Official: Motorcycle tax evasion is just 6.5%

Department for Transport figures just released show that motorcycle tax evasion was just 6.5% in 2007 – not 38% as claimed just weeks ago when bikers were lambasted in Parliament for dodging tax.

The rate of unlicensed motorcycles in traffic was 6.5%. The rate of unlicensed motorcycles in active stock was slightly higher at 9.8% although no clarification of what ‘Active Stock’ is was actually provided.

Both figures were the highest for any traffic group in the survey.