavy-vehicles-register", "figure": "7 days", "value": 7, "unit": "day", "vat": null, "axis": { "category": "nsw-heavy-vehicle-notification" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "You must notify within 7 days after:", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "3335c49726f6d5e21892939ddee0099f73ba098c2b9e02af7c8ea6e976c5f152" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "GOV.UK scrapped and written off vehicles", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/scrapped-and-written-off-vehicles", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "NMVTIS understanding a vehicle history report", "url": "https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/nmvtis_understandingvhr", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "NMVTIS glossary", "url": "https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/nmvtis-annual-reports-and-financial-audits/glossary", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "AAMVA NMVTIS for the general public", "url": "https://www.aamva.org/vehicles/nmvtis/nmvtis-for-general-public-consumers", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Queensland how the written-off vehicle scheme works", "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/vehicle-safety/written-off-vehicles/how-scheme-works", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Queensland inspections for written-off vehicles", "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/vehicle-safety/written-off-vehicles/inspections", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Queensland TMR reforms to the written-off vehicle scheme", "url": "https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/safety/vehicle-standards-and-safety/vehicle-safety/reforms-to-the-queensland-written-off-vehicle-scheme", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "AA damage categories explained", "url": "https://www.theaa.com/car-insurance/advice/damage-categories", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "WriteOffCars category reference", "url": "https://www.writeoffcars.co.uk/categories/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov", "url": "https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/nmvtis-annual-reports-and-financial-audits/glossary", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/scrapped-and-written-off-vehicles", "label": "GOV.UK scrapped and written off vehicles", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/nmvtis_understandingvhr", "label": "NMVTIS understanding a vehicle history report", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/nmvtis-annual-reports-and-financial-audits/glossary", "label": "NMVTIS glossary", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.aamva.org/vehicles/nmvtis/nmvtis-for-general-public-consumers", "label": "AAMVA NMVTIS for the general public", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/dmv/vehicles/title-plates/brands.aspx", "label": "Wisconsin DMV title brands", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/vehicle-registration/written-off-vehicles/re-registering-a-written-off-light-vehicle", "label": "NSW re-registering a written-off light vehicle", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/written-off-heavy-vehicles-register", "label": "Service NSW written-off heavy vehicles register", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/vehicle-safety/written-off-vehicles/how-scheme-works", "label": "Queensland how the written-off vehicle scheme works", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/vehicle-safety/written-off-vehicles/inspections", "label": "Queensland inspections for written-off vehicles", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/safety/vehicle-standards-and-safety/vehicle-safety/reforms-to-the-queensland-written-off-vehicle-scheme", "label": "Queensland TMR reforms to the written-off vehicle scheme", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.abi.org.uk/globalassets/files/publications/public/motor/2025/codepracticecategorisationmotorisedvehiclesalvagemay2025.pdf", "label": "ABI Code of Practice for the Categorisation of Motorised Vehicle Salvage (May 2025)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.theaa.com/car-insurance/advice/damage-categories", "label": "AA damage categories explained", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.writeoffcars.co.uk/categories/", "label": "WriteOffCars category reference", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov/nmvtis-annual-reports-and-financial-audits/glossary", "label": "vehiclehistory.bja.ojp.gov", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 13 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 12 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per category: its exact name, the body that assigns it, the damage or cost threshold that triggers it, whether the vehicle may ever be re-registered, what inspection re-registration requires, and what must be disclosed to a buyer. The derivation is the CROSS-JURISDICTION MAP - GB's A/B/S/N against the pre-2017 C/D, the US states' salvage, rebuilt, flood, junk and manufacturer-buyback brands with their percentage-of-value thresholds, and Australia's statutory against repairable write-off - plus the re-registration arbitrage that map exposes: which pairs of jurisdictions let a vehicle written off in one be re-registered in the other, which is the mechanism behind title washing.", "embed": "

30 to 70 percent

4 published figures, Write Off And Title Brands, across 3 sources, read 12 September 2026

Source: KnownVehicle Write Off And Title Brands
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