Motor Vehicles
(asked on 2nd November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) passenger vehicles, (b) vans, (c) public service vehicles and (d) heavy goods vehicles are licensed; and how many vehicles in each such category (i) use petrol, (ii) use diesel and (iii) are hybrid.
The numbers of licensed vehicles in the categories requested are shown in the table below.
Licensed vehicles of selected types of propulsion type in the UK as at 30 June 2015 | |||||
Vehicle Body Type | Petrol | Diesel | Hybrid | Other | Total |
Passenger Vehicles | 1906892 | 11592134 | 22382 | 5956 | 30944434 |
Vans | 1414 | 3518023 | 122 | 14328 | 3673873 |
Public Service Vehicles | 4851 | 164107 | 1 | 504 | 169463 |
Heavy Goods Vehicles | 2537 | 498816 | 0 | 1085 | 502438 |
Notes: | |||||
1. Vehicle types shown are based on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency vehicle body type definitions: | |||||
Passenger vehicles = cars; Vans =Light Goods with a gross weight of up to and including 3.5 tonnes; Heavy Goods Vehicles = Goods vehicles with a gross weight of over 3.5 tonnes; | |||||
Public Service Vehicles = Buses and Coaches (including minibuses with 9-16 seats) | |||||
2. Hybrid vehicles may be under-recorded for Public Service Vehicles and Heavy Goods Vehicles: other includes gas and electric | |||||