Data on Motorcars and Motorcycles Scrapped in Last Five Years by Engine Capacity

Mr Abdul Samad asked the Minister for Transport (a) how many motorcars and motorcycles of different engine capacity have been scrapped in the last five years; and (b) how many new COEs have been issued for both vehicle types.

As the vehicle growth rate is 0% per annum, the number of new Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) available each quarter is based on the number of deregistered vehicles in the last two quarters. Deregistered vehicles can either be scrapped or exported. So, to be complete, this reply will address vehicle deregistrations as a whole. From July 2017 to June 2022, about 260,000 cars were deregistered. Fifty-four percent of the cars deregistered were COE Category A cars with engine capacities of 1,600 cubic centimetres (cc) or lower. In the same period, about 65,000 motorcycles were deregistered. Seventy-six percent of the motorcycles deregistered had engine capacities of 200 cc or lower, 15% had engine capacities of 201 cc to 400 cc and 9% had engine capacities of 400 cc and above.

The COEs from these deregistered vehicles were made available for bidding from November 2017 to October 2022. During this period, about 285,000 COEs were used to register cars and about 65,000 COEs to register motorcycles. There were more cars registered than deregistered in the periods stated as many Category E COEs were used to register cars.