Motor vehicles admitted; type, age class, 1 January

Motor vehicles admitted; type, age class, 1 January

Class of vehicle age Years Total road vehicles (number) Commercial vehicles Total commercial vehicles (number) Commercial vehicles Commercial motor vehicles Total commercial motor vehicles (number) Commercial vehicles Commercial motor vehicles Delivery van (number) Commercial vehicles Commercial motor vehicles Lorry (number) Commercial vehicles Commercial motor vehicles Road tractor (number) Commercial vehicles Commercial motor vehicles Special purpose vehicle (number) Commercial vehicles Commercial motor vehicles Bus (number) Motorcycle (number)
Total 2023 12,063,981 2,456,150 1,201,061 989,841 60,811 85,679 55,974 8,756 690,724
Younger than 1 year 2023 438,664 114,818 67,818 55,301 3,131 7,895 1,266 225 14,529
1 or 2 years 2023 1,056,969 243,141 152,984 130,380 6,632 12,338 2,702 932 30,799
3 or 4 years 2023 1,347,463 281,836 194,169 161,069 9,404 18,938 3,278 1,480 32,060
5 or 6 years 2023 1,208,201 253,984 174,175 144,403 8,139 17,289 2,720 1,624 34,219
7 or 8 years 2023 1,114,654 188,570 123,227 103,617 5,483 11,299 1,942 886 31,821
9 to 11 years 2023 1,745,135 233,316 147,522 128,381 7,089 7,478 3,074 1,500 43,477
12 to 14 years 2023 1,507,159 220,662 117,823 102,942 6,857 3,791 3,093 1,140 60,156
15 to 19 years 2023 1,867,368 326,042 121,578 105,690 5,515 3,811 6,090 472 109,612
20 to 24 years 2023 836,246 217,455 47,514 31,726 3,169 1,187 11,284 148 96,995
25 years or older 2023 942,122 376,326 54,251 26,332 5,392 1,653 20,525 349 237,056
Source: CBS.
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This table contains key data on the admitted vehicle fleet of passenger cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles (by vehicle category and by age class of the vehicle).

The figures are based on the registration numbers provided by the Dutch Road Traffic Authority (RDW). All vehicles that were registered on 1 January of each year and that were admitted on the road the previous year have been counted. The data are recorded and stored. The register can be accessed for statistical purposes. Vehicles that were uninsured during the whole previous year are not allowed on the road and are, therefore, excluded. Also, vehicles that were registered as in stock of a company on 1 January were not taken into account.

Data available from: 2019

Status of the figures: final

Changes as of 24 March 2023:
The figures as of 1 January 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
New figures of the vehicle fleet on 1 January will be published at the end of the first quarter of the running year.

Description topics

Total road vehicles
Vehicle running on wheels and intended for use on roads.

This includes passenger cars, commercial vehicles (vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles, buses, trailers and semi-trailers), and motorcycles. Although trailers and semi-trailers officially do not belong to the category motor vehicles, these are included in this table.
Commercial vehicles
Vehicle exclusively or primarily designed for the commercial transport of goods and passengers, for special purposes or to haul semi-trailers.

This includes vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles, buses, trailers and semi-trailers.
Total commercial vehicles
Vehicle exclusively or primarily designed for the commercial transport of goods and passengers, for special purposes or to haul semi-trailers.

This includes vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles, buses, trailers and semi-trailers.
Commercial motor vehicles
Motor vehicle exclusively or primarily designed for the commercial transport of goods and passengers.

This includes vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles and buses.
Trailers and semi-trailers are not included.
Total commercial motor vehicles
Motor vehicle exclusively or primarily designed for the commercial transport of goods and passengers.

This includes vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles and buses.
Trailers and semi-trailers are not included.
Delivery van
Goods road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 3500 kg, designed, exclusively or primarily, to carry goods.

Included are vans designed for and used primarily for transport of goods, pick-ups and small lorries with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 3500 kg.
Lorry
Rigid heavy goods road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight above 3500 kg, exclusively or primarily designed to carry goods.
Road tractor
Road motor vehicle, exclusively or primarily designed to haul other road vehicles which are not power-driven (mainly semi-trailers).

Agricultural tractors are not included.
Special purpose vehicle
Road motor vehicle designed for purposes other than the carriage of passengers or goods.

This includes:
a) Motor homes
b) Vehicles for transporting other vehicles
c) Garbage trucks
d) Fire brigade vehicles
e) Mobile cranes
f) Aerial work platforms
g) Other special purpose road motor vehicles

As of May 1, 2009 motor homes are registered as passenger cars or bus depending on the number of seats. Before that date motor homes are registered as special purpose vehicles.
Bus
Passenger road motor vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver).
Motorcycle
Two-, three- or four-wheeled road motor vehicle not exceeding 400 kg (900 lb) of unladen weight. All such vehicles with a cylinder capacity over 50 cc are included, as are those under 50 cc which do not meet the definition of moped.