Home > News > Business > Key insights into the Fleet Industry May 2020 Key insights into the Fleet Industry May 2020 May 27, 2020 Business Vehicles on the roads (GB) 38.7m licenced vehicles Cars ~ 31.9m Light Good Vehicles (vans) ~ 4.1m Heavy Goods Vehicles (trucks) ~ 0.5m Motorcycles ~1.25m Bus and Coaches ~0.15m Other ~ 0.7m See https://bit.ly/3fJVSAb New registrations in 2019 (GB) 9m vehicles registered for first time Diesel cars down 18% on 2018 38k Battery electric (BEVs) 112k Hybrid Electric (HEVs) 35k Plugin Hybrid Electric (PHEVs) BEVs up 141% in 2019 vs 2018 HEVs up 30% PHEVs down 17% Business drivers (2017/18) 890,000 company car drivers ~ down 5.3% on 16/17 + 2m other co. owned 4m van users (private and company) 310,000 truck drivers Shortage of 59k drivers (2019) Grey Fleet – 14m people (est) use their private vehicles at work Road Casualties (worldwide) 35m people killed on roads a year 1 work-related death every 90 seconds Europe: 25,000 lives lost in 2016, of which 40% were work-related Britain: Brake say nearly one in three (31%) deaths involved someone driving for work. See https://bit.ly/2WN03md Road Casualties (Great Britain) 1,784 died on GB roads in 2018 Each fatality costs around £2.2m in lost output, medical & ambulance and human costs 160,597 reported casualties Of those who died in 2018, 44% were car occupants 52% were vulnerable road users 26% pedestrians 20% motorcyclists 6% cyclists 4% other road users Where did the deaths happen? 36% urban roads 58% rural roads 6% motorways Where did the casualties happen? 63% urban roads 32% rural roads 5% motorways See https://bit.ly/3bqf0jB Number of UK Fleets by size (cars & vans) 1-49: 135,000 50-99: 1,500 100-149: 500 150+: 1,000 Top 200 fleets: 2,500 vehicles (average) The purpose of the above content is to provide information only.
