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In 2013, Irish licensed vehicles travelled a total of 41.8 billion kilometres. Each vehicle travelled, on average, 16,949 kilometres in 2013.
Private cars accounted for 78% of the total number of licensed vehicles and 77% of the total distance travelled in 2013. On average, each private car travelled 16,736 kilometres in 2013.
Private cars belonging to residents of County Leitrim were driven further on average than private cars of residents of any other county in 2013.

Road traffic volumes

Table 5.1 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type, 2002 - 2013

Year	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Motorcycles	Tractors and machinery	Small PSVs	Large PSVs	Exempt vehicles	Other vehicles	Total
	Vehicle population

2002	1,437,985	228,658	32,835	73,356	18,215	7,050	14,851	20,754	1,833,705
2003	1,500,123	244,634	33,920	74,700	19,947	7,203	15,909	22,285	1,918,721
2004	1,568,619	262,323	34,768	76,061	21,251	7,373	17,177	25,541	2,013,113
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

	Vehicle kilometres (million)

2002	25,192	5,367	121	1,377	714	267	265	229	33,533
2003	26,633	5,819	127	1,421	792	277	287	249	35,606
2004	28,418	6,367	133	1,476	862	289	317	292	38,154
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	32,592	7,958	135	1,435	1,100	315	419	402	44,357
2009	32,572	7,455	135	1,370	993	329	434	428	43,716
2010	32,055	6,870	123	1,263	920	311	425	442	42,409
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

	Average vehicle kilometres

2002	17,519	23,472	3,694	18,771	39,202	37,938	17,833	11,045	18,287
2003	17,754	23,786	3,743	19,022	39,727	38,446	18,071	11,193	18,557
2004	18,117	24,272	3,820	19,411	40,539	39,232	18,441	11,422	18,953
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	16,863	22,593	3,555	18,068	37,734	36,517	17,165	10,631	17,725
2009	17,010	21,630	3,472	18,019	34,289	37,928	16,921	10,337	17,634
2010	16,959	20,708	3,238	17,536	33,352	37,112	16,629	9,992	17,397
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

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Table 5.2 Road traffic statistics of national fleet by year of registration and vehicle type, 2013

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

2001 or earlier	346,237	4,617	13,380	47,849	717	15,110	6,724	16	2,353
2002	105,226	1,512	14,368	15,106	240	15,903	2,118	5	2,571
2003	112,421	1,780	15,831	18,635	377	20,239	2,116	6	2,650
2004	131,582	2,100	15,963	21,702	449	20,695	2,192	6	2,734
2005	160,253	2,723	16,990	31,302	652	20,824	2,476	7	2,819
2006	180,133	3,014	16,730	38,750	825	21,285	2,866	8	2,908
2007	195,254	3,312	16,963	42,044	902	21,462	3,590	11	2,998
2008	176,645	3,083	17,454	31,829	694	21,802	3,845	12	3,087
2009	88,681	1,671	18,845	15,959	342	21,450	3,039	10	3,186
2010	119,643	2,274	19,010	13,819	304	21,965	2,299	8	3,283
2011	123,778	2,446	19,761	13,768	316	22,941	1,866	6	3,382
2012	107,800	2,176	20,182	13,639	318	23,291	1,600	6	3,488
2013	66,286	1,322	19,944	8,176	185	22,609	938	3	3,582

Total	1,913,939	32,031	16,736	312,578	6,320	20,220	35,670	103	2,887

	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km

2001 or earlier	37,614	477	14,023	1,924	62	32,465	1,552	40	25,744
2002	3,894	61	15,699	853	29	34,211	371	10	27,306
2003	3,914	63	16,070	1,192	43	35,855	443	16	35,302
2004	4,364	72	16,398	1,882	69	36,785	545	20	35,823
2005	5,037	85	16,893	2,724	105	38,519	605	21	35,146
2006	5,478	95	17,381	3,180	121	38,044	945	38	40,430
2007	6,043	108	17,846	3,646	139	38,196	905	35	38,485
2008	5,768	107	18,598	2,535	94	37,235	1,113	46	41,572
2009	3,471	67	19,287	1,388	52	37,572	532	21	39,257
2010	2,411	48	20,090	1,470	54	36,720	291	11	37,003
2011	3,090	63	20,499	1,101	40	36,641	302	12	38,569
2012	2,979	63	21,063	1,281	49	37,910	448	21	45,844
2013	1,737	35	20,205	430	15	34,994	256	10	38,656

Total	85,801	1,344	15,665	23,605	873	36,994	8,307	299	36,014

	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km

2001 or earlier	2,123	29	13,967	31,742	145	7,867	475,764	6,103	13,107
2002	753	12	15,298	1,294	11	8,585	129,613	1,881	14,509
2003	726	11	15,532	1,472	12	8,155	140,920	2,307	16,372
2004	1,019	17	16,490	1,887	15	7,880	165,174	2,747	16,634
2005	1,448	25	17,381	2,419	22	8,937	206,265	3,640	17,645
2006	2,024	36	17,633	2,922	24	8,339	236,299	4,161	17,610
2007	2,966	54	18,167	3,310	27	8,219	257,757	4,588	17,801
2008	2,510	43	17,109	3,359	25	7,556	227,605	4,105	18,036
2009	1,481	25	16,753	2,818	18	6,473	117,369	2,206	18,797
2010	1,759	30	17,005	2,405	15	6,152	144,098	2,743	19,039
2011	2,519	44	17,487	1,679	12	7,100	148,102	2,939	19,848
2012	4,304	74	17,143	1,520	13	8,420	133,571	2,717	20,344
2013	2,531	42	16,768	805	5	6,421	81,159	1,618	19,934

Total	26,164	442	16,880	57,632	345	5,981	2,463,696	41,757	16,949

Source: CSO

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Table 5.3 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type and type of fuel, 2013

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	1,228,020	17,402	14,171	668,918	14,359	21,466	17,001	270	15,890	1,913,939	32,031	16,736
Goods vehicles	743	12	16,275	311,744	6,307	20,230	91	2	19,244	312,578	6,320	20,220
Motorcycles	35,590	103	2,886	25	0	2,986	56	0	3,196	35,670	103	2,887
Tractors and machinery	372	3	9,091	85,356	1,340	15,699	72	1	8,703	85,801	1,344	15,665
Small PSVs	7,155	255	35,569	16,283	613	37,649	166	6	34,109	23,605	873	36,994
Large PSVs	21	1	36,336	8,286	298	36,013	0	0	0	8,307	299	36,014
Exempt vehicles	8,246	128	15,549	17,729	310	17,499	189	3	16,954	26,164	442	16,880
Other vehicles	18,444	69	3,765	39,093	275	7,030	96	0	4,460	57,633	345	5,981

Total	1,298,591	17,973	14,964	1,147,435	23,502	20,482	17,671	282	15,958	2,463,697	41,757	16,949

Source: CSO

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Table 5.4A Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2013

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	25,441	464	18,254	5,368	103	19,272	501	1	2,828	1,972	29	14,811	184	7	35,464
Cavan	27,878	534	19,151	6,944	137	19,707	374	1	2,918	2,831	44	15,603	188	7	38,782
Clare	52,144	976	18,727	9,747	188	19,275	839	2	2,873	3,209	52	16,220	468	16	34,017
Cork	237,473	3,969	16,714	37,785	752	19,902	4,848	14	2,857	11,129	173	15,556	2,208	82	37,369
Donegal	60,741	1,124	18,507	13,051	219	16,756	738	2	3,014	3,770	65	17,117	455	18	39,593
Dublin	499,334	6,807	13,633	55,218	1,216	22,019	11,399	33	2,917	1,739	26	14,684	11,754	425	36,187
Galway	102,210	1,869	18,289	19,120	373	19,524	1,252	4	2,892	5,850	95	16,224	1,014	37	36,906
Kerry	65,062	1,143	17,566	12,534	225	17,950	990	3	2,845	4,415	69	15,602	502	18	35,100
Kildare	90,524	1,566	17,295	12,850	282	21,926	1,766	5	2,884	2,405	36	15,129	975	38	39,223
Kilkenny	40,282	715	17,747	7,413	145	19,567	805	2	2,841	3,989	61	15,239	233	9	38,680
Laois	30,029	565	18,805	5,347	118	22,119	440	1	2,862	2,886	44	15,134	241	10	39,533
Leitrim	13,200	263	19,956	3,064	55	17,855	132	0	2,839	1,070	17	16,161	90	3	38,677
Limerick	82,869	1,485	17,924	13,055	272	20,812	1,342	4	2,859	3,791	59	15,570	756	28	36,435
Longford	15,720	304	19,323	3,250	66	20,315	210	1	2,838	1,399	22	15,589	96	4	40,898
Louth	45,364	787	17,341	7,201	145	20,117	709	2	2,902	1,180	18	15,614	586	23	39,501
Mayo	53,980	1,008	18,682	14,606	267	18,265	609	2	2,930	5,271	81	15,452	361	13	36,176
Meath	75,970	1,359	17,888	13,231	292	22,034	1,527	4	2,892	2,891	45	15,393	1,083	43	39,373
Monaghan	23,091	450	19,509	6,797	146	21,462	262	1	2,971	1,868	31	16,468	100	4	39,055
Offaly	30,050	550	18,304	6,057	118	19,432	557	2	2,848	2,604	41	15,862	213	8	39,279
Roscommon	28,788	569	19,763	5,651	109	19,313	301	1	2,918	2,603	43	16,542	157	6	37,639
Sligo	27,096	487	17,979	5,367	96	17,899	377	1	2,886	1,796	29	16,124	199	7	36,545
Tipperary North	32,880	609	18,528	5,961	122	20,534	551	2	2,834	2,718	43	15,675	148	6	39,219
Tipperary South	38,825	710	18,277	6,962	140	20,157	765	2	2,872	3,170	49	15,504	163	6	38,175
Waterford	50,932	840	16,483	7,621	149	19,577	1,075	3	2,846	2,373	36	15,300	335	12	35,997
Westmeath	37,121	689	18,548	7,004	140	20,039	549	2	2,858	2,282	35	15,423	345	13	38,779
Wexford	65,174	1,174	18,015	13,085	290	22,160	1,320	4	2,839	4,674	72	15,368	313	12	39,191
Wicklow	61,759	1,014	16,414	8,290	156	18,787	1,431	4	2,875	1,915	29	15,200	439	17	38,380

Total	1,913,939	32,031	16,736	312,578	6,320	20,220	35,670	103	2,887	85,801	1,344	15,665	23,605	873	36,994

Source: CSO

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Table 5.4B Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2013

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	97	3	27,109	264	4	15,921	1,082	6	5,975	34,908	618	17,712
Cavan	164	6	37,861	350	7	19,108	1,216	6	5,319	39,945	743	18,592
Clare	182	6	31,394	723	12	17,257	1,979	10	5,150	69,291	1,263	18,229
Cork	761	25	32,262	3,040	47	15,502	7,587	45	5,905	304,829	5,107	16,754
Donegal	488	15	30,514	932	18	19,812	3,750	21	5,555	83,926	1,482	17,656
Dublin	2,380	103	43,263	8,786	142	16,193	6,896	54	7,836	597,506	8,807	14,739
Galway	458	15	33,445	1,599	30	18,501	4,272	29	6,844	135,776	2,453	18,065
Kerry	425	13	31,410	822	13	16,370	3,315	15	4,522	88,065	1,499	17,021
Kildare	341	12	34,232	883	16	17,986	2,065	11	5,513	111,810	1,966	17,584
Kilkenny	218	8	37,880	484	10	19,979	1,327	7	5,405	54,751	957	17,482
Laois	132	4	28,044	313	5	17,092	984	6	6,107	40,372	752	18,639
Leitrim	86	2	26,466	203	3	16,220	787	3	4,378	18,632	348	18,692
Limerick	267	9	33,780	1,027	17	16,555	2,718	14	5,292	105,825	1,888	17,840
Longford	80	3	32,054	201	4	18,864	778	3	4,463	21,736	406	18,677
Louth	160	6	37,375	663	12	17,947	926	6	6,825	56,788	999	17,598
Mayo	286	9	32,813	932	16	17,518	1,831	17	9,476	77,877	1,415	18,165
Meath	282	9	30,597	709	12	17,236	1,713	11	6,342	97,406	1,774	18,210
Monaghan	181	7	38,345	296	5	17,890	970	5	5,196	33,565	649	19,338
Offaly	148	4	28,456	290	5	18,273	1,441	8	5,424	41,360	736	17,803
Roscommon	94	3	31,574	380	8	20,118	1,518	7	4,525	39,491	745	18,875
Sligo	101	3	32,942	367	6	16,804	1,335	7	5,038	36,639	637	17,380
Tipperary North	144	5	31,381	393	7	17,571	1,115	7	5,859	43,909	800	18,209
Tipperary South	160	6	35,491	483	8	16,365	1,290	7	5,223	51,817	928	17,905
Waterford	145	6	39,729	571	9	15,541	1,320	7	5,607	64,371	1,062	16,500
Westmeath	133	4	32,212	304	5	15,172	1,186	7	5,545	48,923	894	18,283
Wexford	213	7	33,061	600	10	16,959	2,430	14	5,744	87,808	1,583	18,029
Wicklow	182	7	40,377	550	9	16,522	1,801	10	5,325	76,369	1,246	16,310

Total	8,307	299	36,014	26,164	442	16,880	57,633	345	5,981	2,463,697	41,757	16,949

Source: CSO

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Table 5.5 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by month of year and vehicle type, 2013

Month	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Month	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km

January	1,903,001	2,557	1,260	311,944	508	1,490	35,845	8	206
February	1,906,098	2,599	1,292	311,689	515	1,531	35,715	8	213
March	1,909,430	2,796	1,400	311,410	552	1,660	35,497	9	230
April	1,911,310	2,783	1,400	310,883	547	1,662	35,282	9	231
May	1,911,967	2,898	1,462	310,353	568	1,736	35,168	9	242
June	1,909,954	2,901	1,415	309,886	549	1,682	35,034	9	235
July	1,912,873	2,975	1,501	310,375	583	1,783	35,193	9	250
August	1,916,454	2,978	1,498	311,825	585	1,782	35,526	10	250
September	1,919,231	2,717	1,360	313,374	536	1,619	35,884	9	228
October	1,921,373	2,531	1,260	315,022	502	1,500	36,117	8	211
November	1,922,535	2,353	1,164	316,446	468	1,383	36,287	8	195
December	1,923,047	2,044	1,003	317,726	408	1,190	36,492	7	167

Total	1,913,939	32,031	16,736	312,578	6,320	20,220	35,670	103	2,887

	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km

January	78,296	99	1,108	24,264	73	2,890	8,181	24	2,748
February	79,225	101	1,145	24,165	73	2,942	8,190	24	2,803
March	80,131	110	1,247	24,035	78	3,165	8,197	26	3,024
April	80,989	110	1,254	23,900	77	3,146	8,213	26	3,020
May	81,917	116	1,318	23,759	80	3,268	8,261	27	3,160
June	82,866	114	1,285	23,627	77	3,153	8,284	26	3,064
July	84,036	123	1,373	23,495	81	3,326	8,312	28	3,253
August	85,436	125	1,382	23,399	80	3,306	8,345	28	3,252
September	88,079	117	1,268	23,298	72	2,987	8,381	26	2,960
October	94,334	118	1,204	23,187	67	2,756	8,405	24	2,745
November	96,437	112	1,122	23,108	62	2,539	8,437	22	2,541
December	97,862	99	972	23,021	54	2,185	8,474	19	2,198

Total	85,801	1,344	15,665	23,605	873	36,994	8,307	299	36,014

	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			Total
	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	Km (million)	Average km

January	24,269	33	1,223	56,561	28	446	2,442,362	3,329	1,270
February	24,619	34	1,263	56,574	28	457	2,446,275	3,383	1,303
March	25,059	37	1,380	56,557	30	494	2,450,316	3,638	1,412
April	25,442	38	1,391	56,609	30	493	2,452,628	3,620	1,412
May	25,835	40	1,464	56,708	31	514	2,453,967	3,769	1,475
June	26,124	39	1,426	56,789	30	498	2,452,565	3,643	1,428
July	26,434	41	1,519	57,071	32	528	2,457,790	3,871	1,515
August	26,842	42	1,526	57,527	32	529	2,465,355	3,880	1,513
September	27,099	39	1,390	58,202	29	478	2,473,546	3,544	1,374
October	27,302	36	1,292	59,192	28	443	2,484,931	3,313	1,274
November	27,437	34	1,196	59,688	26	410	2,490,376	3,085	1,177
December	27,511	29	1,033	60,104	23	355	2,494,239	2,683	1,014

Total	26,164	442	16,880	57,632	345	5,981	2,463,696	41,757	16,949

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Table 5.6 Road traffic volumes for private cars by engine capacity and type of fuel, 2013

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	136,514	1,654	12,115	133	3	19,420	247	4	15,849	136,895	1,660	12,129
1001 - 1200	118,936	1,522	12,800	1,994	42	20,963	6,132	95	15,507	127,062	1,659	13,059
1201 - 1400	530,216	7,489	14,124	49,309	1,032	20,920	1,469	23	15,339	580,994	8,543	14,704
1401 - 1600	262,947	4,046	15,389	168,722	3,522	20,872	2,489	39	15,672	434,159	7,607	17,521
1601 - 1800	82,581	1,281	15,518	40,493	856	21,142	3,596	58	16,059	126,670	2,195	17,331
1801 - 2000	71,960	1,052	14,619	327,789	7,227	22,049	1,450	25	17,253	401,199	8,304	20,699
Over 2000	24,866	357	14,350	80,477	1,678	20,847	1,618	27	16,587	106,961	2,061	19,272

Total	1,228,020	17,402	14,171	668,918	14,359	21,466	17,001	270	15,890	1,913,939	32,031	16,736

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Table 5.7 Road traffic volumes for private cars by county of owner and gender, 2013

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	12,131	215	17,742	12,761	238	18,614	549	12	21,180	25,441	464	18,254
Cavan	13,603	258	18,982	13,786	264	19,118	490	12	24,743	27,878	534	19,151
Clare	25,974	473	18,194	25,502	490	19,209	667	14	21,078	52,144	976	18,727
Cork	113,565	1,811	15,946	118,277	2,024	17,116	5,631	134	23,763	237,473	3,969	16,714
Donegal	28,945	527	18,223	30,677	572	18,649	1,119	25	21,925	60,741	1,124	18,507
Dublin	234,958	2,843	12,102	232,816	3,222	13,841	31,560	742	23,498	499,334	6,807	13,633
Galway	51,262	914	17,836	49,135	912	18,552	1,813	44	24,004	102,210	1,869	18,289
Kerry	31,734	549	17,311	32,238	571	17,716	1,091	22	20,511	65,062	1,143	17,566
Kildare	44,214	727	16,443	43,737	776	17,744	2,572	63	24,328	90,524	1,566	17,295
Kilkenny	19,179	330	17,194	20,337	368	18,093	766	17	22,406	40,282	715	17,747
Laois	14,429	263	18,201	15,131	292	19,294	469	10	21,586	30,029	565	18,805
Leitrim	6,707	132	19,641	6,378	129	20,216	116	3	23,899	13,200	263	19,956
Limerick	39,235	673	17,147	41,240	755	18,307	2,394	58	24,061	82,869	1,485	17,924
Longford	7,463	140	18,800	7,905	155	19,566	353	9	24,935	15,720	304	19,323
Louth	21,944	364	16,604	22,559	404	17,891	860	19	21,755	45,364	787	17,341
Mayo	26,422	486	18,390	26,514	498	18,775	1,045	25	23,739	53,980	1,008	18,682
Meath	38,009	652	17,163	36,851	683	18,533	1,111	24	21,259	75,970	1,359	17,888
Monaghan	11,490	219	19,085	11,132	220	19,793	470	11	23,156	23,091	450	19,509
Offaly	14,258	252	17,649	15,345	288	18,758	447	11	23,629	30,050	550	18,304
Roscommon	12,976	248	19,125	12,936	255	19,726	2,877	66	22,810	28,788	569	19,763
Sligo	13,647	236	17,296	13,011	242	18,564	438	10	21,872	27,096	487	17,979
Tipperary North	15,505	280	18,029	16,666	313	18,752	709	17	24,180	32,880	609	18,528
Tipperary South	18,256	323	17,686	19,795	369	18,645	774	18	22,828	38,825	710	18,277
Waterford	24,126	381	15,792	25,212	424	16,811	1,593	35	21,744	50,932	840	16,483
Westmeath	17,879	321	17,950	18,316	346	18,903	926	21	23,068	37,121	689	18,548
Wexford	31,159	545	17,477	31,653	580	18,322	2,362	50	21,001	65,174	1,174	18,015
Wicklow	30,738	482	15,688	29,970	508	16,950	1,051	24	22,357	61,759	1,014	16,414

Total	919,807	14,645	15,921	929,881	15,896	17,095	64,252	1,490	23,195	1,913,939	32,031	16,736

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Table 5.8 Road traffic volumes for goods vehicles by year of registration and unladen weight, 2013

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

2001 or earlier	40,334	537	13,373	5,119	95	18,714	697	15	22,300	642	20	31,861
2002	12,451	175	14,048	1,909	37	19,613	195	5	23,053	181	6	33,248
2003	14,559	274	18,795	2,974	60	20,068	223	5	23,859	247	8	33,259
2004	16,515	312	18,918	3,634	73	20,084	288	7	25,356	351	11	32,601
2005	23,562	446	18,926	5,569	113	20,301	343	9	26,409	446	15	34,094
2006	27,246	518	19,003	8,478	174	20,497	518	14	27,181	583	21	36,125
2007	28,472	545	19,130	10,558	219	20,775	455	12	25,941	581	21	35,441
2008	21,446	417	19,446	7,842	162	20,604	480	12	25,184	497	18	36,189
2009	10,745	204	18,954	3,827	78	20,499	309	8	26,425	317	11	33,512
2010	9,357	184	19,653	3,314	69	20,723	222	6	26,923	263	10	36,516
2011	9,559	193	20,238	2,962	63	21,375	170	4	25,748	236	8	35,960
2012	9,346	186	19,949	2,811	59	21,084	226	6	27,136	231	9	37,113
2013	5,442	104	19,203	1,735	35	20,117	122	3	25,431	163	5	33,452

Total	229,035	4,095	17,880	60,732	1,238	20,378	4,249	107	25,267	4,738	163	34,504

	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

2001 or earlier	612	25	41,497	444	24	53,557	47,849	717	15,110
2002	216	9	41,585	154	8	54,536	15,106	240	15,903
2003	315	13	42,074	317	17	53,796	18,635	377	20,239
2004	460	20	43,312	454	25	55,177	21,702	449	20,695
2005	691	30	43,637	691	38	55,597	31,302	652	20,824
2006	895	40	45,253	1,031	58	55,913	38,750	825	21,285
2007	783	36	45,572	1,195	70	58,821	42,044	902	21,462
2008	582	27	45,769	982	59	59,736	31,829	694	21,802
2009	290	13	44,825	471	28	60,309	15,959	342	21,450
2010	254	12	46,411	410	24	57,601	13,819	304	21,965
2011	264	12	46,102	578	34	58,979	13,768	316	22,941
2012	307	14	45,207	717	43	60,469	13,639	318	23,291
2013	261	12	44,154	453	25	55,982	8,176	185	22,609

Total	5,928	263	44,316	7,896	454	57,505	312,578	6,320	20,220

Source: CSO

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