Car Statistics

Car statistics for United Kingdom

In 2024, 1,950,341 new passenger cars were registered in United Kingdom, of which 19.2% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
1,950,341
EV share
19.2%
Total car fleet (2024)
32,914,842

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in United Kingdom per year
20150.4%
20160.4%
20170.5%
20180.7%
202111.5%
202216.3%
202316.3%
202419.2%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in United Kingdom by fuel (2024)
Petrol727,886 (37.3%)
Hybrid573,726 (29.4%)
Electric375,191 (19.2%)
Plug-in hybrid164,928 (8.5%)
Diesel107,138 (5.5%)
Other1,213 (0.1%)
Gas2 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in United Kingdom per year
20132,264,737
20142,476,435
20152,602,146
20162,665,251
20172,509,330
20182,341,505
20192,311,140
20201,631,064
20211,640,224
20221,613,141
20231,899,737
20241,950,341

Car fleet by age (2024)

41.4% of passenger cars in United Kingdom are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in United Kingdom by age (2024)
Under 2 years3,692,108 (11.2%)
2–5 years4,519,101 (13.7%)
5–10 years11,082,386 (33.7%)
10–20 years12,108,601 (36.8%)
Over 20 years1,512,646 (4.6%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 32,914,842 registered passenger cars in United Kingdom, 65.0% run on petrol, 31.1% on diesel and 3.9% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in United Kingdom by fuel (2024)
Petrol21,378,294 (65.0%)
Diesel10,243,963 (31.1%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)1,292,585 (3.9%)

EV charging stations

United Kingdom has 8,023 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 12 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2018)

United Kingdom recorded 2.8 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (1,839 in total) in 2018. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so United Kingdom is safer than the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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