Registration and Licensing of Vehicles and Drivers

Number of Licensed Vehicles during 2012-2021

Vehicles Licensed		As at End of Year
Vehicles Licensed		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021
A. Motorised Vehicles
Motor Cycles		39,706		41,706		44,330		47,523		49,864		52,829		54,920		58,192		64,683		70,937
Motor Tricycles		35		60		107		236		363		488		625		745		864		960
Private Cars		454,697		475,752		495,038		521,852		536,025		552,710		565,213		573,932		573,003		581,012
Urban Taxis		15,248		15,206		15,189		15,237		15,244		15,240		15,234		15,231		15,191		15,192
N.T. Taxis		2,833		2,827		2,827		2,831		2,833		2,834		2,834		2,826		2,818		2,794
Lantau Taxis		50		50		50		50		75		74		75		75		75		75
Public Buses:
NWFB	Single Deck	36	704	35	715	35	711	32	720	13	691	17	702	17	663	17	685	17	690	16	688
NWFB	Double Deck	668	704	680	715	676	711	688	720	678	691	685	702	646	663	668	685	673	690	672	688
KMB	Single Deck	168	3,818	177	3,844	173	3,852	172	3,888	164	3,916	144	3,967	147	4,094	141	4,065	140	3,997	136	4,001
KMB	Double Deck	3,650	3,818	3,667	3,844	3,679	3,852	3,716	3,888	3,752	3,916	3,823	3,967	3,947	4,094	3,924	4,065	3,857	3,997	3,865	4,001
NLB	Single Deck	108	108	108	108	109	111	116	123	111	121	114	124	102	155	98	156	92	150	77	135
NLB	Double Deck	-	108	-	108	2	111	7	123	10	121	10	124	53	155	58	156	58	150	58	135
City Bus	Single Deck	65	778	54	777	51	781	36	762	38	767	38	738	38	745	37	751	29	744	25	771
City Bus	Double Deck	713	778	723	777	730	781	726	762	729	767	700	738	707	745	714	751	715	744	746	771
Long Win Bus	Single Deck	-	165	-	172	-	179	-	190	-	242	4	245	4	261	4	279	4	238	4	257
Long Win Bus	Double Deck	165	165	172	172	179	179	190	190	242	242	241	245	257	261	275	279	234	238	253	257
City Bus 2	Single Deck	18	170	14	175	14	176	9	182	-	179	-	206	-	233	-	241	-	223	-	188
City Bus 2	Double Deck	152	170	161	175	162	176	173	182	179	179	206	206	233	233	241	241	223	223	188	188
KCRC/ MTRC	Single Deck	8	117	8	124	11	127	11	133	11	133	11	139	11	143	11	144	11	142	11	145
KCRC/ MTRC	Double Deck	109	117	116	124	116	127	122	133	122	133	128	139	132	143	133	144	131	142	134	145
Others	Single Deck	6,741	6,840	6,766	6,866	6,803	6,906	6,780	6,883	6,773	6,876	6,740	6,846	6,811	6,935	6,836	7,007	6,522	6,689	6,010	6,180
Others	Double Deck	99	6,840	100	6,866	103	6,906	103	6,883	103	6,876	106	6,846	124	6,935	171	7,007	167	6,689	170	6,180
Private Buses		544		572		582		610		646		676		694		729		729		778
Public Light Buses		4,347		4,346		4,345		4,344		4,347		4,338		4,323		4,315		4,267		4,228
Private Light Buses		2,439		2,757		2,995		3,066		3,102		3,070		3,346		3,457		3,501		3,471
Light Goods Vehicles		71,699		74,339		71,712		70,431		70,336		70,782		72,704		71,610		74,275		75,568
Medium Goods Vehicles		36,788		37,902		36,630		36,001		36,200		36,156		36,702		35,322		35,380		34,992
Heavy Goods Vehicles		4,234		4,755		5,073		5,398		5,816		6,042		6,398		6,393		6,634		6,883
Special Purpose Vehicles		1,450		1,556		1,530		1,552		1,614		1,683		1,763		1,828		1,861		1,931
Government Vehicles:
Motor Cycles		905		826		762		682		748		715		658		615		687		696
Others		5,335		5,479		5,527		5,569		5,539		5,596		5,716		5,768		5,857		5,992
Total (Motor Vehicles)		653,010		680,914		699,540		728,263		745,677		766,200		784,434		794,366		802,698		817,874
B. Non-motorised Vehicles
Trailers		14,671		14,551		14,075		13,913		13,560		13,338		13,071		12,429		12,668		11,851
Rickshaws		2		3		3		3		3		3		2		2		2		1