Vehicle numbers 2017

Summary

The requester asked for a breakdown of all vehicles registered on the Isle of Man during 2017 by specific categories, excluding retention registrations. The Department of Infrastructure stated it did not hold the total registered vehicle data in the requested format but provided monthly statistics for new vehicle registrations and imported vehicles for the 2017-2018 period.

Key Facts

• The authority does not hold the total number of vehicles registered on the Island in a format that allows the specific request to be answered.
• Data provided covers the period from April 2017 to March 2018 rather than the requested calendar year 2017.
• The response includes separate tables for 'Imported Vehicles' and 'New Vehicle Registrations'.
• The total number of vehicles registered on the Island during the 2017-18 period was 7,105.
• Category codes (e.g., A, B, C) are used for vehicle types, with definitions available in a linked PDF.

Data Disclosed

• 7,105
• 5,115
• 1,990
• 2017-18
• 01/01/2017
• 31/12/2017
• 12 April 2018
• 24 April 2018
• 429233

Original Request

Please can you provide a breakdown of vehicles currently registered (not necessarily currently taxed) on the Isle of Man during the period of 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017? Ideally, the split should be Private Car, Motorcycle, Commercial Vehicle (3.5t or less), Commercial Vehicles (3.6t-10t), HGV's over 10t, Taxi's, PSV's, Motorhomes and Agricultural vehicles. You are after the numbers of vehicles registered on the Island - taxed or not, but not including where registrations are held on retention. Concerns about the movements of vehicles on (where garages are bringing in new vehicles all the time) and off (where older vehicles are being shipped off to auctions) and that there is possibly up to a 2 years gap between taxing where a vehicle may have been off the road.

Data Tables (2)

Full Response Text

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

Contact: FOI Co-ordinator Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: foi.doi@gov.im

Our ref: 429233 24 April 2018

Dear ###

This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2015.

We write further to your request which was received on 12 April 2018 and which states:

"Please can you provide a breakdown of vehicles currently registered (not necessarily currently taxed) on the Isle of Man during the period of 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017? Ideally, the split should be Private Car, Motorcycle, Commercial Vehicle (3.5t or less), Commercial Vehicles (3.6t-10t), HGV's over 10t, Taxi's, PSV's, Motorhomes and Agricultural vehicles. You are after the numbers of vehicles registered on the Island - taxed or not, but not including where registrations are held on retention. Concerns about the movements of vehicles on (where garages are bringing in new vehicles all the time) and off (where older vehicles are being shipped off to auctions) and that there is possibly up to a 2 years gap between taxing where a vehicle may have been off the road."

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance after taking reasonable steps to find it, the public authority does not hold the information in a format that allows us to answer your question However, you may be interested in the information below: An explanation of the categories can be found detailed below in the tables can be found by following this link and going to table 1: https://www.gov.im/media/1350993/my-driving-licence.pdf Imported Vehicles (1st registered off Island) Category April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March Total A 35 39 39 24 29 16 25 16 12 13 26 23 297 A1 2 4 3 3 4 1 5 2 1 3 2 4 34 B 402 445 415 372 367 340 380 407 288 354 345 451 4566 B1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 C 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 5 2 2 6 29 C1 1 4 2 3 4 3 6 1 2 0 8 3 37 CE 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 D1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 F 1 2 5 1 2 2 5 6 4 1 4 2 35 K 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 L 1 4 5 3 6 8 23 11 6 4 8 6 85 P 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 S 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 10 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 449 502 475 413 418 370 445 450 320 379 397 497 5115 New Vehicle Registrations (1st registered on the Island) Category April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb March Total A 29 40 26 38 20 27 17 9 11 18 9 22 266 A1 7 13 7 11 7 2 4 1 2 4 1 4 63 B 163 164 124 96 134 188 142 101 104 91 100 149 1556 B1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 C 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 C1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 D 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 D1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 14 F 3 7 1 5 3 4 2 3 3 5 5 4 45 K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 P 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 S 3 0 4 1 1 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 17 W 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 208 227 165 155 168 227 169 118 126 127 116 184 1990 The total number of vehicles registered on the Island during 2017-18 was 7,105. I have detailed below the information that is held.

Please quote the reference number 429233 in any future communications.

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

Contact: DOI FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: foi.doi@gov.im

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely

DOI FOI Response Team