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

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Years of construction Kilometres in the Netherlands Total kilometres in the Netherlands (x mln km) Kilometres in the Netherlands Kilometres by Dutch vehicles (x mln km) Kilometres in the Netherlands Kilometres by foreign vehicles (x mln km) Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Total kilometres by Dutch vehicles (x mln km) Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Kilometres in the Netherlands (x mln km) Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Kilometres abroad (x mln km) Average annual kilometres Average annual kilometres in Netherlands (km) Dutch goods vehicles in use (number)
Total goods vehicles 7,350.3 6,465.3 884.9 9,294.1 6,465.3 2,828.8 39,964 161,777
Year of construction 1900 to 1979 7.4 7.1 0.3 8.1 7.1 1.0 1,978 3,581
Year of construction 1980 to 1985 3.1 3.0 0.1 3.4 3.0 0.4 2,263 1,322
Year of construction 1986 to 1990 10.7 10.2 0.5 11.8 10.2 1.7 4,383 2,317
1991 2.6 2.5 0.1 2.9 2.5 0.4 4,256 590
1992 3.7 3.5 0.2 4.1 3.5 0.6 4,924 705
1993 2.3 2.2 0.1 2.6 2.2 0.3 4,205 529
1994 3.7 3.5 0.2 4.1 3.5 0.6 4,814 731
1995 5.3 5.0 0.3 6.1 5.0 1.1 6,072 822
1996 6.9 6.5 0.4 7.8 6.5 1.3 6,317 1,026
1997 11.2 10.5 0.7 12.6 10.5 2.1 8,478 1,238
1998 16.5 15.5 1.0 18.6 15.5 3.1 8,919 1,740
1999 22.7 21.3 1.4 25.7 21.3 4.5 10,125 2,101
2000 27.9 26.1 1.8 31.8 26.1 5.7 10,711 2,440
2001 38.5 36.0 2.5 44.0 36.0 7.9 12,191 2,955
2002 46.2 43.0 3.2 53.3 43.0 10.4 14,508 2,962
2003 53.3 49.3 4.0 62.2 49.3 12.9 17,183 2,867
2004 73.8 67.8 6.0 86.8 67.8 19.1 19,968 3,395
2005 117.0 107.3 9.7 138.3 107.3 31.0 25,064 4,281
2006 268.5 245.5 23.0 319.1 245.5 73.6 31,644 7,758
2007 335.7 306.6 29.1 399.5 306.6 92.9 35,841 8,555
2008 517.9 472.7 45.1 617.0 472.7 144.2 39,534 11,958
2009 405.7 373.8 31.9 475.9 373.8 102.1 42,815 8,730
2010 404.6 364.5 40.1 492.8 364.5 128.3 45,754 7,966
2011 599.5 530.4 69.1 751.2 530.4 220.8 50,592 10,484
2012 680.7 594.8 85.9 869.3 594.8 274.5 55,642 10,690
2013 766.2 659.6 106.6 1,000.4 659.6 340.8 57,206 11,530
2014 643.5 554.5 89.0 838.9 554.5 284.4 59,604 9,303
2015 852.2 727.6 124.6 1,126.0 727.6 398.3 61,048 11,919
2016 968.3 826.7 141.5 1,279.2 826.7 452.5 61,975 13,340
2017 454.7 388.3 66.4 600.5 388.3 212.2 27,851 13,943
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

Kilometres in the Netherlands
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate and vehicles with foreign registration plates.

Since 2001, Statistics Netherlands conducts an extensive annual survey based on odometer readings (see section 4 in the table notes, which includes a link to the survey description). Since 2001, data are therefore rounded off to the nearest 100,000 kilometres and are thus available in more detail than in prior years.
Total kilometres in the Netherlands
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate and vehicles with foreign registration plates.
Kilometres by Dutch vehicles
Kilometres by foreign vehicles
The total distance travelled (in km) by foreign vehicles in the Netherlands.
Kilometres by Dutch vehicles
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands and abroad by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.

Since 2001, Statistics Netherlands conducts an extensive annual survey based on odometer readings (see section 4 in the table notes, which includes a link to the survey description). Since 2001, data are therefore rounded off to the nearest 100,000 kilometres and are thus available in more detail than in prior years.
Total kilometres by Dutch vehicles
The total distance travelled (in km) in the Netherlands and abroad by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
Kilometres in the Netherlands
Kilometres abroad
The total distance travelled (in km) abroad by vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.
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.
Dutch goods vehicles in use
All lorries and road tractors with a valid Dutch registration number which are allowed to travel on the Dutch public road system during (part of) the year, including:
- lorries and road tractors which are in stock part of the year
- lorries and road tractors which are used part of the year on the Dutch public road system, e.g. new or imported vehicles and vehicles which are scrapped or exported during the year.

The calculated figures are higher than the number of registered lorries and road tractor units on the reference date 1 January, as published in the tables on the motor vehicle fleet.
Goods vehicles in use are all vehicles which could have been used during the entire year. The motor vehicle fleet only includes all motor vehicles with valid registration numbers on 1 January. Therefore, the actual number of motor vehicles is smaller.