January 2025 L-Category (Scooters, Motorcycles & other light vehicles) New Vehicle Registrations

MCIA has today published the new vehicle market data for the month of January 2025. This includes Mopeds, Scooters, Motorcycles and other L-Category vehicle segments.   

New registrations for January closed at a disappointing 30.5% behind last year. This equates to a total monthly volume of 4,201 compared to 6,043, some 2,000-unit decrease compared to January 2024.

The main driver for the significant decrease in the market is the high level of vehicles that were registered, but not sold in December, as a direct result of a regulation change. 

Tony Campbell, CEO of MCIA, said: “We fully expected a drop in the January market owing to the changes to regulation referenced above. We will be keeping a close eye on the market as we move out of winter and into early Spring, where it will be critical period for the rest of the year.

As I have stressed previously, the current economic policies introduced by this Government in October have only harmed consumer confidence and increased costs on businesses, the recent “long term” announcements will do little or nothing to change the short / medium term prospects.   

MCIA will be holding its Industry Annual Conference on Tuesday 18th February in London, where invited speakers will send an important message to Government that this sector is here to support it, but must be better understood in order to make that happen”.

More details on the January registration figures can be found here.

Please credit MCIA when quoting this information.

Notes for Editors:

MCIA is the body that represents the UK L-Category vehicle industry. L-Category vehicles can be defined as motorised lightweight scooters, motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles, typically with zero or low-emission power.  

Within regulation they are defined as ‘L-Category’ vehicles (Regulation 168/2013) and are a great solution to the congestion and air quality challenges we all face. They are also sometimes
referred to as powered light vehicles (PLV).

For more information about the work of MCIA and L-Category vehicles, or to interview MCIA’s CEO, Tony Campbell, please contact Gina Evans at g.evans@mcia.co.uk.