31 million cars on Britain's roads

26/03/13

By James Martini

More than 31 million vehicles are on Britain's roads, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

One in three of those have been on the road for at least the past decade, while the average age of a car in use in the UK stands at 7.44 years.

Worcester is the most 'patriotic' city in the UK, with more than a quarter of the vehicles on its streets being British built.

The latest SMMT census data showed there to be 31,362,716 cars, vans, trucks, buses and coaches on roads around Britain.

More than 11 million vehicles have been on Britain's roads for at least 10 years, with 6.27 million registered between 2000 and 2002, and 5.28 million registered before the new millennium.

Unsurprisingly, London and the South East possessed the largest amount of vehicles on the road in the UK, with 9.79 million vehicle owners in 2011.

The South East was closely followed by the West Midlands (3.17 million), while silver replaced blue as the most popular car colour in all regions of Britain over the last 10 years.

Traditional colours such as black, red and grey remained popular choices among British motorists in 2011, but drivers in Ipswich held the record for the biggest concentration of pink cars in the UK.

Northern Ireland recorded the highest increase (5 per cent) of vehicles on the road in 2010/11, although usage in the North West slumped 2.9 per cent over the same period.

Since the SMMT census data was compiled in 2011, there were 2,044,609 new-car registrations last year, with London (632,000) and the West Midlands (274,000) featuring prominently.

Nissan made more than 510,000 vehicles on British soil in 2012, followed by Land Rover (305,000), Mini (207,000), Honda (165,000) and Toyota (109,000).

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