In 2016, there were 20,804 small public service vehicles licensed to operate. More than half (51.6%) of these were based in Dublin.
Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 6.0% (1,254) of the total small public service vehicles in 2016. This is an an increase of 22.9% on the number of those same vehicles in 2015.
In 2016, more than one fifth (22.3%) of all small public service vehicles were 10 years and older while 6.6% were less than two years old.
For long labels below use to display on multiple lines | Distribution of small public service vehicles by age, 2016 |
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<2 years | 6.6 |
2<4 years | 8.7 |
4<6 years | 17.0 |
6<8 years | 20.0 |
8<10 years | 25.5 |
10 years and over | 22.3 |
Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2010-2016 | |||||||
Year | Hackney | Limousine | Taxi | Wheelchair accessible taxi | Wheelchair accessible hackney | Local area hackney | Total |
2010 | 3,772 | 1,216 | 18,920 | 1,401 | * | * | 25,309 |
2011 | 3,241 | 1,204 | 18,101 | 1,227 | 4 | * | 23,777 |
2012 | 2,866 | 1,257 | 17,750 | 1,077 | 14 | * | 22,964 |
2013 | 2,532 | 1,316 | 17,137 | 898 | 18 | * | 21,901 |
2014 | 2,281 | 1,437 | 16,899 | 889 | 35 | 6 | 21,547 |
2015 | 2,081 | 1,571 | 16,460 | 969 | 51 | 14 | 21,146 |
2016 | 1,838 | 1,741 | 15,961 | 1,185 | 69 | 10 | 20,804 |
Source: National Transport Authority | |||||||
* Not available |
Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2016 | ||||||
Number | ||||||
Age | Hackney | Limousine | Taxi | Wheelchair accessible taxi | Wheelchair accessible hackney | Total |
Under 1 year | 70 | 99 | 388 | 108 | 9 | 674 |
1 to < 2 years | 47 | 84 | 490 | 64 | 7 | 692 |
2 to < 3 years | 82 | 84 | 607 | 80 | 8 | 861 |
3 to < 4 years | 80 | 96 | 708 | 56 | 4 | 944 |
4 to < 5 years | 141 | 104 | 1,222 | 72 | 7 | 1,546 |
5 to < 6 years | 172 | 76 | 1,562 | 167 | 12 | 1,989 |
6 to < 7 years | 154 | 74 | 2,105 | 85 | 7 | 2,425 |
7 to < 8 years | 146 | 58 | 1,479 | 40 | 5 | 1,728 |
8 to < 9 years | 260 | 177 | 1,886 | 65 | 3 | 2,391 |
9 to < 10 years | 304 | 265 | 2,248 | 93 | 3 | 2,913 |
10 years and over | 392 | 624 | 3,266 | 355 | 4 | 4,641 |
Total | 1,848 | 1,741 | 15,961 | 1,185 | 69 | 20,804 |
Source: National Transport Authority |
Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2016 | |||||||
Number and rate | |||||||
County | Hackney | Limousine | Taxi | Wheelchair accessible taxi | Wheelchair accessible hackney | Total | % of national SPSV fleet |
Carlow | 20 | 8 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 128 | 0.6 |
Cavan | 42 | 5 | 71 | 17 | 0 | 135 | 0.6 |
Clare | 93 | 81 | 163 | 6 | 5 | 348 | 1.7 |
Cork | 320 | 178 | 1,239 | 75 | 9 | 1,821 | 8.8 |
Donegal | 160 | 33 | 151 | 17 | 16 | 377 | 1.8 |
Dublin | 42 | 458 | 9,649 | 591 | 2 | 10,742 | 51.6 |
Galway | 125 | 113 | 582 | 83 | 5 | 908 | 4.4 |
Kerry | 98 | 140 | 205 | 18 | 0 | 461 | 2.2 |
Kildare | 96 | 92 | 567 | 66 | 3 | 824 | 4.0 |
Kilkenny | 21 | 11 | 142 | 24 | 1 | 199 | 1.0 |
Laois | 29 | 13 | 139 | 14 | 3 | 198 | 1.0 |
Leitrim | 23 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 0.3 |
Limerick | 70 | 97 | 436 | 25 | 1 | 629 | 3.0 |
Longford | 22 | 4 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 0.4 |
Louth | 40 | 60 | 432 | 37 | 1 | 570 | 2.7 |
Mayo | 104 | 52 | 125 | 12 | 1 | 294 | 1.4 |
Meath | 51 | 92 | 898 | 52 | 2 | 1,095 | 5.3 |
Monaghan | 44 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 80 | 0.4 |
Offaly | 71 | 13 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 157 | 0.8 |
Roscommon | 57 | 16 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 120 | 0.6 |
Sligo | 15 | 20 | 118 | 11 | 3 | 167 | 0.8 |
Tipperary | 140 | 53 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 233 | 1.1 |
Waterford | 24 | 49 | 177 | 16 | 2 | 268 | 1.3 |
Westmeath | 18 | 20 | 205 | 27 | 0 | 270 | 1.3 |
Wexford | 72 | 52 | 121 | 18 | 4 | 267 | 1.3 |
Wicklow | 51 | 64 | 225 | 19 | 1 | 360 | 1.7 |
Total | 1,848 | 1,741 | 15,961 | 1,185 | 69 | 20,804 | 100.0 |
Source: National Transport Authority |
Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and main make, 2016 | ||||||
Make | Hackney | Limousine | Taxi | Wheelchair accessible taxi | Wheelchair accessible hackney | Total |
Audi | 32 | 55 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 203 |
Bentley | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
BMW | 10 | 145 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 246 |
Chevrolet | 3 | 3 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
Chrysler | 6 | 131 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 202 |
Citroen | 15 | 2 | 131 | 35 | 0 | 183 |
Dacia | 5 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
Daimler | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Fiat | 16 | 8 | 46 | 120 | 4 | 194 |
Ford | 360 | 49 | 1,709 | 173 | 19 | 2,310 |
Honda | 5 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 182 |
Hyundai | 43 | 12 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 458 |
Jaguar | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Jeep | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Kia | 40 | 6 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
Land Rover | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Lexus | 3 | 35 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
Lincoln | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Maserati | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Mazda | 9 | 1 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
Mercedes-Benz | 92 | 957 | 482 | 23 | 0 | 1,554 |
Mitsubishi | 4 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
Nissan | 54 | 0 | 426 | 125 | 3 | 608 |
Opel | 35 | 3 | 283 | 25 | 3 | 349 |
Peugeot | 28 | 2 | 109 | 329 | 16 | 484 |
Renault | 47 | 4 | 632 | 42 | 3 | 728 |
Rolls-Royce | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Seat | 20 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Skoda | 240 | 36 | 3,172 | 0 | 0 | 3,448 |
Ssangyong | 9 | 4 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
Toyota | 436 | 6 | 5,898 | 86 | 4 | 6,430 |
Vauxhall | 14 | 1 | 168 | 2 | 1 | 186 |
Volkswagen | 312 | 84 | 1,166 | 225 | 16 | 1,803 |
Volvo | 3 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Other makes | 4 | 67 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
Total | 1,848 | 1,741 | 15,961 | 1,185 | 69 | 20,804 |
Source: National Transport Authority | ||||||
Note: At the time of publication, data for wheelchair accessible taxi and wheelchair accessible hackney was not in the correct columns |
Table 10.5 Number of small public service vehicles by county and age of vehicle, 2016 | |||||||
County | Age (years) | Total | |||||
Under 3 | 3 ˂ 5 | 5 < 7 | 7 < 9 | 9 < 10 | 10 and over | ||
Carlow | 25 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 31 | 128 |
Cavan | 16 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 31 | 135 |
Clare | 36 | 35 | 53 | 84 | 53 | 87 | 348 |
Cork | 228 | 240 | 368 | 321 | 269 | 395 | 1,821 |
Donegal | 50 | 52 | 91 | 55 | 43 | 86 | 377 |
Dublin | 1,084 | 1,304 | 2,398 | 2,140 | 1,510 | 2,306 | 10,742 |
Galway | 76 | 103 | 220 | 185 | 105 | 219 | 908 |
Kerry | 105 | 73 | 59 | 80 | 55 | 89 | 461 |
Kildare | 81 | 74 | 194 | 184 | 106 | 185 | 824 |
Kilkenny | 47 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 38 | 199 |
Laois | 29 | 27 | 52 | 36 | 24 | 30 | 198 |
Leitrim | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 66 |
Limerick | 42 | 61 | 120 | 147 | 91 | 168 | 629 |
Longford | 10 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 87 |
Louth | 50 | 67 | 110 | 116 | 94 | 133 | 570 |
Mayo | 30 | 30 | 46 | 55 | 47 | 86 | 294 |
Meath | 119 | 133 | 239 | 200 | 151 | 253 | 1,095 |
Monaghan | 4 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 80 |
Offaly | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 21 | 53 | 157 |
Roscommon | 10 | 11 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 30 | 120 |
Sligo | 26 | 23 | 26 | 32 | 17 | 43 | 167 |
Tipperary | 17 | 25 | 44 | 49 | 39 | 59 | 233 |
Waterford | 29 | 23 | 58 | 64 | 33 | 61 | 268 |
Westmeath | 27 | 33 | 57 | 57 | 43 | 53 | 270 |
Wexford | 30 | 40 | 42 | 51 | 39 | 65 | 267 |
Wicklow | 38 | 42 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 89 | 360 |
Total | 2,227 | 2,490 | 4,414 | 4,119 | 2,913 | 4,641 | 20,804 |
Source: National Transport Authority |
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