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Short, data-led stories. Each one names the datasets it uses and links to the figures behind it.
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Road safety Uninsured driving: convictions rose 7% in 2025 after a decade of decline Court data for England and Wales shows 76,983 convictions for driving without insurance in 2025, the first rise since 2021, and a sevenfold gap between forces. -
Road safety Act Before You REact: why TyreSafe wants road users to think differently about tyre safety TyreSafe’s Tyre Safety Month 2026 campaign asks drivers to check tyres before something goes wrong. We add what 29 million MOTs show about Britain’s tyres. -
Reliability Which cars are in the best condition for their age and mileage? A Dacia Sandero passes its MOT more often than a Citroën DS3, and is in worse condition for its age. Our Reliability Score, from 24.1 million MOT tests. -
Roads What are Britain's busiest roads, and where is traffic growing? The M25 between junctions 13 and 14 carried an estimated 209,610 vehicles a day in 2025, Britain's busiest stretch. -
Fuel Where is fuel cheapest in the UK? Petrol was 14.2p a litre cheaper in Rossendale than in the Western Isles and West Berkshire. Where fuel is cheapest and dearest, council by council. -
Registrations How fast are Chinese car brands growing in Britain? Chinese brands took 11.6% of first car registrations in Great Britain in the last 12 months, up from 5.4%. Which Chinese brands are growing, and how fast. -
Cars Which cars are disappearing from Britain's roads? Just 1,719 Ford Sierras are still licensed in Great Britain, against 1,060,846 at the end of 1994. The models vanishing fastest from British roads. -
Driving tests Where is the easiest and hardest place to pass your driving test? Melton Mowbray passed 69.66% of car tests in 2025/26 and Wolverhampton 34.26%, a 35.4-point gap. Pass rates for every busy test centre in Great Britain. -
Reliability Which used cars are most and least reliable at their MOT? Cars first registered in 2015 passed 72.6% of MOTs in 2025, but the Honda Jazz passed 83.6% and the Renault Clio 55.6%. -
Fuel How much more do motorway services charge for fuel? Motorway forecourts charged 21.7p a litre more for petrol than supermarkets, adding £11.94 to a 55-litre fill. What a tank costs at the services. -
Registrations How has the fuel of Britain's new cars changed? One in three cars registered new in Great Britain in early 2026 plugged in, while petrol's share fell from 39.6% to 26.8% in under two years. -
Fuel Is super unleaded worth the extra over E10? Super unleaded cost 17.2p a litre more than E10, adding £9.46 to a 55-litre tank. The gap by brand, nation and forecourt, and what GOV.UK says about E10.