The Statistical Office announces the release of the report "Motor Vehicle Registrations" covering the period January - March 2022.
In March 2022, total motor vehicle registrations reached 2,431, a decrease of 24.3% compared to 3,210 in March 2021. Passenger car saloon registrations decreased by 19.8% to 1,904 from 2,375 in March 2021.
The main developments in vehicle registrations in the period January - March 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, can be summarized as follows.
(a) The total number of registered vehicles decreased by 19.4% in the period January - March 2022 to 7.872, compared to 9,764 in the same period of 2021.
(b) Passenger car saloon registrations decreased by 15.5% to 6,382, compared to 7,553 in the same period of 2021. Of the total passenger saloon cars, 3,060 or 47.9% were new and 3,322 or 52.1% were used cars.
[C](c) Bus registrations increased to 36 in January-March 2022, up from 16 in the same period in 2021.
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(d) Cargo vehicle registrations decreased to 818 in January-March 2022, compared to 1,164 in the same period in 2021, a decrease of 29.7%. Specifically, light trucks decreased 26.8% to 643, heavy trucks decreased 35.4% to 84, road tractors (trailers) decreased 82.4% to 12, and rental vehicles decreased 9.2% to 79.
(e) Moped registrations <50kE decreased to 73 in the January-March 2022 period, compared to 94 in the same period in 2021.
(f) Motorcycle registrations > 50ke decreased 42.9% to 480 in the January - March 2022 period, compared to 840 in the same period in 2021.
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Category
Motor Vehicles
Number of Registrations
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Percentage Change (%)
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mar. 2022
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Mar. 2021
[/TD] [TD]Jan.-March. 2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan.-Mar. 2021
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Mar. 2022/
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Jan.-Mar. 2022/
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mar. 2021
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Jan.-Mar. 2021
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Passenger cars
[/TD] [TD]1.904
[/TD] [TD]2.375
[/TD] [TD]6.382
[/TD] [TD]7.553
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-19.8
[/TD] [TD]-15,5
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Buses
[/TD] [TD]27
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [TD]36
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]1.250,0
[/TD] [TD]125,0
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Cargo vehicles
[/TD] [TD]279
[/TD] [TD]392
[/TD] [TD]818
[/TD] [TD]1.164
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-28.8
[/TD] [TD]-29,7
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Mopeds < 50ke
[/TD] [TD]37
[/TD] [TD]57
[/TD] [TD]73
[/TD] [TD]94
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-35,1
[/TD] [TD]-22,3
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Motorcycles > 50ke
[/TD] [TD]165
[/TD] [TD]357
[/TD] [TD]480
[/TD] [TD]840
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-53,8
[/TD] [TD]-42,9
[/TD] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Elcysts
[/TD] [TD]8
[/TD] [TD]16
[/TD] [TD]42
[/TD] [TD]43
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-50.0
[/TD] [TD]-2,3
[/TD] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Other vehicles
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [TD]11
[/TD] [TD]41
[/TD] [TD]54
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]0,0
[/TD] [TD]-24.1
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Total
[/TD] [TD]2.431
[/TD] [TD]3,210
[/TD] [TD]7,872
[/TD] [TD]9.764
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-24.3
[/TD] [TD]-19.4
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
New
[/TD] [TD]1.229
[/TD] [TD]1.570
[/TD] [TD]4.116
[/TD] [TD]4.076
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-21.7
[/TD] [TD]1.0
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Used
[/TD] [TD]1.202
[/TD] [TD]1.640
[/TD] [TD]3.756
[/TD] [TD]5.688
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-26.7
[/TD] [TD]-34,0
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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Purpose and coverage
Data on Motor Vehicle Registrations are collected on a monthly basis. They relate to new motor vehicle registrations as recorded by the Department of Road Transport.
Registrations are presented by category, make, type of power, new or used, engine capacity, country of manufacture and origin, and other vehicle characteristics, based on information maintained by the Motor Vehicle Registration Service in the Department of Road Transport.
Data collection
Data collection is carried out by the Statistical Service, which receives the necessary data from the Road Transport Department.
Definitions
"Motor vehicle" means any vehicle with an engine, which is its sole means of propulsion, intended for road use and used primarily for the transport of persons or goods, i.e:
- Saloon-type passenger cars, which include private cars, taxis, rental cars, educational vehicles and vehicles for the disabled
- Buses, private and public
- Cargo vehicles, which include heavy and light cargo vehicles and road tractors (trailers)
- Mopeds or motorcycles, which include mopeds, tricycles, motorcycles and rental motorcycles
- Tractors, agricultural and non-agricultural
- Other vehicles, which include road rollers, motor cranes, heavy vehicles and other vehicles of a special type and use.
Monthly publication
The Motor Vehicle Registers report has been published monthly since 1982 and is sold at €6.50 per copy. It is also available free of charge in electronic form on the Statistical Office's web portal.
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