BRV: Dutch Vehicle Basic Registration Data

The Vehicle Basic Registration (BRV) dataset from the Dutch Road Traffic Service (RDW) contains details of vehicles, their registration certificates, and the persons to whom certificates are issued. The data is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties and is available as open data in JSON format. The full registration is not open data and access is limited under a closed license.

Use Cases

• Verify vehicle ownership and registration status based on certificate details.
• Analyze vehicle fleet characteristics based on registered vehicle attributes.
• Support business services that require validated vehicle information.
• Cross-reference person-vehicle relationships for administrative purposes.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the official national Road Traffic Service (RDW).
• Non-sensitive registry information is published as open data.
• Available in a structured JSON format.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The full registration is not open and access is limited by a closed license.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties / RDW (Road Traffic Service)

Collection Method

Official vehicle registry records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Netherlands