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Road Traffic Volumes

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In 2016, Irish licensed vehicles travelled a total of 48.5 billion kilometres. Each vehicle travelled, on average, 18,441 kilometres in 2016.
Private cars accounted for 77.5% of the total number of licensed vehicles and 75.6% of the total distance travelled in 2016. On average, each private car travelled 18,000 kilometres in 2016.

X-axis label	Average vehicle kilometres, 2016
Private cars	18
Goods vehicles	22.899
Motorcycles	2.769
Tractors and machinery	17.677
Small PSVs	40.409
Large PSVs	45.864
Exempt vehicles	18.009
Other vehicles	8.407

Road traffic volumes

Table 5.1 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type, 2005 - 2016
Year	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Motorcycles	Tractors and machinery	Small PSVs	Large PSVs	Exempt vehicles	Other vehicles	Total
	Vehicle population¹
2005	1,647,331	280,217	34,373	76,002	22,315	7,489	18,672	28,751	2,115,150
2006	1,746,845	305,743	34,410	76,908	23,644	7,771	20,231	31,436	2,246,988
2007	1,858,906	335,716	35,841	78,861	26,139	8,181	22,348	34,483	2,400,476
2008	1,932,729	352,239	38,068	79,404	29,159	8,636	24,409	37,784	2,502,429
2009	1,914,924	344,671	38,741	76,007	28,959	8,679	25,644	41,404	2,479,030
2010	1,890,110	331,779	38,043	72,014	27,578	8,373	25,587	44,215	2,437,699
2011	1,886,421	319,530	36,531	70,463	26,042	8,203	26,173	46,160	2,419,523
2012	1,896,184	312,866	35,438	70,288	24,779	8,241	26,095	47,906	2,421,798
2013	1,913,939	312,578	35,670	85,801	23,605	8,307	26,164	57,633	2,463,697
2014	1,950,080	316,687	36,429	95,593	22,890	8,637	26,211	64,906	2,521,433
2015	1,992,819	326,277	36,755	92,367	22,428	9,019	27,019	67,278	2,573,961
2016	2,038,268	338,431	37,461	89,237	21,935	9,539	27,742	68,479	2,631,093
	Vehicle kilometres (million)
2005	29,586	6,743	130	1,463	897	291	341	326	39,777
2006	30,660	7,190	127	1,446	929	295	361	348	41,357
2007	31,973	7,736	130	1,453	1,006	305	391	374	43,368
2008	31,450	7,901	159	1,942	1,072	310	412	475	43,721
2009	33,391	7,855	135	1,370	945	349	504	562	45,110
2010	31,734	6,870	123	1,263	932	310	464	470	42,166
2011	31,638	6,546	114	1,232	970	308	460	413	41,681
2012	31,076	6,167	106	1,310	860	298	455	378	40,648
2013	32,031	6,320	103	1,344	873	299	442	345	41,757
2014	31,457	6,999	103	1,647	867	375	463	536	42,447
2015	34,609	7,290	102	1,598	891	396	491	573	45,950
2016	36,689	7,750	104	1,577	886	437	500	576	48,519
	Average vehicle kilometres
2005	17,960	24,063	3,787	19,243	40,189	38,893	18,281	11,323	18,806
2006	17,552	23,516	3,701	18,806	39,275	38,009	17,866	11,065	18,406
2007	17,200	23,044	3,626	18,429	38,487	37,246	17,507	10,844	18,067
2008	16,272	22,432	4,186	24,452	36,758	35,920	16,888	12,570	17,472
2009	17,437	22,789	3,472	18,019	32,630	40,255	19,670	13,578	18,197
2010	16,789	20,707	3,238	17,536	33,804	36,984	18,129	10,627	17,297
2011	16,771	20,487	3,125	17,480	37,233	37,578	17,556	8,954	17,227
2012	16,388	19,711	2,996	18,633	34,698	36,148	17,427	7,884	16,784
2013	16,736	20,220	2,887	15,665	36,994	36,014	16,880	5,981	16,949
2014	16,131	22,100	2,835	17,228	37,874	43,446	17,677	8,254	16,834
2015	17,367	22,344	2,774	17,298	39,740	43,921	18,165	8,518	17,852
2016	18,000	22,899	2,769	17,677	40,409	45,864	18,009	8,407	18,441
Source: CSO
¹ Vehicle population represents annual average for each year

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Table 5.2 Road traffic statistics of national fleet by year of registration and vehicle type, 2016
Year of registration	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Year of registration	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2004 or earlier	447,816	6,426	14,350	72,878	1,366	18,748	11,340	26	2,259
2005	137,338	2,100	15,292	26,947	542	20,110	2,227	6	2,564
2006	159,329	2,786	17,485	34,052	801	23,529	2,598	7	2,645
2007	177,505	2,922	16,460	37,273	873	23,429	3,201	9	2,725
2008	163,574	2,807	17,158	28,567	676	23,676	3,402	10	2,808
2009	81,437	1,557	19,120	13,450	317	23,539	2,625	8	2,890
2010	113,290	2,034	17,956	12,127	289	23,793	1,921	6	2,983
2011	118,347	2,354	19,893	12,111	306	25,281	1,513	5	3,076
2012	106,835	2,271	21,256	12,487	318	25,438	1,307	4	3,173
2013	112,812	2,453	21,742	16,326	425	26,061	1,494	5	3,278
2014	139,063	3,007	21,624	23,751	602	25,337	1,898	6	3,377
2015	158,416	3,344	21,108	29,164	729	24,986	2,284	8	3,478
2016	122,506	2,629	21,459	19,299	506	26,210	1,650	6	3,570
Total	2,038,268	36,689	18,000	338,431	7,750	22,899	37,461	104	2,769
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2004 or earlier	42,895	621	14,467	1,938	68	35,241	2,224	75	33,802
2005	4,961	88	17,828	1,348	52	38,801	536	18	34,427
2006	5,513	101	18,347	1,885	74	39,494	853	42	48,887
2007	5,967	112	18,854	3,091	126	40,899	847	42	49,234
2008	5,692	112	19,594	2,328	92	39,527	1,025	51	49,844
2009	3,432	70	20,427	1,396	56	40,151	474	23	48,846
2010	2,373	50	21,100	1,736	71	40,676	251	12	49,035
2011	3,024	66	21,682	1,597	67	41,814	272	13	48,503
2012	2,883	64	22,180	1,721	75	43,348	423	24	56,975
2013	3,816	88	23,038	1,411	60	42,860	580	29	50,388
2014	3,540	83	23,432	1,444	62	42,749	725	37	51,668
2015	3,301	78	23,726	1,233	51	40,973	812	42	52,339
2016	1,840	44	24,118	807	32	39,800	519	28	53,048
Total	89,237	1,577	17,677	21,935	886	40,409	9,539	437	45,864
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2004 or earlier	3,106	52	16,762	42,055	280	6,662	624,252	8,914	14,280
2005	1,046	18	17,670	2,502	33	13,067	176,905	2,858	16,157
2006	1,483	27	18,051	3,060	39	12,795	208,773	3,877	18,571
2007	2,100	39	18,518	3,432	43	12,664	233,416	4,167	17,851
2008	1,803	31	17,079	3,437	38	11,067	209,829	3,816	18,186
2009	1,042	18	17,292	2,700	26	9,759	106,556	2,075	19,473
2010	1,121	20	17,515	2,297	22	9,430	135,115	2,503	18,523
2011	1,210	23	19,032	1,556	15	9,910	139,630	2,849	20,404
2012	1,137	21	18,560	1,407	17	11,789	128,198	2,793	21,786
2013	1,576	31	19,401	1,821	18	9,898	139,835	3,109	22,236
2014	2,613	49	18,572	1,808	19	10,521	174,841	3,865	22,105
2015	5,629	101	17,992	1,618	17	10,376	202,457	4,370	21,584
2016	3,877	70	18,172	786	8	10,631	151,284	3,323	21,968
Total	27,742	500	18,009	68,478	576	8,407	2,631,093	48,519	18,441
Source: CSO

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Table 5.3 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type and type of fuel, 2016
Vehicle type	Petrol			Diesel			Other			Total
Vehicle type	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Private cars	1,077,252	15,323	14,224	937,464	21,027	22,430	23,553	340	14,422	2,038,268	36,689	18,000
Goods vehicles	708	14	19,685	337,576	7,733	22,907	148	3	19,782	338,431	7,750	22,899
Motorcycles	37,397	104	2,769	30	0	2,956	34	0	2,971	37,461	104	2,769
Tractors and machinery	344	4	10,469	88,834	1,573	17,710	59	1	9,393	89,237	1,577	17,677
Small PSVs	4,435	171	38,513	16,948	692	40,853	553	23	41,998	21,935	886	40,409
Large PSVs	11	1	48,309	9,528	437	45,861	0	0	0	9,539	437	45,864
Exempt vehicles	6,719	105	15,624	20,764	390	18,794	260	4	16,930	27,742	500	18,009
Other vehicles	21,438	100	4,663	46,937	475	10,123	104	1	5,945	68,479	576	8,407
Total	1,148,301	15,820	13,777	1,458,080	32,328	22,171	24,711	372	15,034	2,631,093	48,519	18,441
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4A Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2016
County of owner	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles			Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs
County of owner	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Carlow	27,245	531	19,474	5,834	122	20,855	512	1	2,693	2,007	33	16,440	173	7	41,038
Cavan	30,140	614	20,367	7,569	171	22,595	389	1	2,785	2,972	52	17,659	164	7	45,035
Clare	55,635	1,082	19,446	9,539	223	23,425	891	2	2,804	3,391	63	18,453	399	15	38,579
Cork	249,207	4,504	18,072	40,453	968	23,919	5,106	14	2,728	11,977	207	17,309	1,898	77	40,353
Donegal	62,466	1,221	19,552	14,165	317	22,349	729	2	2,859	3,729	72	19,215	399	16	41,220
Dublin	529,154	7,850	14,835	66,636	1,437	21,563	11,859	33	2,817	1,893	32	16,712	11,228	448	39,922
Galway	109,710	2,116	19,288	20,525	468	22,789	1,370	4	2,764	6,007	109	18,221	948	38	39,925
Kerry	69,512	1,302	18,726	12,063	261	21,674	1,037	3	2,729	4,482	78	17,503	484	19	38,356
Kildare	97,796	1,828	18,696	14,843	370	24,905	1,964	5	2,754	2,609	44	17,036	867	37	43,029
Kilkenny	42,886	836	19,502	8,017	194	24,156	851	2	2,714	3,950	68	17,225	221	9	42,559
Laois	32,883	664	20,208	5,870	142	24,183	486	1	2,758	3,057	52	16,923	221	10	43,921
Leitrim	13,824	288	20,841	3,330	62	18,691	148	0	2,799	1,103	21	18,766	74	3	37,436
Limerick	86,804	1,632	18,806	13,273	319	24,062	1,389	4	2,754	3,987	69	17,430	696	28	40,781
Longford	16,543	335	20,264	3,710	93	25,055	225	1	2,727	1,418	26	18,022	92	4	43,291
Louth	49,183	917	18,640	7,811	188	24,086	772	2	2,784	1,271	23	17,776	570	24	42,689
Mayo	58,400	1,155	19,777	13,052	294	22,548	586	2	2,776	5,343	95	17,708	318	12	37,992
Meath	81,863	1,583	19,340	14,351	357	24,857	1,530	4	2,755	3,119	55	17,474	1,031	44	42,294
Monaghan	24,552	493	20,074	7,476	201	26,836	298	1	2,831	2,073	39	18,795	96	4	37,515
Offaly	32,714	653	19,964	6,321	135	21,347	633	2	2,696	2,757	50	18,076	188	7	38,353
Roscommon	30,975	661	21,328	6,158	109	17,658	292	1	2,767	2,686	50	18,644	143	6	40,317
Sligo	28,127	537	19,078	5,728	107	18,640	397	1	2,719	1,805	33	18,211	176	7	41,482
Tipperary	76,269	1,518	19,905	13,559	309	22,771	1,338	4	2,747	5,940	105	17,659	281	12	41,715
Waterford	54,871	992	18,082	7,918	172	21,753	1,215	3	2,715	2,566	44	17,228	293	12	39,492
Westmeath	39,914	795	19,929	7,699	175	22,740	591	2	2,723	2,441	43	17,698	298	13	43,840
Wexford	71,534	1,399	19,556	13,580	372	27,374	1,414	4	2,706	4,715	82	17,438	283	11	40,158
Wicklow	66,063	1,183	17,902	8,950	185	20,721	1,436	4	2,764	1,942	33	16,972	395	16	39,655
Total	2,038,268	36,689	18,000	338,431	7,750	22,899	37,461	104	2,769	89,237	1,577	17,677	21,935	886	40,409
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4B Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2016
County of owner	Large PSVs			Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
County of owner	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Carlow	123	4	32,918	260	5	19,068	1,270	10	8,034	37,423	713	19,050
Cavan	172	10	55,184	367	7	17,921	1,460	10	6,506	43,233	871	20,156
Clare	201	8	40,358	739	13	17,330	2,421	19	7,773	73,217	1,426	19,471
Cork	859	36	41,807	3,245	53	16,289	8,717	70	7,994	321,462	5,928	18,439
Donegal	543	25	46,230	901	17	18,756	4,276	30	6,902	87,208	1,700	19,489
Dublin	2,735	137	49,961	9,539	167	17,536	7,724	96	12,429	640,768	10,200	15,918
Galway	504	24	47,115	1,742	37	21,163	5,116	44	8,511	145,921	2,839	19,456
Kerry	475	25	52,564	801	14	17,640	3,759	22	5,817	92,613	1,724	18,615
Kildare	437	20	46,447	912	17	18,808	2,560	20	7,682	121,989	2,342	19,202
Kilkenny	250	10	40,654	545	12	21,598	1,643	13	8,058	58,363	1,145	19,618
Laois	173	6	32,422	324	6	18,842	1,226	11	8,807	44,238	892	20,157
Leitrim	94	3	28,638	239	5	19,111	1,019	6	6,018	19,831	388	19,546
Limerick	294	15	52,643	1,020	16	15,975	3,054	26	8,408	110,518	2,111	19,101
Longford	96	4	38,003	225	4	18,258	991	7	7,099	23,299	473	20,305
Louth	200	7	34,040	662	12	18,182	1,107	10	9,430	61,576	1,183	19,216
Mayo	312	14	46,496	1,060	20	18,984	2,425	26	10,621	81,495	1,618	19,853
Meath	334	13	39,649	759	14	18,127	2,111	21	9,948	105,097	2,090	19,889
Monaghan	206	11	53,215	291	6	20,446	1,140	8	6,910	36,132	762	21,081
Offaly	171	8	44,211	308	6	19,330	1,836	15	7,998	44,929	875	19,475
Roscommon	115	4	32,496	418	8	19,343	1,854	11	6,182	42,640	849	19,918
Sligo	105	4	42,603	421	7	17,111	1,550	12	7,983	38,309	709	18,499
Tipperary	350	14	40,408	893	17	19,210	2,885	21	7,187	101,515	1,999	19,694
Waterford	160	11	68,724	562	9	16,857	1,622	14	8,803	69,207	1,258	18,180
Westmeath	142	5	37,520	309	6	19,492	1,438	12	8,539	52,834	1,052	19,913
Wexford	268	12	43,769	630	12	18,810	3,078	26	8,446	95,502	1,918	20,080
Wicklow	221	8	36,886	569	10	16,873	2,197	17	7,815	81,773	1,456	17,801
Total	9,539	437	45,864	27,742	500	18,009	68,479	576	8,407	2,631,093	48,519	18,441
Source: CSO

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Table 5.5 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by month of year and vehicle type, 2016
Month	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Month	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	2,014,965	2,701	1,241	334,671	575	1,567	37,698	8	187
February	2,028,884	2,756	1,279	335,876	583	1,610	37,565	8	192
March	2,037,977	3,079	1,439	336,764	649	1,810	37,353	9	215
April	2,041,284	3,029	1,422	337,241	637	1,791	37,191	8	212
May	2,041,149	3,186	1,501	337,569	670	1,892	37,010	9	223
June	2,035,652	3,050	1,440	337,193	642	1,817	36,955	8	215
July	2,040,400	3,207	1,510	337,464	674	1,904	37,126	9	226
August	2,045,898	3,282	1,539	338,852	690	1,941	37,370	9	231
September	2,045,851	3,152	1,472	340,038	665	1,859	37,585	9	221
October	2,044,269	3,179	1,477	341,054	673	1,865	37,754	9	222
November	2,042,483	3,103	1,432	342,090	659	1,808	37,918	9	215
December	2,040,404	2,966	1,358	342,364	631	1,713	38,007	9	203
Total	2,038,268	36,689	18,000	338,431	7,750	22,899	37,461	104	2,769
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	90,306	119	1,255	22,164	68	2,920	9,255	32	3,189
February	90,108	120	1,281	22,127	69	2,969	9,303	32	3,263
March	89,802	133	1,431	22,084	76	3,310	9,324	36	3,650
April	89,487	130	1,408	22,032	74	3,254	9,366	35	3,607
May	89,226	137	1,482	22,021	78	3,421	9,468	38	3,830
June	88,968	131	1,422	21,998	74	3,280	9,548	36	3,697
July	88,903	137	1,490	21,939	77	3,423	9,569	38	3,876
August	88,907	140	1,518	21,876	78	3,467	9,598	39	3,953
September	88,844	135	1,452	21,823	75	3,304	9,692	38	3,802
October	88,777	136	1,458	21,763	75	3,305	9,739	39	3,828
November	88,763	133	1,414	21,712	73	3,196	9,790	38	3,726
December	88,750	127	1,342	21,684	70	3,026	9,818	36	3,541
Total	89,237	1,577	17,677	21,935	886	40,409	9,539	437	45,864
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			Total
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	24,799	34	1,166	70,193	44	604	2,604,051	3,581	1,272
February	25,505	35	1,216	69,795	45	614	2,619,163	3,648	1,309
March	26,080	40	1,382	69,402	49	683	2,628,789	4,071	1,472
April	26,668	40	1,382	69,000	48	671	2,632,269	4,003	1,455
May	27,085	42	1,468	68,596	50	704	2,632,124	4,209	1,536
June	27,415	41	1,418	68,247	48	674	2,625,975	4,030	1,474
July	27,990	44	1,500	67,996	50	705	2,631,387	4,236	1,545
August	28,769	46	1,545	67,884	51	718	2,639,153	4,335	1,575
September	29,295	45	1,489	67,844	49	687	2,640,971	4,167	1,507
October	29,605	46	1,500	67,733	49	688	2,640,695	4,205	1,512
November	29,810	45	1,459	67,615	48	668	2,640,181	4,107	1,466
December	29,886	43	1,387	67,430	46	633	2,638,342	3,927	1,390
Total	27,742	500	18,009	68,478	576	8,407	2,631,092	48,519	18,441
Source: CSO

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Table 5.6 Road traffic volumes for private cars by engine capacity and type of fuel, 2016
Engine capacity (cc)	Petrol			Diesel			Other			Total
Engine capacity (cc)	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km
Up to 1000	137,452	1,819	13,236	156	3	21,389	1,469	21	14,480	139,078	1,844	13,258
1001 - 1200	132,756	1,791	13,494	3,127	66	21,213	6,073	72	11,860	141,955	1,930	13,594
1201 - 1400	461,721	6,535	14,153	73,826	1,574	21,314	2,066	30	14,630	537,613	8,139	15,138
1401 - 1600	215,225	3,270	15,193	323,072	7,176	22,212	3,896	63	16,160	542,193	10,509	19,382
1601 - 1800	62,943	940	14,927	69,771	1,566	22,442	5,430	81	14,937	138,144	2,586	18,723
1801 - 2000	50,077	726	14,501	380,743	8,768	23,027	1,534	23	15,043	432,355	9,517	22,012
Over 2000	17,077	242	14,152	86,769	1,874	21,601	3,084	49	15,892	106,930	2,165	20,247
Total	1,077,252	15,323	14,224	937,464	21,027	22,430	23,553	340	14,422	2,038,268	36,689	18,000
Source: CSO

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Table 5.7 Road traffic volumes for private cars by county of owner and gender, 2016
County of owner	Female			Male			Company			Total
County of owner	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Carlow	12,907	246	19,038	13,594	268	19,683	744	17	23,217	27,245	531	19,474
Cavan	14,711	298	20,273	14,821	301	20,287	607	15	24,574	30,140	614	20,367
Clare	27,397	525	19,159	27,411	538	19,637	827	19	22,626	55,635	1,082	19,446
Cork	118,809	2,071	17,431	123,989	2,285	18,426	6,408	148	23,100	249,207	4,504	18,072
Donegal	29,894	577	19,290	31,254	615	19,673	1,318	30	22,621	62,466	1,221	19,552
Dublin	242,571	3,193	13,165	245,491	3,630	14,788	41,092	1,026	24,972	529,154	7,850	14,835
Galway	54,534	1,030	18,886	52,914	1,031	19,493	2,262	55	24,163	109,710	2,116	19,288
Kerry	33,338	618	18,550	34,653	650	18,749	1,521	34	22,096	69,512	1,302	18,726
Kildare	47,283	843	17,834	47,725	915	19,162	2,787	71	25,349	97,796	1,828	18,696
Kilkenny	20,265	381	18,777	21,711	434	19,974	910	22	24,358	42,886	836	19,502
Laois	15,660	309	19,710	16,650	342	20,550	574	14	23,847	32,883	664	20,208
Leitrim	7,014	145	20,737	6,692	140	20,873	117	3	25,315	13,824	288	20,841
Limerick	40,640	738	18,154	43,590	828	19,006	2,574	66	25,719	86,804	1,632	18,806
Longford	7,780	154	19,798	8,402	172	20,502	361	9	24,740	16,543	335	20,264
Louth	23,626	420	17,757	24,507	474	19,338	1,050	23	22,222	49,183	917	18,640
Mayo	28,551	559	19,577	28,606	567	19,816	1,243	29	23,470	58,400	1,155	19,777
Meath	40,735	759	18,638	39,729	793	19,949	1,399	31	22,489	81,863	1,583	19,340
Monaghan	12,354	247	20,005	11,714	234	20,006	484	11	23,506	24,552	493	20,074
Offaly	15,331	297	19,381	16,756	341	20,348	628	15	23,958	32,714	653	19,964
Roscommon	13,494	278	20,622	13,578	284	20,930	3,903	98	25,149	30,975	661	21,328
Sligo	14,134	264	18,697	13,442	261	19,385	551	12	21,404	28,127	537	19,078
Tipperary	35,913	703	19,566	38,674	775	20,030	1,682	41	24,283	76,269	1,518	19,905
Waterford	25,557	446	17,470	26,990	492	18,213	2,324	54	23,293	54,871	992	18,082
Westmeath	19,060	371	19,475	19,669	397	20,164	1,185	28	23,329	39,914	795	19,929
Wexford	33,557	639	19,039	34,452	677	19,659	3,524	83	23,474	71,534	1,399	19,556
Wicklow	32,728	566	17,306	32,139	589	18,334	1,197	27	22,630	66,063	1,183	17,902
Total	967,841	16,678	17,232	989,154	18,031	18,229	81,273	1,981	24,369	2,038,268	36,689	18,000
Source: CSO

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Table 5.8 Road traffic volumes for goods vehicles by year of registration and unladen weight, 2016
Year of registration	Unladen weight
	0 to 2 tonnes			2 to 5 tonnes			5 to 7.5 tonnes			7.5 to 10 tonnes
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2004 or earlier	58,657	967	16,485	10,382	224	21,563	962	28	28,870	890	33	37,613
2005	19,962	340	17,054	5,248	115	21,880	255	7	28,792	360	14	37,641
2006	23,932	507	21,205	7,615	167	21,974	390	11	29,407	486	19	38,493
2007	25,083	532	21,201	9,673	213	22,070	373	11	29,074	503	20	39,249
2008	19,143	406	21,224	7,245	160	22,085	410	12	29,387	423	16	37,614
2009	9,138	193	21,081	3,176	69	21,871	255	8	29,641	285	11	37,607
2010	8,269	176	21,266	2,883	64	22,104	182	5	29,695	231	9	40,188
2011	8,268	185	22,366	2,715	61	22,428	150	5	30,093	207	8	39,665
2012	8,315	181	21,794	2,777	61	22,015	190	6	29,648	224	9	41,343
2013	10,684	237	22,196	3,643	80	22,059	245	8	31,328	362	14	39,317
2014	15,887	349	21,966	5,303	116	21,861	273	8	29,765	441	17	39,007
2015	19,020	429	22,561	7,611	167	21,895	310	9	29,067	511	20	39,750
2016	11,745	271	23,053	5,565	124	22,262	171	5	31,664	342	13	39,265
Total	238,105	4,774	20,048	73,837	1,622	21,961	4,165	123	29,480	5,265	204	38,753
	Unladen weight
	10 to 12.5 tonnes			Over 12.5 tonnes			All vehicles
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2004 or earlier	1,107	58	52,088	880	57	64,235	72,878	1,366	18,748
2005	593	31	52,593	530	35	65,322	26,947	542	20,110
2006	802	42	52,250	827	54	65,677	34,052	801	23,529
2007	689	36	52,424	951	61	64,422	37,273	873	23,429
2008	540	29	53,858	806	53	65,764	28,567	676	23,676
2009	225	12	52,082	371	24	66,062	13,450	317	23,539
2010	231	12	52,718	331	22	66,750	12,127	289	23,793
2011	259	14	52,397	512	34	66,571	12,111	306	25,281
2012	309	16	51,688	672	44	66,153	12,487	318	25,438
2013	486	26	52,542	905	61	66,837	16,326	425	26,061
2014	647	34	52,986	1,200	77	64,391	23,751	602	25,337
2015	640	34	52,610	1,072	70	65,260	29,164	729	24,986
2016	425	23	53,969	1,050	69	66,038	19,299	506	26,210
Total	6,954	366	52,613	10,106	662	65,492	338,431	7,750	22,899
Source: CSO

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