The numbers behind operator licensing 

Every year, the traffic commissioners publish their annual report. You may have read their most recent report, which covers 2017/18.

As part of their commitment to transparency, the commissioners publish statistics on their licensing and regulatory work.

Below are some of the interesting figures from 2017/18.

Goods & PSV operators

• Licences held: 72,547 goods / 8756 PSV 
• Vehicles: 378,476 goods / 95,634 PSV discs issued
• Applications: 11,714 goods / 1231 PSV 
• Public inquiries (non compliance): 810 goods / 181 PSV 
• Licences revoked: 261 goods / 86 PSV 
• Licences suspended: 104 goods / 11 PSV 
• Operator disqualifications: 82 goods / 28 PSV 
• Transport manager disqualifications: 105 goods / 39 PSV

Drivers

• Vocational licence applications refused: 2798 
• Vocational licences revoked: 262 
• Vocational licences suspended: 838 
• Drivers called to conduct hearing: 3290 
• Cases closed: 21,222