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BULLETIN OF VEHICLE AND DRIVER STATISTICS 2005

23/08/06

The Department of the Environment Heritage & Local Government has today (23rd August ‘06) published the Bulletin of Vehicle and Driver Statistics, 2005

The bulletin contains a broad range of statistical tables covering:

·      the size, composition, age and fuel type of licensed vehicles;

·      details on the first licensing of new and imported used vehicles;

·      national car test results;

·      driver licensing;

·      driver testing results.

Some key Statistics:

·     the total number of licensed vehicles at 31st December, 2005 (2,138,680) represents an increase of some 102,400 units (5.03%) on the 2004 return.
In the private car category the number increased from 1,582,800 in 2004 to 1,662,200 in 2005 (5.01% increase).
 
·     219,300 new vehicles and 61,300 imported used vehicles were licensed for the first time in 2005.

·     624,600 car tests were carried out by NCTS in 2005.  An overall pass rate of 94% resulted – 44.9% being passed after defects discovered on the initial test had been rectified.


·     There were 2.35 million driving licences current at 31 December 2005 of which 404,600 were provisional licences.

·      Driving tests conducted in 2005 totalled 137,500.  An overall pass rate of 54% (73,700) was achieved while in the case of repeat tests a pass rate of 56% was achieved.

Details of the bulletin appear on the Departments Website at www.environ.ie and copies are available from the Vehicle Registration Unit, Dept. of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Shannon, Co. Clare.


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