Government statistics on UK registered vehicles

Date: Thursday 20 May 2021

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The government maintains statistics and data about the number of licensed vehicles, new vehicle registrations and roadworthiness testing (including MOTs) on the GOV.UK website, and IAAF members may find this information to be of interest.

The information available includes the following:

• Latest vehicle licensing statistics: National statistics for 2020
• Vehicle licensing data tables: Data updated on an annual basis in April, with a subset of key tables published quarterly in June, September and December.
• Vehicle licensing statistics: Statistics on the number of licensed vehicles and new vehicle registrations derived from data held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), which administers vehicle registration and licensing records in the United Kingdom. The information is broken down by the type of vehicle, the characteristics of vehicles and a geographic breakdown. Guidance on current and previous vehicle licensing statistics is available.
• Vehicle excise duty evasion statistics: Statistics on the number of unlicensed vehicles ‘in traffic’ and ‘in stock’, as well as their characteristics and the lost revenues through vehicle excise duty evasion. Based on a roadside survey, which since 2011 has been carried out every 2 years. Guidance on current and previous vehicle excise duty evasion statistics is available.
• Vehicle roadworthiness testing statistics: Statistics relating to the roadworthiness testing system (including MOTs) from data held by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), which administers the testing system in Great Britain, and survey based estimates of MOT non-compliance published in 2009.

All of the statistics published, apart from vehicle roadworthiness testing statistics, are National Statistics. The vehicle statistics were assessed by the UK Statistics Authority and confirmed as National Statistics in April 2012. Statistics relating to roadworthiness testing are official statistics.

To access the information, please CLICK HERE.

 

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