As at the end of September, the stock of licensed motor vehicles as provided by Transport Malta stood at 303,761. Of these, 76.4 per cent were private vehicles, while commercial vehicles accounted for 15.6 per cent.

New licences issued during the third quarter amounted to 4,152. Private vehicles accounted for 3,353 new licences, or 80.8 per cent of the total. In the reference period, the majority of new licences were issued to private vehicles within ‘Class 1’ (<1300 cc), accounting for 1,452 new licences, followed by vehicles in ‘Class 5’ (1801-2000 cc) with 528. Newly-licensed ‘new’ motor vehicles amounted to 1,455, or 35.0 per cent of the total. A total of 2,697 ‘used’ motor vehicles were newly-licensed during the quarter under review.

In the third quarter this year, 31 vehicles were exported. Scrapped vehicles numbered 937, of which 87.2 per cent were private vehicles, with the majority in the ‘Class 1’ category (<1300 cc). Garaged vehicles amounted to 2,099 or 68.4 per cent of the total vehicles which were no longer on the road in the period under review.

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