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This chapter presents statistics on the number licensed vehicles, vehicle ownership, vehicle usage, MOTs and driving tests.

• Updated: 15 December 2011

We’re the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), maintaining nearly 53 million driver records and more than 47 million vehicle records. Last year (2024 to 2025), we collected £8.4 billion in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). DVLA is an executive agency,...

• Updated: 11 October 2023

Legal noise limits for on and off-road vehicles, and what to do if you're affected by road, rail or aircraft noise.

• Vehicle noise limits

  There are limits to the amount of noise that vehicles can make on public…

• Noise from roads

  There’s no legal limit to road noise, although noise levels might be taken…

• Railway noise

  There are no legal limits to noise from existing railways. If you think…

• Aircraft noise

  Noise is regulated to some extent at all UK airports. This can include…

• Further information

  There are strategic noise maps for England provided by the Department for…

Government doubles the number of models available for the top ECG discount.

• Updated: 3 December 2025

How government is supporting research, development and demonstration of connected and autonomous vehicles, such as driverless cars.

• Updated: 11 April 2017

Licensed and registered motor vehicle statistics in Great Britain and the United Kingdom for July to September 2025.

• Updated: 15 January 2026

• Updated: 13 August 2025

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing company cars, including fuel

Data and statistics about the number of licensed vehicles and new vehicle registrations, including zero emission vehicles, and vehicle excise duty evasion.

• Updated: 15 January 2026

Check which new hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), including cars, vans, trucks and motorbikes, are eligible for a government plug-in grant.