As at the end of 2010, the stock of licensed motor vehicles as provided by Transport Malta stood at 304,705. Of these, 76.7 per cent were private vehicles, while commercial vehicles accounted for 15.6 per cent.

New licences

New licences issued during the fourth quarter of 2010 amounted to 3,967. Private vehicles accounted for 3,311 new licences, or 83.5 per cent of the total. In the reference period, 1,259 new licences were issued to private vehicles within ‘Class 1’ (<1,300 cc) and 594 in ‘Class 5’ (1,801- 2,000 cc). Newly-licensed ‘new’ motor vehicles amounted to 1,319, or 33.2 per cent of the total. A total of 2,648 ‘used’ motor vehicles were newly-licensed during the quarter under review.

Exported, scrapped and garaged

In the fourth quarter last year, 23 vehicles were exported. Scrapped vehicles numbered 1,294, of which 92.3 per cent were private vehicles, with the majority in the ‘Class 1’ category (<1,300 cc). Garaged vehicles amounted to 2,598, or 66.4 per cent of all vehicles which were no longer on the road in the period under review.

Annual perspective

In 2010, newly-licensed vehicles totalled 16,064 – 5,574 new and 10,490 used – a decrease of 2,653, or 14.2 per cent over 2009. Exported and scrapped vehicles amounted to 111 and 4,475 respectively, while 9,283 vehicles were garaged. In 2010, 13,869 vehicles were removed from the roads.

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