UK Licensed Vehicle Counts by Type and Borough, 2026

Greater London Authority provides data on the number of licensed vehicles, in thousands, at year end. The dataset is broken down by vehicle type, including cars, motorcycles, light goods, heavy goods, buses and coaches, and other vehicles, and allocated to local authorities based on the registered keeper's postcode. Data originates from the UK Department for Transport tables VEH0104 and VEH0105.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in private car ownership based on yearly licensed vehicle counts.
• Model commercial vehicle fleet distribution based on light and heavy goods vehicle data.
• Assess public transport infrastructure needs based on counts of buses and coaches.
• Study the impact of company registration changes on local vehicle statistics based on the description's note about significant yearly shifts.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official UK government statistics (DFT tables VEH0104 and VEH0105).
• Vehicle counts are broken down by multiple specific types, including a detailed 'other' category.
• Data is allocated to a specific geographic unit (local authority/borough).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes that significant year-to-year changes can occur due to company address changes, which may introduce noise for trend analysis.

Provenance

Source

UK Department for Transport (DFT)

Collection Method

Administrative records of vehicle registrations, allocated by registered keeper's postcode.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 21:02:50.914004; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, broken down by local authority/borough.