Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; vehicle weight and territory 2001-2017

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Lorries and road tractors Years of construction Average annual kilometres Total average annual kilometres (km) Average annual kilometres Average annual kilometres in Netherlands (km) Average annual kilometres Average annual kilometres abroad (km)
Lorries and road tractors Total goods vehicles 57,450 39,964 17,486
Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2,254 1,978 275
Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2,588 2,263 325
Year of construction 1986 to 1990 5,107 4,383 724
1991 4,961 4,256 705
1992 5,750 4,924 827
1993 4,843 4,205 638
1994 5,623 4,814 809
1995 7,415 6,072 1,343
1996 7,626 6,317 1,309
1997 10,196 8,478 1,718
1998 10,711 8,919 1,792
1999 12,245 10,125 2,120
2000 13,051 10,711 2,340
2001 14,878 12,191 2,687
2002 18,007 14,508 3,499
2003 21,681 17,183 4,498
2004 25,580 19,968 5,612
2005 32,313 25,064 7,249
2006 41,128 31,644 9,484
2007 46,701 35,841 10,859
2008 51,594 39,534 12,060
2009 54,511 42,815 11,696
2010 61,864 45,754 16,110
2011 71,649 50,592 21,057
2012 81,323 55,642 25,681
2013 86,764 57,206 29,557
2014 90,178 59,604 30,573
2015 94,468 61,048 33,420
2016 95,893 61,975 33,918
2017 43,068 27,851 15,217
Road tractor Total goods vehicles 74,578 48,273 26,306
Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2,620 1,881 739
Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2,335 1,677 658
Year of construction 1986 to 1990 8,298 5,958 2,340
1991 6,529 4,688 1,841
1992 7,243 5,200 2,042
1993 4,540 3,260 1,280
1994 6,002 4,309 1,693
1995 10,556 7,579 2,977
1996 9,536 6,847 2,689
1997 14,536 10,437 4,099
1998 13,269 9,527 3,742
1999 15,651 11,238 4,414
2000 14,501 10,412 4,089
2001 15,852 11,381 4,470
2002 20,333 14,599 5,734
2003 25,536 18,335 7,201
2004 30,598 21,969 8,629
2005 38,520 27,657 10,863
2006 48,954 35,149 13,805
2007 54,749 39,310 15,439
2008 61,943 43,979 17,963
2009 67,147 49,756 17,391
2010 75,109 53,102 22,007
2011 82,282 56,034 26,248
2012 93,413 61,466 31,947
2013 97,440 59,828 37,612
2014 101,500 63,539 37,961
2015 105,654 64,343 41,311
2016 109,860 66,026 43,834
2017 48,950 29,468 19,482
Lorry (road tractor not included) Total goods vehicles 35,600 29,366 6,234
Year of construction 1900 to 1979 2,174 1,999 175
Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2,653 2,414 239
Year of construction 1986 to 1990 4,462 4,065 397
1991 4,598 4,156 442
1992 5,336 4,847 489
1993 4,916 4,434 482
1994 5,515 4,957 559
1995 6,089 5,435 653
1996 6,912 6,119 793
1997 8,958 7,919 1,038
1998 9,857 8,716 1,141
1999 11,104 9,752 1,352
2000 12,462 10,832 1,630
2001 14,409 12,582 1,826
2002 16,798 14,461 2,337
2003 19,038 16,393 2,645
2004 21,517 18,348 3,169
2005 26,365 22,578 3,787
2006 32,581 27,816 4,765
2007 37,247 31,767 5,480
2008 39,258 34,234 5,023
2009 43,373 36,697 6,676
2010 46,368 37,157 9,211
2011 53,520 41,314 12,206
2012 57,662 44,245 13,417
2013 61,562 51,018 10,544
2014 61,618 49,680 11,939
2015 64,819 52,314 12,505
2016 64,293 52,810 11,483
2017 29,485 24,117 5,367
To 9 999 kg Total goods vehicles 15,313 14,088 1,225
Year of construction 1900 to 1979 3,170 2,923 247
Year of construction 1980 to 1985 2,227 2,053 174
Year of construction 1986 to 1990 4,596 4,238 358
1991 4,093 3,773 319
1992 4,863 4,484 379
1993 4,448 4,101 347
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains data on total vehicle kilometres of goods vehicles in the Netherlands (broken down by Dutch and foreign vehicles) and data of total kilometres and average annual kilometres of Dutch goods vehicles (broken down by Dutch and foreign territory).
All figures are further broken down by lorries and road tractors, by years of construction of the vehicle and by gross vehicle weight.

Data available from: 2001

Status of the figures:
Definite data are available for 2001 to 2015, and provisional data for 2016 and 2017.

Changes as of 12 November 2019
None, this statistic will not be continued. Relevant tables are mentioned under point 3.

When will new figures become available?
Not applicable, this statistic will not be continued.

Description topics

Average annual kilometres
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle.

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Total average annual kilometres
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle.

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Average annual kilometres in Netherlands
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle in the Netherlands.

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Average annual kilometres abroad
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle abroad (outside the Netherlands).

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.