Today the the latest report on stats was published by the DFT, it can be found here.
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/d ... 032974.pdf
I have posted the introduction but there are some tables in this document that can't be displayed here because of the formating.
5 Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles
Key results
• There were 20,816 licensed taxis in London and 24,846 taxi drivers licensed at the end of
March 2004 (Table 5.1).
• 2,298 PHV operator licences had been granted in London. The Public Carriage Office is in the process of licensing PHV drivers, of which 4,548 had been completed by 31 March 2004.
• In the South East Region, outside London, there were 8,801 taxis and 14,046 PHVs. There were many more driver licences than vehicles, at 31,016. Drivers often work in shifts and nearly 9,000 drivers were dual licensed to drive a taxi and a PHV in the region.
• The North West Region had a fleet of 7,377 taxis and 16,894 PHVs. There were 37,196 drivers in all.
• Of the major urban Transport Authority areas, South Yorkshire PTE had fewer taxis and PHVs than the others, with 767 taxis and 2,312 PHVs.
• In Wales, 3,620 taxis and 4,044 PHVs were licensed. Dual licensing of drivers was carried out by about half of the Welsh local authorities, which had licensed 10,896 drivers. Access for disabled people
• 32,815 taxis in England were purpose built taxis, which are designed to be wheelchair accessible with assistance from the driver. These were more than half of all taxis (Table 5.1).
• The North West Region had the largest wheelchair accessible taxi fleet outside London, of 4,418 vehicles. The West Midlands Region had the next largest wheelchair accessible taxi fleet, of 2,421 taxis. Many of the large urban licensing authorities in those regions specify purpose built taxi bodies.
• 27,313 taxis in England were saloon or estate cars not suitable for wheelchair access. A further 3,208 were of other body types such as van derived designs. National Travel Survey Taxis and PHVs are an important mode of local transport, particularly at times when local buses run infrequently or in areas poorly served by other public transport. The NTS provides data on the users of taxis and PHVs combined (Chart 5.1). The measure of use is "trips" as, in the context of the NTS, a journey reported can consist of a chain of trips to the destination.
• Taxis and PHVs together account for just over 1 per cent of all trips per person per year. This is about 650 million trips or over 3 billion miles per year.
• Taxis and PHVs are commonly used by younger people and by those on lower incomes who do not have access to a household car.
• Women aged 16 to 20 make the greatest number of trips in taxis and PHVs (Chart 5.1).
• The NTS indicates a slight reduction in the use of taxis and PHVs, comparing the 1999/2001 survey results with those in 2002/2003.
What may be of interest to some in the complete document, is the table of licensed vehicles drivers and wheelchair accesible Cabs.
Best wishes
JD
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