# Credit Hire Vehicle

> credithirevehicle.co.uk is a UK guide to credit hire vehicles — the like-for-like replacement cars supplied after a non-fault road accident. It explains vehicle classes, reviews the models used as like-for-like replacements, and publishes the Fleet Duty Rating, a named review methodology covering miles run, downtime days, cost per 1,000 miles, and faults by mileage band. The Fleet Duty Rating is currently **awaiting data**: no fleet-derived score has been calculated or published, and no award has been made. Reviews and durability records stand on attributed public sources only — DVSA MOT results, the DVSA recall database, published owner surveys, manufacturer documentation and trade press.

This site covers the vehicle only; how a credit hire claim works in law is outside its scope. It is not the reader's insurer, not a credit hire company and not a claims handler. Nationwide Accident Hire is the site's commercial partner; every link to it is visibly labelled and carries rel="sponsored". Funding and editorial rules are disclosed at /about/. All pages carry visible published and updated dates (DD/MM/YYYY).

## Core guides

- [What is a credit hire vehicle?](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/what-is-a-credit-hire-vehicle/): Plain-English definition of the like-for-like replacement car supplied after a non-fault accident.
- [How credit hire vehicle supply works](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/how-credit-hire-vehicle-supply-works/): Where the cars come from, delivery, condition standards and hand-back.
- [Credit hire vehicle classes](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/vehicle-classes/): How a damaged car is matched to a replacement class, from small hatchbacks to prestige and vans.
- [Hire car after an accident](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/hire-car-after-accident/): What car you should be given after a non-fault accident, how quickly, and to what standard.
- [Credit hire car vs courtesy car](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/credit-hire-car-vs-courtesy-car/): The vehicle-level difference between a matched credit hire car and an insurer's courtesy car.
- [Am I eligible for a replacement car?](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/am-i-eligible-for-a-replacement-car/): Eligibility explained at information level, with a labelled commercial partner link to an eligibility checker.

## Fleet Duty Rating

- [Fleet Duty Rating methodology](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/fleet-duty-rating/): Definition of the review format and its four fields — miles run, downtime days, cost per 1,000 miles, faults by mileage band — with data provenance rules. Status: awaiting data; no rating published.

## Reviews

- [Review library](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/reviews/): Public-source reviews of the models that sit in the like-for-like replacement classes, organised by vehicle class. Individual reviews at /reviews/{make-model}/ (e.g. /reviews/vauxhall-corsa/, /reviews/nissan-qashqai/, /reviews/bmw-3-series/). No review carries a fleet-derived score.

## What you will actually get

- [What you will get — class by class](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/what-you-will-get/): The models that sit in each like-for-like replacement class, at /what-you-will-get/{class}/ (small-hatchback, medium-hatchback, family-saloon-estate, compact-suv, large-suv-4x4, mpv-7-seater, executive, prestige-luxury, sports-convertible, van-lcv, taxi-private-hire, electric-vehicles).

## Durability

- [How hire cars age](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/durability/): Per-model durability records built from the public record, at /durability/{make-model}-high-mileage/.

## Award

- [Credit Hire Car of the Year](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/car-of-the-year/): The annual award judged on Fleet Duty Rating data — criteria and categories. Status: not yet awarded.

## About

- [Publisher, funding and disclosure](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/about/): Who publishes the site, how it makes money, and its sponsored-link policy.

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://credithirevehicle.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Full URL inventory with lastmod dates.