Figures from the Motor Insurance Database (MID) show that over ten per cent of vehicles in the Metropolitan region (London) are uninsured.
The other police regions with the highest concentrations of illegal drivers are Essex, Bedfordshire, South Wales, West Midlands, South and West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cleveland.
With such a large number of uninsured drivers on Britain's roads, these criminals are posing a real threat to any business whose commercial vehicle insurance does not cover them for collisions involving uninsured drivers.
Other figures from the MID also serve as a stark warning to any businesses who have not got their vehicle insurance up to scratch.
Using sophisticated Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras mounted on police vehicles, officers across the UK are seizing at total of 500 vehicles every day, resulting in 480 convictions.
To help people avoid issues, the website askMID.com offers a free service that allows owners to check that their vehicle is definitely on the database. All the time a vehicle is registered on the MID, a vehicle will not trigger the police's ANPR software.
askMID warns against 'fronting', where a more experienced person is declared as the main driver of the vehicle, only for a less experienced person to actually get behind the wheel.
This year the government brought in new legislation which means it is now also an offence if your vehicle is neither insured for road use nor declared out of use by contacting the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) with a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN).
This means it is very important for managers to keep on top of the situation with their fleet: ensuring that their vehicles are registered, the correct personnel are insured on the policy and that the policy protects fully against the menace of uninsured drivers. 
