Vehicle licensing statistics

Department for Transport, April 2020, released its annual vehicle licensing statistics for Great Britain 2019.

Key highlights:

At the end of 2019, there were 38.7 million licensed vehicles in Great Britain, a 1.3% increase compared to the end of 2018
Cars make up the majority of licensed vehicles. There were 31.9 million cars (82.4%), 4.1 million LGVs (10.7%), 0.50 million HGVs (1.3%), 1.3 million motorcycles (3.2%), 0.15 million buses & coaches (0.4%), and 0.77 million other vehicles (2.0%) licensed at the end of 2019
2.9 million vehicles were registered for the first time in Great Britain during 2019, 1.1% fewer than during 2018
During 2019, 79,747 ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) were registered for the first time in Great Britain, an increase of 26% on 2018. ULEVs made up 2.7% of all new registrations