No membership · Fixed price · Live tracking

Car Recovery UK
without the annual fee.

TowManVan is the pay-per-use alternative to RAC, AA and Green Flag - jump start from £49, lockout £55, vehicle towing £69, breakdown £69, long-distance £149. No annual membership. Every price fixed in the app before you confirm. Average 28-minute arrival across 27 UK cities, 24/7.

TowManVan is 24/7 UK car recovery with no membership: jump start from £49, car lockout from £55, vehicle towing from £69, fuel delivery from £69, breakdown from £69, tyre help from £79 and long-distance from £149. Fixed app pricing, DBS-vetted operators, live GPS tracking, average 28-minute arrival.

Seven car recovery services - jump start, tyre help, lockout, fuel delivery, breakdown, towing, long-distance. Available 24/7 across 27 UK cities.

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Services in UK

Fixed upfront prices. No membership fees. Live operator tracking across every postcode in UK.

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Jump Start

From £49/Avg 22 min

Dead battery? We come to you with professional intelligent boost equipment. All vehicle types - petrol, diesel, stop-start. Free battery health check included on-site.

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Mobile Tyre Fitting

From £79/Avg 25 min

Flat tyre, blowout or slow puncture at the roadside. Spare wheel fitted, puncture repaired where the tyre allows, all four pressures checked before leaving.

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Car Lockout

From £55/Avg 19 min

Keys locked inside? Non-destructive entry only - no damage to your lock, window or bodywork. Fastest average arrival on the platform.

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Fuel Delivery

From £69/Avg 27 min

Ran out or misfuelled? We bring the correct fuel type directly to your location and advise on safe next steps for misfuelling cases.

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Breakdown Assistance

From £69/Avg 28 min

Warning light on or engine cut out? Operators carry diagnostic tools and attempt roadside repair before recommending a tow.

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Vehicle Towing

From £69/Avg 30 min

Can't fix at the roadside? We tow to any garage or address. Up to 15 miles in base price - extra mileage priced per mile, shown upfront.

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Long Distance Recovery

From £149/Avg 30 min

Broken down far from home? Full distance price shown before confirm. Nationwide UK recovery, no surprises at the destination.

CTX - Local knowledge

How our UK car recovery works

01

Fixed price before you confirm

The exact cost is calculated and locked in the app before you tap confirm. No estimate ranges, no variable callout fees, no invoice surprises. What you see is what you pay - whether it's 3am on Christmas Day or a Tuesday afternoon.

02

DBS-checked, insured operators

Every TowManVan operator passes five mandatory checks: photo ID and DBS background check, DVLA driving licence verification, trade insurance confirmation, vehicle roadworthiness inspection, and a platform training induction.

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Live operator tracking

From the moment your operator is dispatched, their live GPS position shows on a map. Watch the ETA update in real time - no more waiting in the dark, no more calling a call centre to ask if someone is coming.

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TowManVan vs RAC, AA and Green Flag

Traditional providers charge annual memberships of £63–£137 before you've ever broken down. If you never break down, you've paid up to £137 for nothing. TowManVan is pay-per-use - and with local operators everywhere, average arrival is under 30 minutes versus the 60-minute industry average.

Expert insight - Why fixed price, pay-per-use

The breakdown-cover model is broken.

UK drivers paid AA, RAC and Green Flag roughly £750m last year for breakdown cover most of them never used. The model relies on selling reassurance, not rescue: a £63–£137 annual subscription buys a promise, priced as if you will break down three times a year. Claim against it once and your renewal jumps. Let it lapse and your one-off callout fee is £159–£199 - five times what the job actually costs the operator.

TowManVan is built the other way round. There is no subscription. A local DBS-checked operator is dispatched from the app in 60 seconds. Because we unbundle the seven things drivers actually call for - jump start from £49, lockout £55, local tow £69, fuel delivery £69, breakdown diagnosis £69, mobile tyre £79, long-distance recovery £149 - each sits at or below the incremental cost of the job. You see the full price in the app before you confirm; the price never changes on arrival; there is no callout fee or out-of-hours surcharge layered on top.

What you are paying for: vetted operators (photo ID, DBS, DVLA licence check, £5m trade insurance, annual vehicle inspection), professional equipment (surge-protected intelligent boost packs, non-destructive entry tools, EV-safe flat-bed tilt recovery), and a live map showing exactly where your operator is. Average UK arrival is 28 minutes versus the ~60-minute figure AA and Green Flag quote in their own service reports.

FAQ - 06

Questions, answered

Everything about pricing, coverage and response times in UK.

Deep dive - 01

Vehicle Towing Service

Local tow from £69 (up to 15 miles), long-distance recovery from £149. Fixed price, EV-safe, 30-minute arrival.

Vehicle Towing - from £69
Deep dive - 02

Breakdown Recovery Service

Roadside diagnosis, repair attempt, and recovery tow to garage if needed. From £69. Average 28-minute arrival.

Breakdown Recovery - from £69
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App launching 1st July 2026 - Free to download

No annual fee · Fixed upfront prices · 24/7/365 · Avg arrival under 30 min

Last updated April 2026.