Vehicle registrations broken down by registration year & type of fuel

Summary

The Department of Infrastructure provided a detailed breakdown of Isle of Man vehicle registrations by year and fuel type from 2012 to 2020 as an exception to standard practice, noting that such data is not routinely recorded in this format.

Key Facts

• Total vehicle registrations from 2012 to 2020 amounted to 57,122.
• Petrol vehicles accounted for the majority of registrations with 30,923 units.
• Diesel vehicles were the second most common with 24,711 units.
• The authority cited Section 20 of the Act regarding information already reasonably accessible.
• The specific fuel type breakdown was generated via a special data extract and officer analysis.

Data Disclosed

• 57,122
• 30,923
• 24,711
• 996
• 462
• 30
• 2012
• 2020
• 2020-08-24
• 2020-10-13
• 1440985

Exemptions Cited

• Section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Information already reasonably accessible)

Original Request

I am looking to find the following information where available: The total number of vehicle registrations on the Isle of Man, broken down by year of first registration in the Isle of Man. For each year, please also provide totals for each Fuel Type.

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

1. The total number of vehicle registrations on the Isle of Man, broken down by year of first registration in the Isle of Man:

Years Number of Vehicles Registered 2012 5,985 2013 5,933 2014 6,133 2015 6,429 2016 7,093 2017 7,268 2018 7,115 2019 7,158 2020 4,008 Grand Total 57,122 5,985 5,933 6,133 6,429 7,093 7,268 7,115 7,158 4,008 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Number of Registrations Year Yearly Vehicle Registrations on the Isle of Man Total 2. For each year, please also provide totals for each Fuel Type:

Year of Registration PETROL DIESEL HYBRID ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY OTHER Grand Total 2012 3,467 2,472 35 8 3 5,985 2013 3,309 2,564 43 11 6 5,933 2014 3,391 2,695 37 6 4 6,133 2015 3,600 2,736 61 30 2 6,429 2016 3,759 3,215 80 35 4 7,093 2017 3,747 3,281 167 73 7,268 2018 3,709 3,101 212 92 1 7,115 2019 3,836 3,003 201 111 7 7,158 2020 2,105 1,644 160 96 3 4,008 Grand Total 30,923 24,711 996 462 30 57,122

3,467 3,309 3,391 3,600 3,759 3,747 3,709 3,836 2,105 2,472 2,564 2,695 2,736 3,215 3,281 3,101 3,003 1,644 35 43 37 61 80 167 212 201 160 8 11 6 30 35 73 92 111 96 3 6 4 2 4 1 7 3 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Number of Registrations Year Registrations by Fuel Type PETROL DIESEL HYBRID ELECTRIC ELECTRICITY

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team/DWG/MF Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 1440985 13 October 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 24 August 2020 and which states (sic) - numbered for ease of reference:

"I am looking to find the following information where available: 1. The total number of vehicle registrations on the Isle of Man, broken down by year of first registration in the Isle of Man. 2. For each year, please also provide totals for each Fuel Type."

Further to our email of 22 September, we are now able to give you a full response.

1. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, under section 20 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you, whether free of charge or on payment of a fee.
We send information on the numbers of 3 different categories of vehicles to the Cabinet Office for the media publication Isle of Man in Numbers. There is a link below for the 2020 version and on page 76 there is a spreadsheet detailing the amount of vehicles registered yearly from 2008 – 2019. https://www.gov.im/media/1369616/isle-of-man-in-numbers-2020.pdf 2. The information that you have requested is not recorded in this format and the above would normally be all we are able to provide. However, as an exception on this occasion, and in the interests of providing assistance, we have taken a data extract and an officer has carried out substantial analysis to provide the information in Appendix 1.

Please quote the reference number 1440985 in any future communications.

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