At the end of December 2018, the stock of licensed motor vehicles stood at 385,326, an increase of 3.6 per cent over the same quarter in 2017, the National Statistics Office said.
77.9 per cent were passenger cars, 13.6 per cent were commercial vehicles, 7.4 per cent were motorcycles/quadricycles and All Terrain Vehicle's (ATV), while buses and minibuses amounted to less than one per cent.
During the quarter under review, the stock of licensed vehicles increased at an average rate of 30 vehicles per day.
Newly licensed vehicles put on the road during the period under review amounted to 6,367. The majority of the newly licensed vehicles, 4,710 or 74.0 per cent of the total, were passenger cars, followed by motorcycles/e-bicycles with 700 or 11.0 per cent.
Newly licensed 'new' motor vehicles amounted to 2,765 or 43.4 per cent of the total, whereas newly licensed 'used' motor vehicles totalled 3,602 or 56.6 per cent.
An average of 69 vehicles per day were newly licensed during the quarter under review.
Vehicles under restriction During the fourth quarter of last year, 7,424 vehicles were taken off the roads due to a restriction.
Out of this total, 36.1 per cent were put for resale, 31.2 per cent were scrapped, while garaged vehicles amounted to 30.2 per cent. Vehicles that had their restriction ending during the quarter under review totalled 3,723.
The majority were recorded as being for resale (68.2 per cent) or garaged (31.2 per cent).
As at the end of December last year, 231,508 vehicles or 60.1 per cent of the total were petrol-powered engines. Diesel-powered vehicles amounted to 149,979 or 38.9 per cent of the total.
Electric and hybrid vehicles accounted for 0.6 per cent of the entire stock, with a total of 2,367 vehicles.
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