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Road Traffic Volumes

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In 2018, Irish licensed vehicles travelled a total of 47.5 billion kilometres. Each vehicle travelled, on average, 17,422 kilometres in 2018.
Private cars accounted for 77.6% of the total number of licensed vehicles and 75.7% of the total distance travelled in 2018. On average, each private car travelled 16,990 kilometres in 2018.

X-axis label	Average vehicle kilometres, 2018
Private cars	16.990
Goods vehicles	22.263
Motorcycles	2.731
Tractors and machinery	17.300
Small PSVs	39.501
Large PSVs	36.095
Exempt vehicles	15.490
Other vehicles	5.789

Road traffic volumes

Table 5.1 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type, 2007 - 2018
Year	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Motorcycles	Tractors and machinery	Small PSVs	Large PSVs	Exempt vehicles	Other vehicles	Total
	Vehicle population¹
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	1,956,661	319,225	36,758	95,973	22,921	8,646	26,234	79,381	2,545,800
2015	1,998,485	328,264	37,054	92,602	22,451	9,025	27,033	78,461	2,593,375
2016	2,042,600	340,086	37,753	89,515	21,952	9,546	27,753	75,437	2,644,642
2017	2,079,345	347,447	39,046	88,378	21,544	10,090	28,702	70,178	2,684,730
2018	2,117,463	354,458	39,851	85,820	21,319	10,695	29,040	70,355	2,729,001
	Vehicle kilometres (million)
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	32,711	7,514	104	1,653	848	309	443	795	44,378
2015	35,089	7,081	103	1,602	855	313	437	605	46,084
2016	36,683	7,465	104	1,582	866	330	449	516	47,994
2017	37,181	7,785	108	1,575	858	361	462	423	48,754
2018	35,975	7,891	109	1,485	842	386	450	407	47,545
	Average vehicle kilometres
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	16,718	23,537	2,832	17,228	37,006	35,785	16,891	10,011	17,432
2015	17,558	21,572	2,773	17,297	38,069	34,647	16,172	7,706	17,770
2016	17,959	21,949	2,768	17,675	39,432	34,525	16,164	6,834	18,148
2017	17,881	22,407	2,753	17,826	39,845	35,795	16,105	6,025	18,160
2018	16,990	22,263	2,731	17,300	39,501	36,095	15,490	5,789	17,422
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, 2018
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
2006 or earlier	485,573	6,445	13,274	99,318	1,762	17,739	13,952	31	2,197
2007	155,400	2,260	14,543	31,497	592	18,789	2,847	7	2,525
2008	148,421	2,296	15,468	24,560	514	20,928	2,969	8	2,604
2009	73,057	1,252	17,135	11,244	235	20,874	2,297	6	2,677
2010	106,333	1,706	16,047	10,552	221	20,934	1,691	5	2,765
2011	112,333	1,927	17,152	10,751	236	21,922	1,339	4	2,850
2012	102,389	1,872	18,282	11,099	257	23,114	1,122	3	2,938
2013	108,728	2,144	19,718	14,547	365	25,066	1,288	4	3,045
2014	134,551	2,632	19,563	21,735	555	25,528	1,602	5	3,131
2015	158,636	3,097	19,520	27,980	724	25,887	1,924	6	3,227
2016	203,146	3,981	19,595	36,515	975	26,712	2,890	10	3,330
2017	203,906	3,961	19,426	35,239	953	27,048	3,752	13	3,432
2018	124,991	2,403	19,225	19,419	503	25,923	2,176	8	3,516
Total	2,117,463	35,975	16,990	354,458	7,891	22,263	39,851	109	2,731
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2006 or earlier	45,567	652	14,304	2,444	83	33,980	2,876	76	26,480
2007	5,461	96	17,656	1,299	45	34,836	790	22	28,005
2008	5,099	93	18,313	1,123	41	36,274	928	36	39,294
2009	3,104	59	19,054	975	38	38,614	415	15	37,206
2010	2,164	43	19,736	1,390	54	38,678	212	7	35,281
2011	2,702	55	20,266	1,533	61	39,723	227	8	36,288
2012	2,657	55	20,691	1,733	73	42,045	380	17	45,206
2013	3,367	73	21,535	1,515	64	42,071	514	21	40,302
2014	3,215	70	21,844	1,854	77	41,763	671	26	38,827
2015	2,967	66	22,118	1,735	73	42,284	797	34	42,424
2016	3,536	81	22,875	2,138	90	42,076	1,118	47	41,681
2017	3,899	92	23,722	2,313	94	40,422	1,217	52	42,892
2018	2,081	50	23,927	1,268	50	39,404	550	24	42,858
Total	85,820	1,485	17,300	21,319	842	39,501	10,695	386	36,095
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2006 or earlier	4,036	54	13,322	46,496	233	5,015	700,262	9,336	13,332
2007	1,621	24	14,607	3,368	26	7,732	202,284	3,072	15,189
2008	1,385	19	13,922	3,313	23	7,034	187,799	3,031	16,138
2009	809	11	13,709	2,512	16	6,257	94,413	1,632	17,283
2010	878	12	14,173	2,140	13	6,048	125,360	2,061	16,443
2011	911	13	14,627	1,474	10	6,890	131,269	2,314	17,625
2012	858	14	15,855	1,287	11	8,582	121,527	2,301	18,937
2013	1,181	20	17,225	1,655	12	7,410	132,795	2,702	20,347
2014	1,508	25	16,443	1,597	13	7,878	166,733	3,403	20,411
2015	2,030	34	16,580	1,466	12	8,462	197,535	4,046	20,482
2016	3,570	59	16,497	1,690	14	8,180	254,603	5,256	20,643
2017	6,408	103	16,118	2,213	16	7,217	258,949	5,285	20,408
2018	3,845	62	16,039	1,141	8	6,849	155,472	3,107	19,983
Total	29,040	450	15,490	70,355	407	5,789	2,729,001	47,545	17,422
Source: CSO

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Table 5.3 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type and type of fuel, 2018
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	946,864	12,136	12,817	1,129,397	23,285	20,617	41,202	554	13,444	2,117,463	35,975	16,990
Goods vehicles	664	11	16,637	353,571	7,877	22,277	223	4	16,054	354,458	7,891	22,263
Motorcycles	39,747	108	2,730	52	0	3,050	52	0	3,124	39,851	109	2,731
Tractors and machinery	328	4	10,753	85,445	1,481	17,330	47	0	9,255	85,820	1,485	17,300
Small PSVs	2,500	89	35,607	17,468	697	39,925	1,351	56	41,211	21,319	842	39,501
Large PSVs	11	0	28,631	10,684	386	36,102	0	0	0	10,695	386	36,095
Exempt vehicles	6,372	88	13,830	22,123	353	15,976	545	8	15,163	29,040	450	15,490
Other vehicles	22,387	88	3,945	47,847	318	6,654	120	1	4,857	70,355	407	5,789
Total	1,018,874	12,525	12,293	1,666,587	34,398	20,640	43,540	623	14,300	2,729,001	47,545	17,422
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4A Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2018
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	28,512	529	18,540	5,809	129	22,282	563	1	2,637	1,948	31	16,162	161	6	35,951
Cavan	31,849	613	19,246	8,050	178	22,174	448	1	2,711	2,762	47	17,159	166	7	43,668
Clare	57,429	1,070	18,635	9,436	198	20,976	924	3	2,726	3,308	60	18,027	353	14	39,666
Cork	257,933	4,298	16,665	41,521	879	21,168	5,452	15	2,688	11,801	201	16,990	1,752	70	39,919
Donegal	64,284	1,167	18,151	14,635	289	19,749	736	2	2,793	3,377	64	18,812	365	15	40,451
Dublin	542,534	7,610	14,027	74,522	1,769	23,744	12,616	35	2,798	1,868	30	16,155	11,149	430	38,571
Galway	114,292	2,070	18,109	20,357	429	21,076	1,458	4	2,701	5,556	99	17,765	962	39	40,203
Kerry	71,897	1,277	17,764	11,920	245	20,525	1,062	3	2,680	4,371	75	17,133	468	18	38,700
Kildare	103,517	1,821	17,589	16,092	378	23,471	2,168	6	2,728	2,584	43	16,821	824	35	42,400
Kilkenny	44,549	827	18,553	8,221	189	23,000	872	2	2,652	3,877	66	16,990	216	9	41,699
Laois	34,880	673	19,285	6,035	140	23,257	513	1	2,710	3,011	49	16,425	228	9	41,149
Leitrim	14,548	285	19,581	3,403	70	20,646	160	0	2,725	1,007	18	18,237	65	3	42,878
Limerick	89,182	1,580	17,715	13,649	322	23,592	1,489	4	2,700	3,915	67	17,096	654	26	39,988
Longford	17,299	341	19,691	3,939	88	22,266	213	1	2,669	1,329	23	17,369	88	4	45,372
Louth	51,526	902	17,505	8,143	188	23,094	855	2	2,758	1,202	21	17,116	580	24	42,174
Mayo	60,960	1,136	18,636	13,362	271	20,262	605	2	2,718	5,011	87	17,458	293	11	38,084
Meath	88,359	1,612	18,249	14,783	357	24,156	1,684	5	2,722	3,068	53	17,195	978	42	43,398
Monaghan	25,718	492	19,132	7,968	199	25,034	301	1	2,780	1,890	34	18,227	79	3	41,055
Offaly	34,485	660	19,141	6,525	139	21,360	669	2	2,656	2,620	47	17,800	167	6	37,758
Roscommon	32,566	661	20,301	6,384	138	21,565	295	1	2,729	2,509	45	18,122	132	5	38,818
Sligo	29,107	525	18,042	6,045	121	20,073	400	1	2,648	1,706	30	17,755	169	7	39,241
Tipperary	79,392	1,513	19,060	13,961	302	21,661	1,412	4	2,694	5,782	101	17,386	256	10	39,967
Waterford	57,594	984	17,082	8,161	163	19,962	1,293	3	2,648	2,474	42	16,991	308	12	38,377
Westmeath	41,252	786	19,053	8,110	174	21,429	604	2	2,706	2,353	41	17,421	280	12	42,203
Wexford	75,184	1,384	18,409	13,989	334	23,897	1,506	4	2,657	4,572	78	17,114	270	10	38,521
Wicklow	68,616	1,160	16,906	9,437	200	21,192	1,554	4	2,720	1,917	32	16,560	358	14	38,367
Total	2,117,463	35,975	16,990	354,458	7,891	22,263	39,851	109	2,731	85,820	1,485	17,300	21,319	842	39,501
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4B Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2018
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	149	4	29,084	265	4	14,762	1,283	8	6,429	38,690	713	18,436
Cavan	194	8	39,077	384	6	16,806	1,454	10	6,556	45,307	871	19,222
Clare	238	7	30,913	761	12	15,282	2,566	13	4,995	75,015	1,376	18,344
Cork	897	29	32,386	3,432	52	15,181	9,040	49	5,446	331,830	5,593	16,855
Donegal	625	21	32,836	926	15	16,072	4,183	22	5,162	89,131	1,593	17,875
Dublin	3,066	130	42,321	9,816	139	14,196	8,080	57	6,998	663,651	10,201	15,370
Galway	596	21	35,098	1,895	39	20,756	5,174	31	6,062	150,291	2,732	18,176
Kerry	524	18	35,008	842	12	14,152	3,801	19	4,885	94,885	1,666	17,563
Kildare	501	17	33,159	883	14	15,618	2,749	17	6,300	129,316	2,330	18,021
Kilkenny	295	11	36,376	578	13	21,947	1,695	10	5,627	60,305	1,126	18,668
Laois	198	5	27,685	342	5	14,891	1,233	7	5,633	46,440	891	19,181
Leitrim	99	2	22,180	254	4	17,384	960	4	4,442	20,495	388	18,911
Limerick	314	11	34,691	1,161	15	13,078	3,129	17	5,516	113,493	2,042	17,995
Longford	105	3	29,505	228	4	17,935	953	5	5,038	24,153	468	19,374
Louth	230	8	36,526	674	10	15,111	1,127	7	6,051	64,337	1,163	18,074
Mayo	341	13	37,492	1,109	18	16,187	2,533	18	7,170	84,213	1,556	18,476
Meath	376	11	29,387	801	13	16,694	2,244	14	6,207	112,293	2,108	18,770
Monaghan	221	10	45,258	291	4	15,039	1,133	6	5,305	37,602	750	19,958
Offaly	211	7	31,809	324	6	17,844	1,896	10	5,270	46,898	877	18,693
Roscommon	126	4	31,650	443	8	18,014	1,836	9	4,951	44,290	871	19,671
Sligo	119	4	34,908	493	8	15,474	1,558	8	5,078	39,596	704	17,783
Tipperary	391	13	32,432	917	14	14,942	3,018	17	5,514	105,130	1,973	18,770
Waterford	179	6	31,054	598	9	14,937	1,710	10	5,643	72,317	1,228	16,983
Westmeath	160	5	32,343	326	5	16,587	1,441	8	5,504	54,527	1,033	18,940
Wexford	289	10	33,918	681	11	15,601	3,228	19	5,984	99,719	1,851	18,560
Wicklow	251	9	35,257	614	9	14,699	2,330	14	5,910	85,077	1,441	16,942
Total	10,695	386	36,095	29,040	450	15,490	70,355	407	5,789	2,729,001	47,545	17,422
Source: CSO

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Table 5.5 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by month of year and vehicle type, 2018
Month	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Month	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	2,097,062	2,732	1,210	352,391	603	1,574	40,536	9	188
February	2,109,901	2,619	1,171	353,695	576	1,523	40,275	8	181
March	2,114,795	2,796	1,259	353,877	614	1,636	39,937	8	195
April	2,119,141	2,984	1,350	354,183	654	1,756	39,670	9	208
May	2,119,452	3,231	1,467	354,475	708	1,909	39,435	10	227
June	2,115,042	3,104	1,412	353,769	681	1,838	39,284	9	219
July	2,120,055	3,225	1,464	353,754	705	1,902	39,348	10	227
August	2,125,303	3,245	1,467	354,818	709	1,905	39,603	10	228
September	2,125,116	3,054	1,375	355,365	669	1,785	39,808	9	214
October	2,123,633	3,152	1,412	355,586	691	1,831	39,986	10	220
November	2,121,276	3,023	1,345	355,784	664	1,743	40,144	9	209
December	2,118,787	2,809	1,240	355,795	618	1,605	40,187	9	193
Total	2,117,463	35,975	16,990	354,458	7,891	22,263	39,851	109	2,731
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	88,435	117	1,258	21,109	65	2,855	10,415	29	2,587
February	87,965	111	1,209	21,114	62	2,741	10,482	28	2,494
March	87,351	117	1,292	21,141	66	2,938	10,507	30	2,670
April	86,778	124	1,380	21,230	70	3,152	10,528	31	2,857
May	86,222	134	1,494	21,348	76	3,428	10,593	34	3,106
June	85,631	128	1,436	21,370	73	3,303	10,645	33	3,003
July	85,180	132	1,484	21,387	76	3,413	10,735	35	3,125
August	84,978	132	1,484	21,437	76	3,406	10,791	35	3,135
September	84,738	124	1,390	21,419	71	3,183	10,861	33	2,945
October	84,489	128	1,424	21,437	73	3,258	10,911	34	3,037
November	84,194	123	1,354	21,418	70	3,096	10,922	33	2,899
December	83,879	114	1,246	21,416	65	2,851	10,947	31	2,683
Total	85,820	1,485	17,300	21,319	842	39,501	10,695	386	36,095
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			Total
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	26,312	32	1,038	72,834	33	427	2,709,094	3,619	1,240
February	26,969	31	1,017	72,276	31	409	2,722,678	3,466	1,200
March	27,493	33	1,104	71,630	32	435	2,726,732	3,696	1,289
April	28,088	36	1,198	71,045	34	463	2,730,663	3,943	1,383
May	28,626	40	1,314	70,518	37	501	2,730,669	4,269	1,502
June	28,825	39	1,271	70,067	35	482	2,724,633	4,102	1,446
July	29,289	40	1,325	69,773	36	497	2,729,520	4,259	1,499
August	30,048	42	1,342	69,612	36	496	2,736,592	4,284	1,501
September	30,426	40	1,265	69,413	34	464	2,737,147	4,034	1,407
October	30,698	41	1,303	69,252	35	475	2,735,993	4,164	1,445
November	30,820	40	1,244	69,052	33	451	2,733,610	3,994	1,376
December	30,879	37	1,153	68,773	31	415	2,730,665	3,713	1,269
Total	29,040	450	15,490	70,355	407	5,789	2,729,001	47,545	17,422
Source: CSO

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Table 5.6 Road traffic volumes for private cars by engine capacity and type of fuel, 2018
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	146,344	1,789	12,226	179	4	19,550	3,786	52	13,621	150,310	1,844	12,270
1001 - 1200	138,646	1,744	12,578	3,837	75	19,509	5,977	66	11,121	148,460	1,885	12,699
1201 - 1400	393,925	5,027	12,761	81,390	1,566	19,247	2,952	40	13,658	478,268	6,634	13,871
1401 - 1600	172,596	2,338	13,549	444,690	9,155	20,586	7,268	100	13,741	624,554	11,593	18,562
1601 - 1800	46,276	611	13,199	89,773	1,853	20,638	12,275	168	13,715	148,325	2,632	17,744
1801 - 2000	36,748	474	12,896	413,534	8,708	21,057	2,596	36	13,701	452,878	9,217	20,352
Over 2000	12,328	153	12,386	95,993	1,925	20,056	6,347	92	14,453	114,669	2,170	18,922
Total	946,864	12,136	12,817	1,129,397	23,285	20,617	41,202	554	13,444	2,117,463	35,975	16,990
Source: CSO

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Table 5.7 Road traffic volumes for private cars by county of owner and gender, 2018
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	13,495	245	18,147	14,264	267	18,739	753	16	21,802	28,512	529	18,540
Cavan	15,473	296	19,098	15,773	303	19,190	602	15	24,509	31,849	613	19,246
Clare	28,161	512	18,175	28,380	539	18,997	888	19	21,639	57,429	1,070	18,635
Cork	122,852	1,975	16,075	128,718	2,182	16,950	6,363	142	22,280	257,933	4,298	16,665
Donegal	30,886	554	17,937	32,108	585	18,222	1,290	28	21,496	64,284	1,167	18,151
Dublin	245,835	3,050	12,405	252,878	3,506	13,864	43,820	1,055	24,066	542,534	7,610	14,027
Galway	56,506	1,002	17,736	55,537	1,017	18,306	2,248	51	22,627	114,292	2,070	18,109
Kerry	34,442	601	17,439	35,928	643	17,892	1,526	34	22,079	71,897	1,277	17,764
Kildare	49,785	837	16,807	50,884	917	18,014	2,848	67	23,669	103,517	1,821	17,589
Kilkenny	21,074	379	17,982	22,528	426	18,928	948	21	22,323	44,549	827	18,553
Laois	16,560	310	18,720	17,715	350	19,731	605	13	21,680	34,880	673	19,285
Leitrim	7,376	145	19,591	7,038	138	19,585	133	3	18,835	14,548	285	19,581
Limerick	41,876	718	17,148	45,149	811	17,954	2,156	51	23,721	89,182	1,580	17,715
Longford	8,083	157	19,395	8,828	175	19,796	387	9	23,456	17,299	341	19,691
Louth	24,651	414	16,814	25,808	464	17,960	1,067	24	22,479	51,526	902	17,505
Mayo	29,640	546	18,417	29,993	559	18,624	1,327	32	23,765	60,960	1,136	18,636
Meath	43,466	763	17,562	43,301	816	18,845	1,591	33	20,792	88,359	1,612	18,249
Monaghan	12,777	244	19,103	12,442	236	18,977	499	12	23,721	25,718	492	19,132
Offaly	16,035	299	18,628	17,827	348	19,497	624	14	22,183	34,485	660	19,141
Roscommon	14,063	275	19,550	14,205	283	19,928	4,298	103	23,989	32,566	661	20,301
Sligo	14,586	257	17,628	13,948	255	18,313	573	13	21,978	29,107	525	18,042
Tipperary	37,376	694	18,557	40,281	777	19,282	1,735	43	24,763	79,392	1,513	19,060
Waterford	26,437	434	16,402	28,250	489	17,300	2,908	62	21,153	57,594	984	17,082
Westmeath	19,602	363	18,519	20,472	397	19,372	1,177	26	22,417	41,252	786	19,053
Wexford	35,341	637	18,032	36,426	670	18,391	3,418	77	22,501	75,184	1,384	18,409
Wicklow	33,882	554	16,361	33,501	580	17,311	1,232	26	20,850	68,616	1,160	16,906
Total	1,000,262	16,259	16,255	1,032,183	17,729	17,176	85,018	1,987	23,371	2,117,463	35,975	16,990
Source: CSO

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Table 5.8 Road traffic volumes for goods vehicles by year of registration and unladen weight, 2018
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
2006 or earlier	71,771	1,043	14,536	20,249	421	20,767	1,364	32	23,505	1,604	52	32,375
2007	20,369	308	15,129	8,739	181	20,677	346	8	23,519	464	15	33,287
2008	15,829	289	18,273	6,731	141	20,887	379	9	23,586	404	13	32,775
2009	7,326	134	18,281	2,884	60	20,668	242	6	23,652	273	9	33,199
2010	6,946	127	18,335	2,726	58	21,359	168	4	22,641	234	8	33,393
2011	7,177	137	19,103	2,612	57	21,808	135	3	24,305	189	6	31,438
2012	7,211	142	19,672	2,720	63	23,107	168	5	27,195	213	7	33,426
2013	9,137	193	21,098	3,550	84	23,721	244	7	26,941	365	12	33,772
2014	14,102	314	22,246	5,205	126	24,236	258	7	26,704	448	16	34,891
2015	17,887	415	23,182	7,559	190	25,128	295	8	27,325	503	18	35,219
2016	21,609	507	23,448	10,939	276	25,223	358	9	26,241	739	26	35,784
2017	19,512	460	23,578	11,607	289	24,940	385	11	27,543	718	26	35,833
2018	10,781	252	23,335	6,594	153	23,200	198	5	24,969	340	12	34,708
Total	229,657	4,320	18,812	92,117	2,098	22,777	4,540	113	24,886	6,494	220	33,909
	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
2006 or earlier	2,278	98	42,964	2,053	116	56,636	99,318	1,762	17,739
2007	691	30	42,746	888	50	56,112	31,497	592	18,789
2008	496	21	42,402	722	41	56,739	24,560	514	20,928
2009	210	9	42,323	309	18	56,603	11,244	235	20,874
2010	206	9	41,675	271	15	55,570	10,552	221	20,934
2011	230	10	41,899	408	23	55,798	10,751	236	21,922
2012	278	12	41,435	508	29	56,279	11,099	257	23,114
2013	398	18	44,204	853	51	59,975	14,547	365	25,066
2014	596	27	45,829	1,126	65	57,873	21,735	555	25,528
2015	617	28	45,756	1,119	66	58,719	27,980	724	25,887
2016	890	40	44,529	1,979	117	59,258	36,515	975	26,712
2017	905	41	45,571	2,112	126	59,660	35,239	953	27,048
2018	426	19	44,170	1,080	63	58,583	19,419	503	25,923
Total	8,222	360	43,778	13,429	780	58,054	354,458	7,891	22,263
Source: CSO