The first automobile arrived in Oregon in 1899. Soon after its arrival, in 1905, Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (DMV) began a process for registering vehicles. Later, in the 1930s, DMV began testing and licensing drivers.
Today in Oregon there are:
- About 4.1 million registered vehicles. Of those, about 3.2 million are passenger vehicles.
- Nearly 3.1 million licensed drivers.
DMV provides direct services to customers by:
- Serving over 13,000 customers every day through 60 local offices around the state.
- Answering about 1.7 million customer phone calls per year.
- Responding to more than 3 million record requests per year from businesses and the general public.
- Fulfilling more than 60 million record requests by law enforcement per year.
Driver-related facts
Each year, DMV:
- Monitors the driving privileges of about 3.1 million drivers.
- Issues nearly 200,000 new drivers’ licenses, and renews more than 350,000.
- Files nearly 100,000 accident reports.
- Verifies vehicle insurance information by random sampling vehicle owners.
- Reviews driver medical conditions and oversees re-testing on more than 4,000 drivers in our Medically At-Risk Driver Program.
- Suspends driving privileges nearly 450,000 times (some drivers receive multiple suspensions).
- Enters more than 400,000 driver convictions to driving records.
- Conducts more than 300,000 knowledge and 70,000 skills tests.
Vehicle-related Facts
Each year, DMV:
- Registers about 1.8 million vehicles.
- Issues about 850,000 titles.
- Issues nearly 400,000 plates for vehicles. There are nearly 50 different types of vehicle plate designs, in addition to specialty, or custom, license plates.
Dealers/Business-related Facts
Each year, DMV:
- Regulates more than 3,000 motor vehicle-related businesses, including vehicle dealers, commercial drive schools, vehicle appraisers, vehicle dismantlers and others.
Sanctions offenders and conducts formal administrative hearings.
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