MIB teamed up with Avon and Somerset Police to make roads safer around Glastonbury by seizing 21 uninsured vehicles following the UK’s largest music festival, maximising safer travel for both festivalgoers and the local community.

The two-day operation was timed to coincide with the busiest arrival and departure days, ensuring maximum impact. Officers seized 21 vehicles for being uninsured or inadequately covered, as well as detecting a range of other criminal activity, including:

• Stolen vehicles
• Drivers who had been disqualified, had expired licences, or were attempting to use altered documents
• Three vehicles with fraudulent numberplates
• 10 vehicles being driven without a valid MOT and 11 without having paid road tax

These serious secondary offences once again highlight the broader positive impact of identifying and removing uninsured vehicles from UK roads, contributing to improved road safety for both those in and around the festival. 

The recently launched dual-branded police car was also utilised by Special Constables supporting the operation, further reinforcing MIB’s role in tackling uninsured driving within the UK.

Matt Boiles, Roads Policing Inspector for Avon and Somerset Police, said: “Glastonbury is the UK’s largest music festival, bringing a significant increase in vehicles and traffic to the area each year. This operation enabled us to target uninsured vehicles both entering and leaving the site, helping to improve safety for those attending the festival, using surrounding roads, and living in the area.

“Our ongoing partnership with MIB ensures we can focus our efforts where they’re most effective, making a real impact in reducing the number of uninsured vehicles on the roads every day. High-profile opportunities like Glastonbury sends a clear message to those who choose to break the law - you will be identified, and your vehicle will be seized, no matter where you are.”

This operation is the third in a series of Action Days across 2025. The one-day or short bursts of intensive uninsured vehicle targeting each take place in hotspot postcode areas, in alignment to events such as this headline music festival, or at holiday traffic pinch points. The days take learnings from previous events across the year and from 2024, to further improve effectiveness.

Martin Saunders, Head of Uninsured Driving Prevention at MIB said: “Uninsured driving is a problem every day of the year. Utilising events like Glastonbury, where there is a large influx of vehicles, allows us to not only target those who choose to drive uninsured, but provides us with an opportunity to educate those who are unaware.”