Department for Transport written question – answered on 1st March 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars powered by (a) petrol, (b) diesel and (c) alternative fuel are currently registered for use on public roads; and how many such cars were registered in each of these categories in each of the last five years.
The table below shows the number of licensed cars by propulsion type in Great Britain in the last five years.
Cars licensed by propulsion type, at year end in Great Britain, from 2011 to 2015
Great Britain: Total Numbers of cars (Thousands)
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
(a) Petrol | 19,548.5 | 19,158.8 | 18,870.3 | 18,632.6 | 18,511.7 |
(b) Diesel | 8,763.5 | 9,385.1 | 10,064.2 | 10,730.9 | 11,428.9 |
102.3 | 125.3 | 153.6 | 188.1 | 245.1 | |
*Gas1 | 50.0 | 48.7 | 46.3 | 43.2 | 39.7 |
*Electric | 2.6 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 16.2 | 24.6 |
*Other2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Total | 28,467.3 | 28,722.5 | 29,140.9 | 29,611.5 | 30,250.3 |
*(c) Alternative Fuels
1 Includes gas, gas bi-fuel, petrol/gas and gas/diesel
2 Includes new fuel technologies, fuel cells
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