Number of unlicensed vehicles in traffic by tax class in Great Britain (UK) 2008-2017

This statistic compares the number of unlicensed vehicles in traffic in Great Britain between 2008 and 2017 according to the vehicle's tax class. The estimates were calculated from the Department for Transport Roadside Survey. Private vehicles and light goods vehicles clearly formed the majority of unlicensed vehicles on the road. By 2013 there were an estimated 179 thousand unlicensed passenger and light goods vehicles and 24 thousand unlicensed motorcycles.
In 2017, the number of of unlicensed light goods vehicles had more than doubled to 564,000, while the number of unlicensed HGVs and motorcycles had tripled and almost quadrupled respectively.