Vehicle Licensing Statistics 2023

Organisation: Department for Transport

Date of Publication: May 2024

Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 5 June 2024

This bulletin provides statistics on motor vehicles that were registered for the first time during 2023 and those that were licensed at the end of December 2023.

During 2023, in the United Kingdom, there were:

  • 2.5 million vehicles registered for the first time
  • 342,000 zero emission vehicles registered for the first time
  • 314,000 zero emission cars registered for the first time

At the end of December 2023, in the United Kingdom, there were:

  • 41.2 million licensed vehicles
  • 1.0 million licensed zero emission vehicles

Download the full statistical briefing via the gov.uk website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/vehicle-licensing-statistics-2023