The number of passenger cars in use in the United Kingdom increased by just 0.8% between 2020 and 2021, with an average age of 10 years old, according to the latest figures from a recent report by European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
The average age of a passenger car in use in the UK, according to the report provided by ACEA, is 10 years. For light commercial vehicles, the average age is 9.3 years, for medium and heavy vehicles, the average age is 11 years, and for buses, the average age is 14.9 years.
The number of passenger cars in use in the UK (the figures show a 0.8 % increase in vehicles in use in the UK between 2020 and 2021)
2017 – 34,686,328
2018 – 34,887,915
2019 – 35,168,259
2020 – 36,454,665
2021 – 36,728,649
Medium and heavy commercial vehicles in use in the UK (the figures show a 1.7 % increase in commercial vehicles in use in the UK between 2020 and 2021)
2017 – 602,799
2018 – 605,393
2019 – 607,998
2020 – 727,913
2021 – 740,568
Buses vehicles in use in the UK (the figures show a 2.7 % increase in buses in use in the UK between 2020 and 2021)
2017 – 86,607
2018 – 84,391
2019 – 82,448
2020 – 79,501
2021 – 81,652
Total number of vehicles in use in the UK (the figures show a 1.1 % increase in vehicles in use in the UK between 2020 and 2021)
2017 – 39,675,562
2018 – 39,985,260
2019 – 40,386,429
2020 – 42,403,988
2021 – 42,874,124
When it comes to fuel types of passenger cars in use in the UK, the figures, according to the 2023 edition of ACEA’s ‘Vehicles in use’ report, show the following as a %:
Petrol – 58.5%
Diesel – 36.1%
Battery electric – 1.3%
Plug-in hybrid – 0.9%
Hybrid electric – 3.0%
Natural gas – 0.0%
LPG – 0.0%
Other – 0.1%
Unknown – 0.0%
To read the full report, go to www.acea.auto
Source www.acea.auto
This information was presumed to be correct at the time of publication.
