The ITV are mandatory tests for all types of vehicles registered in Spanish territory . This control makes it possible to guarantee a minimum of circulatory safety that affects both administrative and technical levels. Until now, these recognitions were made every certain period of time, generally in annual installments , but everything indicates that this way of proceeding is about to end.
Experts are continually looking for ways to implement improvements for user security. In this way, in recent months various changes have been introduced in the ITV processesthat will force users to go through it again sooner than they had planned, and that is that, among the modifications is the new imposition of repeating the ITV if the vehicle has suffered an accident.
The DGT will collect this new obligation in its communication by letter, where it is specified that, from now on, cars that have been declared a total loss and require a repair to be put back on the road , must first go through a ITV to officially certify its good mechanical condition.
The total loss rating must be issued by the experts of the insurance companies, and they refer to the fact that the cost of repairing the damaged vehicle exceeds its value at that time. This appreciation, although it usually goes hand in hand with accidents of serious or moderate intensity , also refers to the value of the vehicle in question.
The imposition of going through the ITV again after an accident will only be necessary in the event that the vehicle has been classified as a total loss
. Without this control inspection, the vehicle will not be able to circulate legally again and will be exposed to a penalty feeconsiderable if stopped by the police or the Civil Guard. This maneuver, which, at first glance, may seem annoying to vehicle users, aims to improve driver safety and further refine the repair processes of the vehicles that we all drive on a daily basis.
This measure will also act favorably in terms of transparency and traceability of vehicle records., to the extent that, in the event that the vehicle is transferred, an entry will appear in its history informing that, at some point in its useful life, it has suffered a serious or moderate accident that has brought I get consequences but, on the other hand, it has been repaired with guarantees, and the vehicle is in full power to return to the road.
