As at end June 2009, the stock of licensed motor vehicles stood at 299,474. Of these, 75.9 per cent were private vehicles, while commercial vehicles accounted for 16.1 per cent.

New licences

New licences issued during the second quarter of 2009 amounted to 5,140. Private vehicles accounted for 4,155 new licences, or 80.8 per cent of the total. In the reference quarter, the majority of new licences were issued to private vehicles falling within ‘Class 1’ (<1300 cc). This class accounted for 1,583 new licences, while vehicles in ‘Class 2’ (1301-1449 cc) accounted for 643. Newly-licensed ‘new’ motor vehicles amounted to 1,919, or 37.3 per cent of the total, while newly-licensed ‘used’ motor vehicles amounted to 3,221.

Exported, scrapped and garaged

In the second quarter of 2009, exported vehicles amounted to 18. Scrapped vehicles numbered 844 of which 56.5 per cent were ‘Class 1’ vehicles (<1300 cc). For the period under review, garaged vehicles amounted to 1,943 or 69.3 per cent of the total vehicles which are no longer on the road

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