Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Motor Vehicle Registration
10:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 200: To ask the Taoiseach his estimate of the total vehicle fleet distinguishing private vehicles from commercial vehicles and indicating his estimate of aggregate distance travelled by the different segments, private, public service vehicles, commercial vehicles and haulage vehicles. [35110/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government provides a breakdown of all mechanically propelled vehicles under current licence in its annual publication, Irish Bulletin of Vehicle and Driver Statistics. The latest data available from the Department, which is for the reference year 2004, is given in Table 1.
| Table 1: Vehicles under current licence 2004. | |
| Vehicle Type | 2004 |
| Private Cars | 1,582,833 |
| Motor Cycles | 34,854 |
| Goods Vehicles | 268,082 |
| Tractors, Excavators, Dumpers etc. | 76,697 |
| Public Service Vehicles Small | 20,744 |
| Public Service Vehicles Large | 7,430 |
| Exempt Vehicles | 18,847 |
| Others | 26,820 |
| Total | 2,036,307 |
An estimate of the aggregate distance travelled for all categories is not available. The Central Statistic Office's road freight transport survey provides statistics on all Irish registered vehicles belonging to the motor tax class "goods vehicles with an unladen weight of 2 tonnes or over" which are engaged in the carriage of goods on public roads. The latest results on vehicle kilometres travelled by weight and body type of goods vehicles are set out in Tables 2 and 3:
| Table 2: Average Number of Vehicles and Total Vehicle Kilometres classified by Unladen Weight and Main Use of Vehicle 2004. | ||||||
| Average No. of vehicles on Register | Total Vehicles Kilometres (million) | |||||
| Unladen Weight (kg) | Own Account | Hire or Reward | Total | Own Account | Hire or Reward | Total |
| 2,000-5,000 | 35,037 | 3,567 | 38,604 | 333 | 116 | 449 |
| 5,001-7,500 | 7,704 | 2,648 | 10,352 | 128 | 131 | 259 |
| 7,501-10,000 | 7,827 | 4,674 | 12,501 | 168 | 256 | 424 |
| 10,001-12,500 | 6,444 | 7,672 | 14,116 | 189 | 511 | 700 |
| Over 12,500 | 4,977 | 4,198 | 9,175 | 210 | 300 | 510 |
| Total | 61,989 | 22,759 | 84,748 | 1,028 | 1314 | 2,342 |
| Table 3: Average Number of Vehicles and Total Vehicle Kilometres classified by Body Type and Main Use of Vehicle 2004. | ||||||
| Average No. of vehicles on Register | Total Vehicles Kilometres (million) | |||||
| Body Type of Vehicle | Own Account | Hire or Reward | Total | Own Account | Hire or Reward | Total |
| Platform or sided | 7,312 | 3,492 | 10,804 | 134 | 212 | 346 |
| Tipper | 7,160 | 3,651 | 10,811 | 176 | 209 | 385 |
| Tanker or other bulk carrier | 3,287 | 1,346 | 4,633 | 106 | 104 | 210 |
| Insulated or refrigerated box | 2,745 | 1,831 | 4,576 | 115 | 174 | 289 |
| Box or van body | 14,768 | 4,711 | 19,479 | 257 | 238 | 495 |
| Livestock Carrier | 1,723 | 419 | 2,142 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Other | 24,994 | 7,309 | 32,303 | 227 | 362 | 589 |
| Total | 61,989 | 22,759 | 84,748 | 1,028 | 1,314 | 2,342 |
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