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Trends in vehicle kilometres travelled by vehicle type

Vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by vehicle type in New Zealand, 1990–2007

Year
Truck VKT
Bus VKT
Light passenger and commercial vehicle and motor cycle VKT
(pre-2001)
Light passenger vehicles
(post-2000)
Light commercial vehicles (post-2000)
Motor cycles (post-2000)
Total VKT
1990
1.40
0.15
24.44
25.99
1991
1.39
0.14
24.30
25.83
1992
1.40
0.14
24.55
26.09
1993
1.51
0.15
25.80
27.46
1994
1.64
0.16
26.83
28.63
1995
1.74
0.17
27.93
29.84
1996
1.84
0.18
29.00
31.01
1997
1.88
0.18
29.85
31.91
1998
1.90
0.18
30.97
33.05
1999
2.01
0.19
32.17
34.37
2000
2.07
0.20
32.67
34.94
Change in data gathering method
2001
2.28
0.19
28.09
5.08
0.26
35.90
2002
2.38
0.20
29.04
5.09
0.24
36.95
2003
2.47
0.21
29.94
5.18
0.24
38.04
2004
2.64
0.23
30.68
5.32
0.23
39.10
2005
2.71
0.24
30.97
5.33
0.25
39.50
2006
2.69
0.25
30.50
5.45
0.29
39.19
2007
2.78
0.25
31.19
5.65
0.33
40.20

Data source: Ministry of Transport.

 

This information has come from the environmental report card on vehicle kilometres travelled by road.

 

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Last updated: March 2009