Licensing and Registration Statistics

As at 31 December 2024.

Licence holders

South Australia has 1,372,725 licence holders:

including full, provisional 1, provisional 2, probationary licences and learners permits
excluding disqualified drivers, suspended, cancelled or expired licences.

Licence class	Number of holders
C (Car)	1,199,815
HC (Heavy Combination)	31,126
HR (Heavy Rigid)	58,121
LR (Light Rigid)	23,227
MC (Multi Combination)	17,973
MR (Medium Rigid)	40,781
R (Motorcycle)	148,766
RD (Restricted Motorcycle)	18,265

The sum of licence classes will not equal the number of licence holders. This is because a driver can have both a motorbike and another class of licence, for example a C and R.

Licence types	Number of holders
Full licence	1,227,569
Learner's permit	76,221
Probationary licence	5,042
Provisional 1 licence	24,871
Provisional 2 licence	48,841

The sum of licence types will not equal the number of licence holders. This is because a driver can have a learner's permit for another class of vehicle in addition to the class on their current licence.

Other licence information	Number of holders
Licence holder disqualifications started in the last 12 months	13,922
Elected Good Behaviour Option in the last 12 months	4,058
Elected Safer Driver Agreement in the last 12 months	1,300
Good Behaviour Option breach in the last 12 months	1,001
Safer Driver Agreement breach in the last 12 months	220

Vehicle registrations

Body type	Number of vehicles
Cars	636,941
Station wagons	561,864
Panel vans	44,285
Utilities	237,941
Trucks	44,163
Prime Movers	10,404
Other commercials	19,597
Commercial trailers	40,715
Buses	4,546
Tractors	30,399
Motorcycles	57,646
Caravans	61,906
Trailers	278,299
Others	17,479
Total vehicle registrations	2,045,384