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Developing faster indicators of transport activity

To monitor transport activity on a timelier basis for topical issues relating to transport.

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Haulier coronavirus testing, Great Britain, since 23 December 2020

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To monitor transport activity on a timelier basis for topical issues relating to transport, the Department for Transport (DfT) has developed updates on the following:

Indicator Frequency of update Timing of update Date first published
Monthly public EV chargers by country and region: United Kingdom Monthly Every second Wednesday 7 December 2021
Cars and light goods vehicles registered for the first time by body and fuel type Monthly Every second Wednesday 8 October 2025
Short-notice cancellations at UK airports: Monthly Monthly Every second Wednesday 9 September 2026
Daily local bus passenger and trip statistics: year ending March 2025 To be confirmed To be confirmed 19 June 2025
Practical car driving tests Monthly No longer published 9 November 2022
Large goods vehicle vocational testing in Great Britain Monthly No longer published 10 November 2021
Road haulier coronavirus testing in Great Britain Weekly No longer published 11 March 2021

In special circumstances, the timing of updates might change for some indicators. Where applicable, the date of the next update will be added to the “Timing of update” field.

Some of the issues will be short term in nature, and the relevant updates will cease once the issue is no longer either in operation or of relevance.

Further information

Methodology notes on the above statistics are available.

Monthly public EV chargers by country and region: United Kingdom - monthly statistics on the total number of public electric vehicle chargers and charging devices in the UK are published since December 2021. Quarterly electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics are also published by DfT.

Cars and light goods vehicles registered for the first time by body type and fuel type – monthly provisional estimates of the number of newly registered cars and light goods vehicles in the UK are published since October 2025. Quarterly vehicle licensing statistics are also published by DfT.

Monthly short-notice cancellations at UK airports – monthly short-notice cancellations at UK airports are published since September 2026. An ad-hoc release of monthly short-notice cancellations at UK airports of this data was also published by DfT in August 2026.

Daily local bus passenger and trip statistics - local bus passenger and trip statistics in England outside London, year ending March 2025. Annual and Quarterly bus statistics are also published by DfT.

Practical car driving tests - this series was discontinued in November 2024 with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency assuming responsibility for producing this data in an alternative format on their collection pages.

Large goods vehicles vocational driving tests - this series was discontinued in November 2024 with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency assuming responsibility for producing this data in an alternative format on their collection pages.

Road hauliers testing - this series was discontinued in March 2022. This series presented weekly statistics on the number of lateral flow tests conducted on hauliers, and the positivity rate of those tests, since early March 2021.

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