Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, England: 2024 (revised)
The number of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles in England and Wales as at 1 April 2024.
Applies to England and Wales
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The security checks section contained an error in the commentary when originally published (31 July 2024). Upon investigation, updated responses were received from a small number of licensing authorities affecting the corresponding table. The following have been revised to include this newly updated data, along with a further update to include the latest local government structures and names:
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the security checks section in this publication
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updated geography structures and names in tables TAXI0104, TAXI0105, TAXI0108, TAXI0109, TAXI0110, TAXI0111, TAXI0112, TAXI0113, TAXI0118
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the security checks in table TAXI0109
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Statistics on taxi and private hire vehicles (PHV) in England show that as at 1 April 2024:
- there were 313,008 licensed taxis and PHVs, an increase of 8.2% since 2023
- 82% of all licensed vehicles were PHVs
- 54% of licensed taxis were wheelchair accessible
- all taxis in London were wheelchair accessible
- 2% of PHVs were wheelchair accessible
- there were 381,092 driver licences, an increase of 10% since 2023
- 69% of licences were PHV only licences
- 9% were taxi only licences
- 20% were dual licences
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Published 31 July 2024Last updated 30 October 2024 + show all updates
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Revisions to correct an error in the security checks commentary and corresponding table, plus other minor geographical changes.
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First published.