EXCLUSIVENumber of UK 運動ing licence 支えるもの／所有者s 攻撃する，衝突するs 記録，記録的な／記録する high and より勝るs major milestone for the very first time
- Number of licence 支えるもの／所有者s has 増加するd by more than two million in two years
- 記録，記録的な／記録する number of older 運転者s over 70, 越えるing six million drivers
- But young licence 支えるもの／所有者s has fallen 8% since March 2020 - we explain why?
The number of 運動ing license 支えるもの／所有者s has 攻撃する，衝突する a 記録，記録的な／記録する milestone.
For the first time ever, more than 42 million people living in the UK now 持つ／拘留する a 十分な licence, new 分析 from car 賃貸し（する）ing comparison 場所／位置 LeaseLoco 明らかにする／漏らすs.
Data from the Driver and 乗り物 Licensing 機関 (DVLA) shows that 42,120,966 people now 持つ／拘留する a 十分な UK 運動ing licence, compared to 41,570,822 this time last year.?
The data also shows that the number has 増加するd by more than one million in the last 24 months, with only 41,075,262 十分な licence 支えるもの／所有者s in February 2022.
More than 42 million people now 持つ／拘留する a UK 運動ing licence for the first time. However, the number of young 運転者s 老年の 16 to 25 has dropped to pre-pandemic levels, 予定 to a 二塁打-whammy of rising costs and long wait times at 実験（する） centres
But, while the number of 十分な licence 支えるもの／所有者s reaches 記録，記録的な／記録する highs, the number of qualified young has returned to pre-pandem ic levels.
DVLA 人物／姿／数字s 明らかにする／漏らす there are 3.05 million licenced drivers 老年の 16 to 25 in the UK.?
While this is an 増加する of just over 75,000 in the last 12 months, it’s still 負かす／撃墜する 8 per cent 全体にわたる on the number of young drivers in March 2020.
Pre-pandemic, 3.32 million 16 to 25-year-olds had a 十分な 運動ing licence, the 記録，記録的な／記録するs show.
By November 2012 - に引き続いて months of lockdowns - that 人物／姿／数字 had 辛勝する／優位d only marginally higher to just 3.42 million.?
MoneySupermarket’s 世帯 索引 明らかにする／漏らすd that it costs an 普通の／平均（する） of £7,609 to get a 17 to 20-year-old on the road and 運動ing for the first year - up 135 per cent over the last 35 years?
Why are young driver numbers taking a 宙返り／暴落する?
This is Money has recently covered the difficult position young drivers 直面する 予定 to spiralling costs of getting on the road, and the 大規模な 延期するs learners 直面する at 地元の 実験（する） centres up and 負かす／撃墜する the country.
MoneySupermarket’s 世帯 索引 (MHI) 明らかにする／漏らすd that it costs an 普通の／平均（する） of £7,609 to get a 17 to 20-year-old on the road and 運動ing for the first year.
Comparatively, 支援する in 1989 the 普通の／平均（する） young 運転者 had to 支払う／賃金 just £1,285 (£3,234 adjusted for インフレーション) to get on the road. This means a rise of 135 per cent in 35 years.
The HMI took into account 購入（する）ing a licence, lessons and a 実験（する）, 加える the cost of 現実に 運動ing - buying a car, 保険, 燃料 and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s such as ULEZ and parking tickets.
Unsurprisingly, nearly half of young people said they couldn't afford to get 運動ing without 財政上の help from their parents when asked by MoneySupermarket.
A Freedom of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） request by the AA 運動ing School 設立する the 大多数 of UK 運動ing 実験（する） centres have 普通の／平均（する） wait times of six week, but some 実験（する） centres have backlogs as long as five months
And in a 二塁打-whammy, young people wanting to take their 実験（する）s are 直面するing 大規模な waits to take their 実験（する）.
A 最近の Freedom of （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） request by the AA 運動ing School shows that the 大多数 of UK 運動ing 実験（する） centres have 普通の／平均（する） wait times of over a month - worse than pre-pandemic levels.
Looking at Driver and 乗り物 基準s 機関 (DVSA) data, the AA 運動ing School discovered that a total of 245 運動ing 実験（する） centres (three ４半期/4分の1s) still had 普通の／平均（する） wait times in 超過 of six weeks at the end of January.
Almost two fifths had wait times of more than five months.
Over 70s 粘着するing の上に licences?
Older 運転者s are continuing to love the freedom and social connectivity 運動ing 申し込む／申し出s, with a 記録，記録的な／記録する number of over 70s 持つ／拘留するing a 十分な 運動ing licence
While young drivers are struggling to get behind the wheel, older drivers are he re for the long 運ぶ／漁獲高 with the number of people 老年の over 70 and 持つ／拘留するing a 十分な 運動ing licence より勝るing six million for the first time on 記録，記録的な／記録する.
反映するing the UK’s ageing 全住民, the number of septuagenarians with a 十分な licence 増加するd more than 200k (226,526) between February 2023 and 2024.
DVLA 人物／姿／数字s also show that the number of people 老年の 80 and over with a 十分な 運動ing licence 増加するd by more than 100,000 (139,003) compared to a year ago, and now stands at 1,788,280.
Amazingly, there a third more centenarians with 十分な UK 運動ing licences than there were two years ago.
This is a （疑いを）晴らす かかわり合い to 運動ing from older 世代s, who 直面する 付加 checks ーするために stay on the road beyond the age of 70.?
Drivers are 要求するd to 新たにする their licence once they 攻撃する，衝突する the 70 milestone, and then every three years thereafter.
After delving through the DVLA data 得るd, John Wilmot, CEO of LeaseLoco, told This is Money: ‘The number of licensed drivers on UK roads has reached an 史上最高, 強調するing the 耐えるing 人気 and convenience of car travel, 特に の中で older individuals.
‘For many 上級のs, owning a car serves as a 決定的な link to social 関係, a 利益 特に pronounced in 田舎の areas where public transportation 選択s may be 限られた／立憲的な or unreliable.’
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