The ‘DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics
2023/24 Quarter Four' report, detailing statistics for January to
March 2024, and financial year 2023/24, is now available.
The report is produced and published by NISRA Statisticians
working in the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA). The report
contains summary statistical, performance, and trend information
relating to the main business functions of the DVA, and other
licensing activity.
The publication is available on the DfI website at: https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/driver-vehicle-agency-activity-statistics
KEY POINTS
The key points in the report are:
In 2023/24 DVA delivered over 1.138 million vehicle tests, the
second highest in our series back to 2008/09.
Just over 49,100 vehicles failed to attend a booked vehicle test
in 2023/24, the second highest on record, and equating to
approximately 869 missed vehicle tests per working week.
Full vehicle tests conducted this year at over 978,480 is the
second highest test volume recorded for a single year.
Private cars accounted for 82.1% (803,831) of all full vehicle
tests delivered in 2023/24.
For all vehicle test applications made this year, 95 in every 100
(95%) were booked using the online booking system, the remaining
5% via the DVA call centre.
The DVA delivered just over 62,870 driver tests in 2023/24, 82.0%
(51,562) of which were for private cars.
In total, 2,340 candidates failed to attend for a booked driving
test in 2023/24, the second highest on record and just over 3.7%
of all tests conducted this year.
This year DVA delivered just over 89,350 theory tests, the second
highest annual volume on record back to 2009/10.
Over 12,270 customers failed to attend a booked theory test in
2023/24, the highest on record and 13.7% of all theory tests
conducted this year (89,355).
Online driver licensing application performance in 2023/24 at
98.7% was above the 95% target level for this year, and for each
quarter within the year.
Paper driver licensing applications performance at 96.5% was
above the 90% yearly target level, and above 90% for each quarter
within the year.
At the end of March 2024, there were 1,170,481 full and eligible
licence holders with private car/light vans entitlement, the
highest on record.
DVA were active across the full range of enforcement activities
this year having checked 2,761 vehicles, issued 579 fixed
penalties notices totalling £81,230 in fines, completed 39 joint
operations with the PSNI and 17 cross-border operations with An
Garda Síochána, with 50 spot checks on school buses. In addition,
they completed 66,470 tachograph checks, 53.022 at the roadside
and 13,448 in premises.
Notes to editors:
Background to Driver & Vehicle Agency ‘DfI Driver, Vehicle,
Operator, and Enforcement Statistics'
- This is the 38th edition of the quarterly report ‘DfI
Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and Enforcement Statistics', relating
to January to March 2024, and financial year 2023/24.
- The release covers the main DVA business areas: vehicle
testing, theory testing, driver testing, driver licensing, road
transport and taxi licensing, enforcement, goods operator
licensing and advanced driving and motorcycle instructors.
- Also included in the quarterly report are monitoring results
for the last quarter of 2023/24 and for the full financial year
in respect of two key driver licensing performance targets.
- Vehicle licensing statistics for 2023/24 quarter two July to
September 2023 are included in the report; however, they are no
longer a DVA business area: responsibility for vehicle licensing
transferred to DVLA in July 2014 and DfT now publish these
statistics on a UK-wide basis. Vehicle statistics for October to
December 2023 will be published when the extract data files
relating to these months are made available by DFT.
- We derive the majority of statistics from administrative data
sources held within the DVA, the DfI's Transport Regulation Unit,
and the Department for Transport.
- The report is written and issued by NISRA statisticians
posted to the DVA.
- ‘DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator and Enforcement Statistics' is
published every quarter at pre-announced release dates, which are
available from the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements
- Electronic copies of the ‘DfI Driver, Vehicle, Operator, and
Enforcement Statistics 2023-24 Quarter Three' can be downloaded
from our website at: https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/driver-vehicle-agency-activity-statistics
- A detailed User Guidance document is also available on our
website.
- This is a National Statistics report and therefore follows
the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. You can find
further information about the Code on the Statistics Authority's
website at: https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/
