Statistical data set

Vehicles (TSGB09)

Data about vehicle and driver licensing, roadworthiness testing, car ownership and low emission vehicles, produced by Department for Transport.

Accessibility of tables

The department is currently working to make our tables accessible for our users. The data tables for these statistics are now accessible.

We would welcome any feedback on the accessibility of our tables, please email transport statistics.

Roadworthiness testing

TSGB0908: Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT) test results (ODS, 8.33 KB)

TSGB0909: Road vehicle testing scheme (MOT), percentage of tests with one or more fail (ODS, 14.6 KB)

TSGB0910: Road passenger service vehicle testing scheme (PSV tests) (ODS, 9.52 KB)

TSGB0911: Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes testing scheme (HGV motor vehicles and trailers) (ODS, 9.94 KB)

TSGB0912: Trailer tests by axle type (ODS, 9.15 KB)

Car ownership and driver licensing

TSGB0917: Car driving tests (ODS, 8.62 KB)

As part of assuring quality of our outputs, table TSGB0917 has been discontinued. The data in this table largely exists in other tables from the driving tests and instructor statistics collection which include figures for practical car test pass rates with gender breakdowns.

As of the 2022 release, TSGB now covers primarily cross-modal information. As a result, there are fewer tables in this chapter. Below are the tables that are no longer published with TSGB, but can still be found in the relevant routine DfT statistical collections. The Transport Statistics Finder can also be used to locate these tables, either by table name or code.

Topic Table information TSGB tables
Vehicle licensing statistics, annual Number of licensed vehicles at the end of the year by tax class, propulsion or fuel type, region and by gross vehicle weight (for heavy goods vehicles). TSGB0901 (VEH0103), TSGB0905 (VEH0203), TSGB0906 (VEH0204) , TSGB0907 (VEH0506)
Vehicle licensing statistics, quarterly Number of licensed vehicles at the end of the quarter by licence status and body type, and ultra-low emission vehicles by body type, fuel type and generic models. TSGB0903 (VEH0101), TSGB0918 (VEH0133)
Vehicle licensing statistics, registration Number of vehicles registered for the first time by body type and tax class. TSGB0902 (VEH0153), TSGB0904 (VEH0150)
National Travel Survey Household car availability ownership (by region and rural-urban classification), driving licence holders (by age and sex) and annual mileage of 4-wheeled cars (by type and trip purpose). TSGB0913 (NTS0205), TSGB0914 (NTS9902), TSGB0915 (NTS0201), TSGB0916 (NTS0901)

Contact us

Vehicles statistics

Email vehicles.stats@dft.gov.uk

Public enquiries 020 7944 3077

Media enquiries 0300 7777 878

National Travel Survey statistics

Email national.travelsurvey@dft.gov.uk

Public enquiries 020 7944 3077

Media enquiries 0300 7777 878

Published 12 December 2013
Last updated 14 December 2023 + show all updates
  1. Data table TSGB0912 updated for Transport Statistics Great Britain 2023.

  2. Data tables and titles updated to coincide with the latest Transport Statistics Great Britain report.

  3. Vehicle data tables updated for Transport Statistics Great Britain 2021. Data tables included in the report are usually updated during the year.

  4. Data tables TSGB0908 to 0912 and 0917 updated to coincide with the release of Transport Statistics Great Britain 2020. All other related tables have been updated during the year.

  5. Data tables updated for Transport Statistics Great Britain 2019.

  6. Data tables updated for Transport Statistics Great Britain 2018 report.

  7. Ultra-low emissions vehicles licensed data table added. Page and tables updated for the release of Transport Statistics Great Britain 2017.

  8. Tables updated to the latest year.

  9. Tables updated to coincide the release of TSGB 2014.

  10. First published.