Number of kilometers traveled to register Interior

Most kilometers were traveled by passenger cars in 2017. "This reason totaled 119.1 billion kilometers, which represents a substantial increase of 14.3% over 2002," said Marjolein Jaarsma from Statistics Netherlands, which publishes the latest figures in Road Vehicles Monitor. "This growth is mainly due to the increase in the number of registered passenger cars." With 9.1 million units, last year was 20.1% higher than fifteen years earlier. "

It's striking The number of kilometers traveled does not follow the increase in the parking lot. The average number of kilometers driven per car increased from 13,700 in 2002 to 13,000 fifteen years later. Individuals, in particular, drove less by car (-6.2%) than in 2002.

Behavior of the elderly at the wheel

Jaarsma says that this does not surprise her. "This is mainly due to the fact that the elderly continue to drive much longer, but they travel less kilometers, so the average is decreasing.Young people who have a car and live in the city also take the tram more often or bicycle and thus negatively influence the figure. "

The 980,000 Dutch delivery trucks together traveled 17.7 billion kilometers last year. This is an increase of 3.4% over the previous year.

Freight transport actually decreased

Unlike passenger cars and delivery vans, trucks were less frequent. "Last year, the number of kilometers was 5.6% lower than in 2002," said Jaarsma. "The number of heavy trucks has increased from 3.7% to 226,000 in 15 years."

With the Dutch buses, 3.891% less in 691.6 million kilometers traveled in 2017 compared to fifteen years earlier.