First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 26 March 2021
TRAN-2021-1-3

ISSN 1334-0557

VOLUME OF ROAD TRAFFIC OF NATIONAL VEHICLES, 2019

Detailed data on vehicle-kilometres travelled by domestic vehicles on the territory of the Republic of Croatia and on the foreign territory are published here. The data are based on administrative data obtained from the Center for Vehicles of Croatia and the Ministry of the Interior as well as on estimates of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

Volume of traffic expressed in vehicle-kilometres is an important indicator of transport performance of road traffic vehicles. Vehicle-kilometres travelled is an indicator of the environmental impact of the transport activity and one of the important indicators of the traffic safety.

In 2019, vehicles registered in the Republic of Croatia travelled 27 378 million vehicle-kilometres, which was 3.0% less than in 2018.

Out the total number of vehicle-kilometres travelled in 2019, passenger cars accounted for 78.4%. The largest share in vehicle-kilometres travelled by passenger cars was generated by diesel-driven passenger cars, 64.7%.

Due to continuous increase in the number of registered electric passenger cars, vehicle-kilometres travelled in this vehicle category in 2019, compared to 2018, showed the biggest growth, 131.0%.

G-1. SHARE OF TYPE OF FUEL IN REALISED VEHICLE- KILOMETRES OF PASSENGER VEHICLES, 2019

1. VOLUME OF ROAD TRAFFIC OF NATIONAL VEHICLES, BY TYPE OF VEHICLE, TYPE OF FUEL AND AGE OF VEHICLE, 2019

Mln vkm

    Total Age of vehicle
Less than
2 years
2 years up to under 5 years 5 years up to under 10 years 10 years up to under 20 years 20 and more
years
Total 27 378 3 341 4 068 5 956 11 710 2 303
M1: Passenger cars  21 463 2 206 2 913 4 600 9 791 1 952
Petrol 6 657   746   460   974 3 603   874
Diesel 13 895 1 332 2 385 3 529 5 686   961
Pure electric   19   14   4   1   0   0
Hybrid petrol   98   63   21   10   4 -
Hybrid diesel   20   13   2   5 - -
Other fuel    774   38   41   81   498   117
M2: Mini buses    21   1   3   6   11   0
Petrol - - - - - -
Diesel   21   1   3   6   11   0
Pure electric   0 -   0 -   0 -
Other fuel - - - - - -
M3: Buses and coaches    255   17   33   59   135   12
Diesel   250   17   33   56   133   12
Hybrid - - - - - -
Pure electric - - - - - -
CNG   0 - -   0 - -
Other fuel   5 -   1   3   2 -
N1: Goods vehicles up to 3.5 t MPW  3 207   811   621   671   959   145
Petrol   59   4   12   15   24   3
Diesel 3 127   806   607   651   922   141
Other fuel    21   1   2   5   13   1
N2: Goods vehicles between 3.5 t and 12 t MPW    315   25   27   56   152   55
Diesel   314   25   27   56   152   55
Other fuel   0 -   0   0   0   0
N3: Goods vehicles over 12 t MPW  1 683   219   429   504   466   64
Diesel 1 682   219   429   503   466   64
Other fuel   1   0   0   1   0 -
L1/L2/L6: Mopeds    114   8   12   18   62   13
Petrol   113   8   11   18   62   13
Pure electric   1   1   0   0   0   0
Other fuel   0 -   0   0   0   0
L3/L4/L5/L7: Motorcycles    261   51   26   41   124   19
Petrol   260   51   26   41   124   19
Pure electric   1   0   1   0   0 -
Other fuel   0 -   0   0   0   0
T5: Tractor on wheels   59   3   2   2   9   43
Diesel   56   2   1   2   9   42
Other fuel   2   1   1   0   0   1

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

It may happen that the sum total does not equal the sum of individual figures and that cumulative data do not always equal the sum of individual results due to the rounding of numbers.

The estimate of vehicle-kilometres travelled by national vehicles was obtained on the basis of data on kilometres travelled by vehicles that had taken a vehicle inspection test and the number of registered vehicles in the Republic of Croatia.

Data on kilometres travelled were obtained on the basis of odometer readings during regular vehicle inspections by the Center for Vehicles of Croatia in the period of three consecutive years for all motor vehicles which had to take vehicle inspection tests. Kilometres travelled by each individual vehicle are calculated on the basis of the difference in the odometer readings obtained during the last two vehicle inspections. Kilometres travelled by new vehicles, for which such data do not exist, are estimated using the imputation method.

Average number of registered vehicles in the Republic of Croatia was obtained on the basis of the number of road motor vehicles registered with the Ministry of the Interior during two consecutive years.

Definitions

Vehicle-kilometre is a unit of measure representing the movement of a road motor vehicle over one kilometre. The distance to be considered is the distance actually run. It includes movements of empty road motor vehicles. Units made up of a tractor and a semi-trailer or a lorry and a trailer are counted as one vehicle.

Road vehicle is a vehicle running on wheels and intended for use on roads.

Road motor vehicle is a road vehicle fitted with an engine whence it derives its sole means of propulsion, which is normally used for carrying persons or goods or for hauling, on the road, vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods. The statistics exclude motor vehicles running on rails.

According to Annex I of the Ordinance on the Conformity Assessment of Motor Vehicles and Their Trailers, motor vehicle categories are as follows: M1 (passenger cars), M2 and M3 (buses and coaches), N1, N2 and N3 (goods vehicles), L1, L2 and L6 (mopeds), L3, L4, L5 and L7 (motorcycles), and T5 (tractors on wheels).

National vehicle is a road motor vehicle registered in the Republic of Croatia and bearing registration marks of the Republic of Croatia.

 

Abbreviations  
   
mln million
MPW maximum permissible weight
t tonne
vkm vehicle-kilometre
   
   
Symbols  
   
- no occurrence
0 value not zero, but less than 0.5 of the unit of measure used



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