From the DVLA site:
If your vehicle has been written off it may still be possible to transfer or retain its vehicle registration number if:
• your insurers have not scrapped the vehicle and have agreed, in writing, to you transferring or retaining the vehicle registration number (include the written agreement with your application);
• the vehicle is available for us to inspect (we will also ask for an insurer’s engineers report);
You could, of course, apply for retention of the number before you accept any offer to write-off the vehicle from the insurance company, as you would still be the legal owner and registered keeper.
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