The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has clarified that permanently damaged vehicles are removed from its database through a deregistration process initiated by owners, not automatically by the authority.

• The clarification addresses public concerns about crashed vehicles remaining in the national registry.
• NTSA acknowledged gaps in vehicle record accuracy, with over 6 million records potentially containing outdated information.
• To improve data integrity and security, NTSA has introduced the electronic Logbook system.