The stock of licensed motor vehicles rose by 1,150 in the first quarter of 2009. As at end March 2009, the stock of licensed motor vehicles stood at 295,808. Of these, 75.8 per cent were private vehicles, while commercial vehicles accounted for 16.2 per cent.
New licences
New licences issued during the first quarter of 2009 amounted to 4,264. Private vehicles accounted for 3,504 new licences, or 82.2 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 1,675 new licences, while vehicles in ‘Class 2’ (1301-1449 cc) amounted to 504. Newly-licensed ‘new’ motor vehicles came up to 1,971, or 46.2 per cent of the total, while newly-licensed ‘used’ motor vehicles amounted to 2,293.
Exported, scrapped and garaged
In the first quarter of 2009, 20 vehicles were exported. Scrapped vehicles numbered 1,027, of which 57.8 per cent were ‘Class 1’ vehicles (<1300 cc). In the period under review, 3,044 vehicles were garaged. These made up a 74.4 per cent proportion of the total vehicles which are no longer on the road.