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Road Traffic Volumes

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In 2019, Irish licensed vehicles travelled a total of 47.1 billion kilometres. Each vehicle travelled, on average, 16,867 kilometres in 2019.
Private cars accounted for 77.7% of the total number of licensed vehicles and 75.3% of the total distance travelled in 2019. On average, each private car travelled 16,352 kilometres in 2019.

X-axis label	Average vehicle kilometres, 2019
Private cars	16.352
Goods vehicles	22.121
Motorcycles	2.741
Tractors and machinery	16.653
Small PSVs	39.504
Large PSVs	34.965
Exempt vehicles	14.799
Other vehicles	5.592

Road traffic volumes

Table 5.1 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type, 2008 - 2019
Year	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Motorcycles	Tractors and machinery	Small PSVs	Large PSVs	Exempt vehicles	Other vehicles	Total
	Vehicle population¹
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
2019	2,168,099	362,699	41,471	84,170	21,457	11,206	29,619	72,057	2,790,778
	Vehicle kilometres (million)
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
2019	35,453	8,023	114	1,402	848	392	438	403	47,072
	Average vehicle kilometres
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
2019	16,352	22,121	2,741	16,653	39,504	34,965	14,799	5,592	16,867
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, 2019
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	375,602	4,718	12,561	84,059	1,457	17,331	12,896	28	2,134
2007	139,863	1,882	13,459	28,563	519	18,162	2,706	7	2,449
2008	139,022	1,960	14,098	22,382	410	18,335	2,781	7	2,526
2009	68,727	1,086	15,808	10,152	208	20,458	2,133	6	2,599
2010	102,905	1,566	15,217	9,723	197	20,288	1,576	4	2,682
2011	109,142	1,739	15,929	10,066	211	20,912	1,244	3	2,766
2012	100,105	1,739	17,374	10,437	230	21,991	1,026	3	2,851
2013	106,687	1,866	17,491	13,711	321	23,388	1,172	3	2,955
2014	132,635	2,475	18,658	20,426	500	24,465	1,510	5	3,038
2015	156,914	2,903	18,497	26,628	662	24,855	1,767	6	3,130
2016	200,947	3,741	18,615	35,610	920	25,824	2,670	9	3,229
2017	207,997	3,864	18,580	35,272	935	26,518	3,429	11	3,328
2018	206,434	3,735	18,094	37,081	980	26,430	3,995	14	3,435
2019	121,121	2,179	17,990	18,587	475	25,553	2,566	9	3,514
Total	2,168,099	35,453	16,352	362,699	8,023	22,121	41,471	114	2,741
	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	41,896	565	13,481	1,486	49	32,861	2,499	66	26,302
2007	5,104	85	16,562	903	30	32,775	739	20	26,974
2008	4,833	83	17,222	673	22	33,022	866	25	28,586
2009	2,905	52	17,920	500	18	36,209	387	14	35,514
2010	2,026	38	18,574	1,056	40	37,586	195	7	34,060
2011	2,500	48	19,059	1,314	51	38,884	214	7	34,299
2012	2,505	49	19,449	1,534	63	41,055	358	15	42,202
2013	3,135	63	20,182	1,411	58	41,058	486	18	36,995
2014	2,975	61	20,492	1,803	74	40,981	643	24	37,127
2015	2,766	58	20,791	1,829	76	41,741	752	31	41,102
2016	3,292	71	21,511	2,393	99	41,527	1,099	43	39,145
2017	3,782	84	22,255	2,536	107	42,249	1,222	49	39,971
2018	4,026	91	22,644	2,795	113	40,329	1,194	51	42,757
2019	2,426	55	22,741	1,224	48	38,989	551	23	41,478
Total	84,170	1,402	16,653	21,457	848	39,504	11,206	392	34,965
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2006 or earlier	3,320	41	12,470	46,003	218	4,740	567,761	7,141	12,578
2007	1,394	19	13,560	3,411	25	7,286	182,685	2,586	14,154
2008	1,232	16	12,827	3,274	22	6,847	175,063	2,546	14,542
2009	711	9	12,979	2,454	15	6,184	87,969	1,408	16,005
2010	822	11	13,228	2,042	12	5,971	120,347	1,874	15,576
2011	838	11	13,365	1,452	10	6,758	126,769	2,080	16,404
2012	776	11	14,667	1,231	10	8,335	117,971	2,120	17,971
2013	1,030	16	15,393	1,569	11	6,903	129,202	2,356	18,236
2014	1,327	20	15,352	1,529	12	7,626	162,849	3,170	19,465
2015	1,742	28	16,002	1,415	12	8,188	193,813	3,774	19,473
2016	2,532	40	15,950	1,633	13	8,135	250,176	4,936	19,729
2017	3,544	55	15,565	2,153	16	7,525	259,934	5,123	19,708
2018	6,399	99	15,514	2,455	18	7,200	264,379	5,101	19,294
2019	3,952	61	15,341	1,435	9	6,217	151,861	2,858	18,821
Total	29,619	438	14,799	72,056	403	5,592	2,790,777	47,072	16,867
Source: CSO
Note: The totals on this table may vary slightly due to rounding.

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Table 5.3 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type and type of fuel, 2019
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	900,663	10,910	12,113	1,207,683	23,769	19,681	59,753	774	12,958	2,168,099	35,453	16,352
Goods vehicles	640	10	15,942	361,645	8,006	22,137	414	7	17,386	362,699	8,023	22,121
Motorcycles	41,336	113	2,739	59	0	3,153	75	0	3,253	41,471	114	2,741
Tractors and machinery	321	3	10,476	83,812	1,398	16,680	37	0	9,298	84,170	1,402	16,653
Small PSVs	1,691	58	34,586	17,634	701	39,746	2,132	88	41,410	21,457	848	39,504
Large PSVs	9	0	30,533	11,197	392	34,969	0	0	0	11,206	392	34,965
Exempt vehicles	6,419	85	13,202	22,318	341	15,262	882	13	14,727	29,619	438	14,799
Other vehicles	23,414	89	3,799	48,512	313	6,459	131	1	4,857	72,057	403	5,592
Total	974,495	11,269	11,564	1,752,859	34,919	19,921	63,424	884	13,938	2,790,778	47,072	16,867
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4A Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2019
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	29,216	524	17,920	5,807	130	22,356	609	2	2,657	1,919	30	15,669	168	6	37,097
Cavan	32,907	617	18,748	8,328	181	21,748	484	1	2,759	2,713	45	16,478	164	7	41,431
Clare	58,669	1,052	17,931	9,426	196	20,767	990	3	2,726	3,200	55	17,336	348	14	39,677
Cork	264,071	4,231	16,021	42,113	891	21,152	5,590	15	2,696	11,641	191	16,380	1,719	69	40,074
Donegal	66,327	1,163	17,540	15,155	300	19,823	775	2	2,786	3,289	60	18,130	359	15	40,987
Dublin	552,558	7,370	13,337	78,551	1,847	23,512	12,986	37	2,816	1,871	29	15,693	11,374	438	38,467
Galway	117,293	2,069	17,643	20,462	435	21,282	1,538	4	2,695	5,433	93	17,066	974	39	40,504
Kerry	73,292	1,259	17,176	11,922	240	20,115	1,112	3	2,694	4,307	71	16,505	492	20	39,755
Kildare	106,621	1,782	16,710	16,586	385	23,190	2,275	6	2,745	2,584	42	16,172	813	35	42,506
Kilkenny	45,473	815	17,916	8,325	190	22,822	885	2	2,666	3,809	62	16,346	204	9	42,227
Laois	35,886	670	18,671	6,143	141	22,935	507	1	2,689	2,946	47	15,838	226	9	41,556
Leitrim	14,931	286	19,159	3,505	72	20,601	175	0	2,758	956	17	17,371	62	3	42,049
Limerick	90,784	1,549	17,058	13,889	322	23,165	1,566	4	2,712	3,847	63	16,507	658	25	37,341
Longford	17,731	336	18,975	4,066	94	23,031	233	1	2,693	1,293	22	16,637	87	4	45,491
Louth	53,144	889	16,732	8,214	186	22,696	894	2	2,782	1,177	19	16,481	576	24	41,901
Mayo	62,069	1,121	18,066	13,355	267	20,001	648	2	2,717	4,883	82	16,838	269	10	38,264
Meath	91,552	1,612	17,610	15,199	365	23,996	1,801	5	2,747	3,087	51	16,429	993	44	44,441
Monaghan	26,560	493	18,561	8,224	199	24,162	304	1	2,766	1,834	32	17,477	75	3	41,570
Offaly	35,304	656	18,572	6,624	141	21,345	692	2	2,669	2,599	44	17,086	161	6	37,944
Roscommon	33,755	668	19,794	6,422	138	21,489	315	1	2,751	2,401	42	17,354	127	5	40,662
Sligo	29,610	515	17,408	6,207	123	19,772	413	1	2,628	1,676	28	16,998	175	7	39,743
Tipperary	81,247	1,497	18,420	14,173	311	21,949	1,499	4	2,682	5,666	95	16,793	258	10	40,136
Waterford	58,966	978	16,581	8,180	164	20,010	1,342	4	2,646	2,386	39	16,391	296	12	39,305
Westmeath	42,201	780	18,487	8,194	176	21,509	622	2	2,692	2,261	38	16,782	269	12	42,742
Wexford	77,634	1,379	17,760	13,960	328	23,503	1,571	4	2,669	4,549	75	16,476	256	10	38,904
Wicklow	70,299	1,143	16,258	9,671	202	20,869	1,646	4	2,718	1,843	29	16,001	354	14	38,470
Total	2,168,099	35,453	16,352	362,699	8,023	22,121	41,471	114	2,741	84,170	1,402	16,653	21,457	848	39,504
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4B Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2019
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	28,890	285	4	13,936	1,338	8	5,884	39,491	707	17,914
Cavan	194	7	37,706	381	6	15,939	1,471	9	5,979	46,642	873	18,719
Clare	256	8	31,009	790	11	14,393	2,570	12	4,796	76,248	1,351	17,723
Cork	900	31	33,921	3,597	54	15,050	9,314	49	5,281	338,945	5,530	16,315
Donegal	634	21	33,350	953	15	15,504	4,205	21	5,010	91,697	1,597	17,419
Dublin	3,262	129	39,496	9,903	136	13,691	8,376	56	6,681	678,881	10,040	14,790
Galway	660	22	33,607	1,958	40	20,301	5,191	30	5,832	153,509	2,733	17,806
Kerry	544	19	35,090	842	11	13,524	3,834	19	4,898	96,345	1,642	17,039
Kildare	525	17	33,175	882	13	14,451	2,845	16	5,734	133,131	2,295	17,241
Kilkenny	334	11	33,286	566	11	19,193	1,735	10	5,562	61,331	1,110	18,091
Laois	211	6	27,536	359	5	13,192	1,262	7	5,741	47,541	886	18,640
Leitrim	106	3	25,326	249	4	16,027	951	4	4,378	20,935	389	18,571
Limerick	331	11	32,801	1,222	16	12,922	3,208	17	5,277	115,505	2,006	17,369
Longford	101	3	26,036	236	4	16,582	969	5	4,894	24,716	467	18,914
Louth	246	9	38,557	686	10	14,917	1,168	7	5,800	66,105	1,148	17,368
Mayo	346	13	37,080	1,141	17	14,840	2,605	17	6,664	85,315	1,530	17,931
Meath	399	12	29,808	793	12	15,405	2,369	15	6,163	116,192	2,115	18,206
Monaghan	232	11	47,983	291	4	13,142	1,103	6	5,306	38,622	749	19,380
Offaly	219	7	30,057	329	5	14,388	1,942	10	5,163	47,869	871	18,190
Roscommon	126	4	27,826	467	8	17,616	1,816	9	4,959	45,430	875	19,252
Sligo	125	4	34,427	497	7	13,849	1,568	8	5,232	40,270	694	17,236
Tipperary	401	12	29,464	930	14	14,689	3,113	16	5,290	107,286	1,959	18,261
Waterford	193	6	30,566	578	8	13,714	1,793	10	5,459	73,734	1,219	16,537
Westmeath	154	4	28,072	333	5	15,602	1,493	8	5,516	55,528	1,025	18,465
Wexford	302	10	33,196	717	10	14,598	3,342	19	5,703	102,331	1,836	17,937
Wicklow	255	8	31,978	635	9	14,139	2,475	14	5,756	87,178	1,424	16,331
Total	11,206	392	34,965	29,619	438	14,799	72,057	403	5,592	2,790,778	47,072	16,867
Source: CSO

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Table 5.5 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by month of year and vehicle type, 2019
Month	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Month	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	2,135,547	2,705	1,178	358,227	614	1,580	41,188	9	186
February	2,147,516	2,623	1,153	359,401	595	1,545	41,132	8	183
March	2,155,907	3,000	1,326	360,286	679	1,778	41,040	10	212
April	2,163,710	2,927	1,299	361,104	661	1,741	40,970	9	208
May	2,166,157	3,131	1,393	361,495	707	1,869	40,969	10	224
June	2,164,411	2,970	1,323	361,550	671	1,776	40,971	9	214
July	2,171,979	3,082	1,369	362,111	695	1,836	41,210	10	222
August	2,178,529	3,174	1,404	363,719	717	1,884	41,553	10	228
September	2,180,587	3,028	1,334	365,052	685	1,790	41,815	10	217
October	2,182,949	3,087	1,352	365,882	700	1,812	42,058	10	220
November	2,184,564	2,943	1,280	366,541	668	1,713	42,287	10	208
December	2,185,334	2,784	1,201	367,016	633	1,606	42,459	9	195
Total	2,168,099	35,453	16,352	362,699	8,023	22,121	41,471	114	2,741
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	84,130	108	1,198	21,133	65	2,876	10,972	30	2,528
February	84,161	104	1,170	21,182	63	2,797	11,020	29	2,462
March	84,138	119	1,345	21,245	72	3,211	11,047	33	2,828
April	83,989	115	1,315	21,307	70	3,140	11,093	32	2,769
May	83,918	123	1,411	21,389	75	3,368	11,160	34	2,979
June	83,827	117	1,341	21,463	71	3,202	11,212	33	2,836
July	83,892	121	1,387	21,508	74	3,307	11,254	34	2,938
August	84,103	125	1,424	21,566	76	3,385	11,266	35	3,012
September	84,281	120	1,354	21,601	72	3,209	11,332	34	2,869
October	84,429	122	1,373	21,651	73	3,247	11,355	34	2,913
November	84,543	117	1,299	21,701	70	3,070	11,362	33	2,763
December	84,627	110	1,218	21,745	66	2,878	11,400	31	2,605
Total	84,170	1,402	16,653	21,457	848	39,504	11,206	392	34,965
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			Total
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	26,855	31	995	72,697	32	411	2,750,749	3,594	1,213
February	27,510	31	989	72,470	31	399	2,764,393	3,483	1,186
March	28,163	36	1,155	72,245	35	456	2,774,070	3,982	1,365
April	28,714	35	1,143	72,007	34	445	2,782,894	3,884	1,337
May	29,104	38	1,235	71,845	36	475	2,786,038	4,154	1,434
June	29,369	36	1,178	71,694	34	450	2,784,496	3,941	1,362
July	29,846	38	1,227	71,668	35	465	2,793,468	4,088	1,409
August	30,536	40	1,271	71,800	36	476	2,803,070	4,212	1,446
September	30,986	39	1,213	71,937	34	452	2,807,590	4,021	1,374
October	31,299	40	1,234	72,038	35	458	2,811,661	4,101	1,392
November	31,499	38	1,170	72,102	33	432	2,814,599	3,911	1,318
December	31,547	36	1,098	72,168	31	405	2,816,295	3,701	1,236
Total	29,619	438	14,799	72,056	403	5,592	2,790,777	47,072	16,867
Source: CSO
Note: The totals on this table may vary very slightly due to rounding

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Table 5.6 Road traffic volumes for private cars by engine capacity and type of fuel, 2019
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	160,654	1,883	11,720	199	4	18,594	7,006	93	13,318	167,859	1,980	11,795
1001 - 1200	139,463	1,674	12,000	4,272	78	18,200	5,897	62	10,456	149,631	1,813	12,116
1201 - 1400	364,694	4,387	12,030	81,515	1,477	18,120	3,884	51	13,087	450,093	5,915	13,142
1401 - 1600	153,978	1,961	12,735	497,460	9,757	19,614	9,794	127	12,934	661,233	11,845	17,913
1601 - 1800	38,820	482	12,416	94,179	1,839	19,526	18,660	245	13,123	151,659	2,566	16,918
1801 - 2000	32,508	403	12,385	429,034	8,671	20,211	4,727	62	13,123	466,270	9,136	19,593
Over 2000	10,546	121	11,483	101,024	1,943	19,231	9,784	135	13,789	121,354	2,199	18,119
Total	900,663	10,910	12,113	1,207,683	23,769	19,681	59,753	774	12,958	2,168,099	35,453	16,352
Source: CSO

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Table 5.7 Road traffic volumes for private cars by county of owner and gender, 2019
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	13,724	238	17,363	14,752	268	18,151	739	17	23,659	29,216	524	17,920
Cavan	15,982	299	18,719	16,282	303	18,639	643	14	22,243	32,907	617	18,748
Clare	28,841	506	17,560	28,946	527	18,219	881	18	20,613	58,669	1,052	17,931
Cork	125,354	1,927	15,372	131,882	2,162	16,390	6,835	142	20,816	264,071	4,231	16,021
Donegal	31,893	553	17,325	33,136	584	17,638	1,298	26	20,310	66,327	1,163	17,540
Dublin	249,165	2,909	11,674	257,445	3,397	13,197	45,949	1,063	23,142	552,558	7,370	13,337
Galway	57,889	997	17,228	56,958	1,018	17,870	2,446	54	22,164	117,293	2,069	17,643
Kerry	35,027	591	16,866	36,599	634	17,323	1,667	34	20,473	73,292	1,259	17,176
Kildare	51,011	811	15,907	52,638	907	17,226	2,973	63	21,339	106,621	1,782	16,710
Kilkenny	21,494	374	17,390	22,954	418	18,193	1,024	23	22,737	45,473	815	17,916
Laois	16,908	307	18,177	18,363	350	19,045	615	13	21,072	35,886	670	18,671
Leitrim	7,587	145	19,050	7,210	139	19,237	133	3	21,110	14,931	286	19,159
Limerick	42,593	700	16,446	46,090	805	17,464	2,100	43	20,552	90,784	1,549	17,058
Longford	8,307	154	18,537	9,010	172	19,141	414	10	24,162	17,731	336	18,975
Louth	25,318	403	15,924	26,709	462	17,295	1,117	24	21,582	53,144	889	16,732
Mayo	30,030	535	17,820	30,661	557	18,159	1,378	29	21,346	62,069	1,121	18,066
Meath	44,827	759	16,928	44,983	818	18,180	1,742	36	20,462	91,552	1,612	17,610
Monaghan	13,250	243	18,367	12,751	237	18,578	558	13	22,784	26,560	493	18,561
Offaly	16,395	296	18,061	18,245	345	18,903	664	15	22,118	35,304	656	18,572
Roscommon	14,545	277	19,050	14,597	283	19,391	4,614	108	23,415	33,755	668	19,794
Sligo	14,886	254	17,054	14,109	249	17,650	616	13	20,422	29,610	515	17,408
Tipperary	38,049	683	17,945	41,394	772	18,662	1,804	41	22,904	81,247	1,497	18,420
Waterford	27,121	433	15,956	28,986	486	16,762	2,860	59	20,671	58,966	978	16,581
Westmeath	20,050	360	17,965	20,955	395	18,829	1,196	25	21,247	42,201	780	18,487
Wexford	36,467	633	17,354	37,536	669	17,831	3,631	77	21,104	77,634	1,379	17,760
Wicklow	34,653	546	15,743	34,342	572	16,660	1,305	25	19,370	70,299	1,143	16,258
Total	1,021,364	15,934	15,600	1,057,533	17,529	16,575	89,202	1,991	22,319	2,168,099	35,453	16,352
Source: CSO

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Table 5.8 Road traffic volumes for goods vehicles by year of registration and unladen weight, 2019
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	59,903	846	14,123	17,927	363	20,237	1,155	26	22,731	1,369	43	31,670
2007	18,348	267	14,526	8,094	163	20,095	306	7	23,151	414	13	32,536
2008	14,413	213	14,791	6,235	126	20,275	341	8	22,586	354	11	32,226
2009	6,608	119	18,001	2,612	52	20,086	215	5	23,266	257	8	32,442
2010	6,448	115	17,902	2,514	52	20,804	155	3	22,348	209	7	32,682
2011	6,753	124	18,362	2,464	51	20,732	120	3	23,908	175	5	30,681
2012	6,821	129	18,861	2,566	56	21,749	150	4	26,250	189	6	31,882
2013	8,623	165	19,178	3,384	76	22,475	231	6	26,668	338	11	33,523
2014	13,121	279	21,251	5,062	117	23,082	233	6	26,246	412	14	33,566
2015	16,899	374	22,157	7,366	178	24,124	277	8	27,095	476	16	33,309
2016	20,991	476	22,663	10,794	262	24,274	352	9	25,434	708	24	34,438
2017	19,491	449	23,019	11,738	291	24,756	381	10	26,908	696	26	36,943
2018	19,665	455	23,153	13,311	329	24,732	428	11	25,552	735	25	34,140
2019	9,959	227	22,791	6,580	150	22,846	201	5	25,049	329	11	33,640
Total	228,046	4,238	18,584	100,649	2,266	22,517	4,546	111	24,482	6,661	222	33,338
	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	1,950	80	40,880	1,755	99	56,219	84,059	1,457	17,331
2007	618	25	40,938	783	44	55,873	28,563	519	18,162
2008	426	18	41,379	613	34	55,557	22,382	410	18,335
2009	186	8	40,798	274	15	56,003	10,152	208	20,458
2010	176	7	39,749	221	12	55,352	9,723	197	20,288
2011	215	9	40,001	339	19	54,773	10,066	211	20,912
2012	261	10	39,093	449	25	55,423	10,437	230	21,991
2013	348	15	43,018	786	47	59,466	13,711	321	23,388
2014	534	23	43,365	1,062	61	57,315	20,426	500	24,465
2015	555	25	44,927	1,055	61	58,241	26,628	662	24,855
2016	883	38	43,381	1,882	110	58,558	35,610	920	25,824
2017	900	39	43,233	2,066	121	58,671	35,272	935	26,518
2018	889	38	43,249	2,053	121	58,979	37,081	980	26,430
2019	485	21	43,501	1,033	60	58,527	18,587	475	25,553
Total	8,424	356	42,233	14,373	830	57,721	362,699	8,023	22,121
Source: CSO

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