The UK market for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs, i.e., trucks >6t) grew by 13.5% to 46,227 registrations in 2023, making it the best year for the UK truck market since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics published by the SMMT.

The UK bus and coach market in 2023 grew by 44.6% to register 4,932 units, a promising level of growth which still remains below the pre-pandemic figure of 5,874 units (2019), according to statistics published by the SMMT.

Registrations of “rigids >3.5-6.0t” increased from 4,787 the year prior to 5,800, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The market grew by a whopping 130.6% compared to the same period of the year prior, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

11,531 HGVs were registered between July and September, representing a 14.9% improvement compared to the same period of the year prior, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

11,174 units were registered in total, making for a fifth consecutive quarter of growth, according to statistics published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The market saw total growth of 5.9%, according to second quarter 2023 results published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The SMMT reports that the UK market for LCVs below 3.5t grew by a fifth, while that for rigid LCVs between 3.5-6t shrank by 11.4%.

The figures record a 1.8% increase following a 35.1% decline in production in the previous month.

Mid-August saw the SMMT (The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) post figures for the first half of 2020: New bus and coach registrations fell by more than a third (-34.6%) to 1,731 units from 2,645.

New bus and coach registrations fell by 29.4% in the second quarter of this year, according to statistics provided by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, with 1,433 vehicles registered.

Registrations of new heavy goods vehicles rose 46.3% in the second quarter of 2019, with 15,605 units registered, according to figures issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.