Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; kilometres, vehicle weight 2001-2020

Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; kilometres, vehicle weight 2001-2020

Lorries and road tractors Years of construction Periods Kilometres by Dutch vehicles Kilometres abroad (x million km) Average annual kilometres Average annual kilometres abroad (km)
Lorries and road tractors Total of all construction years 2020* 2,651.3 15,807
Lorries and road tractors Year of construction 1900 to 2000 2020* 7.2 547
Lorries and road tractors Year of construction 2000 to 2005 2020* 15.8 1,636
Lorries and road tractors 2005 2020* 9.0 3,094
Lorries and road tractors 2006 2020* 17.8 3,723
Lorries and road tractors 2007 2020* 21.5 4,050
Lorries and road tractors 2008 2020* 33.2 4,469
Lorries and road tractors 2009 2020* 28.9 4,728
Lorries and road tractors 2010 2020* 33.1 5,937
Lorries and road tractors 2011 2020* 67.5 8,950
Lorries and road tractors 2012 2020* 91.6 11,141
Lorries and road tractors 2013 2020* 179.7 18,336
Lorries and road tractors 2014 2020* 187.5 20,094
Lorries and road tractors 2015 2020* 296.1 23,602
Lorries and road tractors 2016 2020* 383.3 26,593
Lorries and road tractors 2017 2020* 366.1 27,443
Lorries and road tractors 2018 2020* 399.3 28,666
Lorries and road tractors 2019 2020* 373.3 27,156
Lorries and road tractors 2020 2020* 140.5 14,145
Road tractor Total of all construction years 2020* 2,196.2 22,939
Road tractor Year of construction 1900 to 2000 2020* 3.4 1,210
Road tractor Year of construction 2000 to 2005 2020* 10.0 2,934
Road tractor 2005 2020* 6.8 4,890
Road tractor 2006 2020* 13.5 6,055
Road tractor 2007 2020* 16.2 6,606
Road tractor 2008 2020* 24.8 7,475
Road tractor 2009 2020* 19.6 8,506
Road tractor 2010 2020* 24.7 9,958
Road tractor 2011 2020* 48.9 11,789
Road tractor 2012 2020* 62.5 12,764
Road tractor 2013 2020* 144.6 22,276
Road tractor 2014 2020* 158.1 24,038
Road tractor 2015 2020* 255.6 27,976
Road tractor 2016 2020* 324.3 31,700
Road tractor 2017 2020* 306.6 33,067
Road tractor 2018 2020* 340.1 36,082
Road tractor 2019 2020* 321.5 36,222
Road tractor 2020 2020* 115.2 18,259
Lorry (road tractor not included) Total of all construction years 2020* 455.1 6,322
Lorry (road tractor not included) Year of construction 1900 to 2000 2020* 3.8 366
Lorry (road tractor not included) Year of construction 2000 to 2005 2020* 5.8 930
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2005 2020* 2.2 1,433
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2006 2020* 4.3 1,693
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2007 2020* 5.3 1,859
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2008 2020* 8.4 2,046
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2009 2020* 9.3 2,451
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2010 2020* 8.5 2,732
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2011 2020* 18.6 5,476
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2012 2020* 29.1 8,755
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2013 2020* 35.1 10,608
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2014 2020* 29.4 10,673
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2015 2020* 40.5 11,881
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2016 2020* 59.0 14,106
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2017 2020* 59.5 14,622
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2018 2020* 59.1 13,135
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2019 2020* 51.8 10,636
Lorry (road tractor not included) 2020 2020* 25.3 6,984
Source: CBS.
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Dataset is not available.


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.
The vehicle population used to estimate the kilometres is based on the vehicle fleet statistics. The population of the figures in this table is based on the old selection method of the vehicle fleet. The difference between the old and the new selection method is described in a methodological report, see paragraph 4. The data series of vehicle kilometres estimated for the old population ends with 2020. The data series based on the new population is available starting from 2018. The way in which the vehicle kilometres are estimated has not changed, only the population.

For the 2020 data a correction factor was implemented to correct for the ‘smoothing effect’ caused by the method. The smoothing effect smoothes out yearly variation in the data and this results in a distorted picture of periods of time when mobility patterns suddenly change drastically, like happened in 2020 due to COVID-19.

Data available from: 2001 to 2020

Status of the figures:
Definite data are available for 2001 to 2018, and provisional data for 2019 and 2020.

Changes as of 10 November 2022:
None, this table has been discontinued.
This table is followed by the table Vehicle kilometres goods vehicles; kilometres, vehicle weight, territory, see paragraph 3.

When will new figures become available?
No longer applicable.

Description topics

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.
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 abroad
The average number of kilometres per year travelled by a vehicle abroad (outside the Netherlands).

This includes vehicles with a Dutch registration plate.