Department For Transport
Data tables containing aggregated information about vehicles in the UK are also available.
Recent changes
A number of changes were introduced to these data files in the 2022 release to help meet the needs of our users and to provide more detail.
Fuel type has been added to:
- df_VEH0120_GB
- df_VEH0120_UK
- df_VEH0160_GB
- df_VEH0160_UK
Historic UK data has been added to:
- df_VEH0124 (now split into 2 files)
- df_VEH0220
- df_VEH0270
A new datafile has been added df_VEH0520.
We welcome any feedback on the structure of our data files, their usability, or any suggestions for improvements; please contact vehicles statistics.
How to use CSV files
CSV files can be used either as a spreadsheet (using Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet packages) or digitally using software packages and languages (for example, R or Python).
When using as a spreadsheet, there will be no formatting, but the file can still be explored like our publication tables. Due to their size, older software might not be able to open the entire file.
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Make and model by quarter
df_VEH0120_GB:
Scope: All registered vehicles in Great Britain; from 1994 Quarter 4 (end December)
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, Fuel, LicenceStatus, [number of vehicles; one column per quarter]
df_VEH0120_UK:
Scope: All registered vehicles in the United Kingdom; from 2014 Quarter 3 (end September)
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, Fuel, LicenceStatus, [number of vehicles; one column per quarter]
df_VEH0160_GB:
Scope: All vehicles registered for the first time in Great Britain; from 2001 Quarter 1 (January to March)
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, Fuel, [number of vehicles; one column per quarter]
df_VEH0160_UK:
Scope: All vehicles registered for the first time in the United Kingdom; from 2014 Quarter 3 (July to September)
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, Fuel, [number of vehicles; one column per quarter]
Make and model by age
In order to keep the datafile df_VEH0124 to a reasonable size, it has been split into two halves, one covering makes starting with A to M, and the other covering makes starting with N to Z.
df_VEH0124_AM:
Scope: All licensed vehicles in the United Kingdom with Make starting with A to M; annually from 2014
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, YearFirstUsed, YearManufacture, LicenceStatus, [number of vehicles; one column per year]
df_VEH0124_NZ:
Scope: All licensed vehicles in the United Kingdom with Make starting with N to Z; annually from 2014
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, YearFirstUsed, YearManufacture, LicenceStatus, [number of vehicles; one column per year]
Make and model by engine size
df_VEH0220:
Scope: All licensed vehicles in the United Kingdom; annually from 2014
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, Fuel, EngineSizeSimple, EngineSizeDesc, LicenceStatus, [number of vehicles; one column per year]
df_VEH0270:
Scope: All vehicles registered for the first time in the United Kingdom; annually from 2015
Schema: BodyType, Make, GenModel, Model, Fuel, EngineSizeSimple, EngineSizeDesc, [number of vehicles; one column per year]
Vehicles by small geography
In order to keep these files to a reasonable size, small areas which have never had 5 or more vehicles in scope are excluded from these datasets, with those vehicles combined into the Miscellaneous row. This means a number of LSOAs will be missing from the file.
df_VEH0125:
Scope: All licensed vehicles in the United Kingdom; Great Britain from 2009 Quarter 4 (end December); and United Kingdom from 2014 Quarter 3 (end September)
Schema: LSOA11CD, LSOA11NM, BodyType, Keepership, LicenceStatus, [number of vehicles; one column per quarter]
df_VEH0135:
Scope: All licensed ultra low emission vehicles in the United Kingdom; from 2011 Quarter 4 (end December)
Schema: LSOA11CD, LSOA11NM, Fuel, Keepership, [number of vehicles; one column per quarter]
df_VEH0145: