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Taxi and private hire vehicles statistics, England and Wales: 2017

Licensed taxis, private hire vehicles, drivers and operators statistics in England as at 31 March 2017.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 7 September 2017

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Taxi and private hire vehicles statistics, England: 2017 report

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Taxi and private hire vehicles statistics, England and Wales: 2017 tables

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Details

Statistics on taxis and private hire vehicles for 2017.

At the end of March 2017:

• the total number of licensed taxi and private hire vehicles in England increased by 16% to 281,000
• 73% of all licensed vehicles in England were private hire vehicles
• 39% of the total number of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles in England were in London
• 58% of licensed taxis in England were wheelchair accessible
• there were 356,300 taxi or private hire vehicle driver licences in England

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Published 7 September 2017