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Bristol · live recovery

Broken down in Bristol? Find a driver near you — live.

Live recovery drivers in and around Bristol right now — across Filton, Avonmouth, Keynsham, Portishead, Clifton, Bedminster and Kingswood, and on the M4, M5 and M32, the A4, A38 and A370, and the Avonmouth and Portway routes. See who's closest. Call them. Agree the price. No membership. No call centres. No payment to us.

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Live map · Bristol
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Each number is how many trucks are live in that part of Bristol right now — green when one is free.Open
No sign-up, no membership, no monthly fees
Real positions, updated every few seconds
Price agreed with the driver, not with us
Every driver checked before they go live
How it works

Three taps to a driver.

Built for the moment you are stood at the roadside, so nothing gets in the way.

1

See who is near you

Allow location or type a postcode. The map shows every driver live nearby and how many miles away each one is.

2

Call the driver

Tap Call and speak to them directly. Agree the price between you before they set off.

3

Watch them arrive

Give the driver your six-digit code and follow them on the map, with a live arrival time, until they reach you.

Why people trust it

A live map only works if it is true.

So we check every driver, and the map only ever shows drivers who are actually out.

Checked before they go live

Driving licence, photo ID, insurance certificate and photographs of every truck, reviewed by our team. Nobody appears on the map until they pass.

Real positions, right now

Drivers share their position while they work. If a truck is on the map, it is out and reachable — not a listing last updated years ago.

Reviews that are checked

Only customers who completed a job can leave a rating, and each one is looked at before it counts.

The price is yours to agree

We are not in the middle of the payment. No commission, no booking fee, no membership — which is also why it stays cheaper than cover.

Recovery in Bristol: where it usually goes wrong

Bristol has two motorways meeting on its northern edge and a city centre that a large recovery vehicle finds genuinely difficult. The M32 connects the two, and most of the call-outs here are either fast-road jobs around the junctions or slow, awkward recoveries in Clifton and the older streets.

The M4 and M5 interchange at Almondsbury

One of the busiest interchanges in the south west, on several levels. Say which motorway and which direction, because the layout means a driver can be almost above you and still twenty minutes away.

The M32 into the centre

Short, fast and with a limited hard shoulder near the city end. It is the route most drivers use to get into Bristol, so help is usually close.

Clifton and the older streets

Steep hills, narrow lanes and cars parked both sides. A flatbed may not fit, and a driver will tell you honestly before setting off.

Avonmouth and the Portway

Docks traffic, heavy vehicles and long stretches with nowhere to stop between junctions.

Worth knowing. At the M4/M5 interchange, the motorway and the direction matter far more than the postcode.
Questions

Before you call.

It depends on who is out. The map shows every driver live in Bristol right now and the app shows how many miles away each one is, so you can see before you call rather than being given a time by a call centre.

You agree the price with the driver on the phone before they set off. RecoverQ adds nothing to it — no booking fee, no commission and no membership.

Every driver is checked before they can go live: driving licence, photo ID, insurance certificate and photographs of each truck, all reviewed by our team.

No. Open the map, see who is live, and call. If the driver takes the job you get a six-digit code and can watch them on their way.

Anywhere a driver is live. Drivers in Bristol regularly cover Filton, Avonmouth, Keynsham, Portishead, Clifton, Bedminster and Kingswood, and the main routes — the M4, M5 and M32, the A4, A38 and A370, and the Avonmouth and Portway routes.

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