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New Zealand motor vehicle registration statistics - 2006

General - Table 39

Vehicle fleet as at 30 June

Vehicle type Vehicle description
2006
Total fleet
2005
Total fleet
2004
Total fleet
1 Mopeds
21,000
15,932
13,745
2 Trailers/Caravans
542,316
 525,782
508,291
3 Tractors
35,240
34,343
32,634
4 Agricultural machines
1,526
 1,509
1,417
5 Non-highway trailers
1,160
1,075
977
6 Mobile machines
14,364
 13,699
12,957
7 Passenger cars/vans
2,702,485
2,622,357
2,525,401
8 Goods vans/trucks/utilities
493,910
478,715
461,100
9 Buses
18,854
17,729
16,697
10 Motor caravans
21,781
 19,708
17,766
11 Motorcycles
83,904
76,895
72,699
12 ATVs
3,691
 3,056
2,689
13 Special purpose vehicles
2,360
2,276
2,204
Total
3,942,591
3,813,076
3,668,577
 
Vehicle type Vehicle description
2006
Total fleet excluding exempt and restoration licences
2005
Total fleet excluding exempt and restoration licences
2004
Total fleet excluding exempt and restoration licences
1 Mopeds
18,123
13,189
11,179
2 Trailers/Caravans
523,865
509,060
 493,501
3 Tractors
34,425
33,605
32,028
4 Agricultural machines
1,433
1,428
 1,362
5 Non-highway trailers
1,135
1,033
950
6 Mobile machines
13,948
13,367
12,650
7 Passenger cars/vans
2,557,745
2,489,469
2,402,207
8 Goods vans/trucks/utilities
455,696
 444,023
429,120
9 Buses
17,585
16,672
15,789
10 Motor caravans
18,132
16,512
14,881
11 Motorcycles
57,048
50,567
47,480
12 ATVs
3,604
2,987
 2,632
13 Special purpose vehicles
2,131
2,078
2,021
Total
3,704,870
3,593,990
3,465,800
 
Vehicles used for crash rate calculation (refer ‘Motor Accidents in NZ–Table 1: Casualty rates, historical’)
3,124,329
3,030,432
2,920,656

Note: The total fleet is the number of vehicles recorded in the Motor Vehicle Register, excluding vehicles with cancelled/lapsed registration.
The shaded cells in the table above indicate the vehicle categories included for the purpose of calculating crash rates (refer ‘Motor Accidents in NZ’). These include motorised vehicles designed primarily for on road use and exclude vehicles with an exempt or restoration licence.

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