Registered goods vehicles, 2000

The total carrying capacity of the registered road goods vehicles has risen by 9.1 per cent since 1990, and the total carrying capacity in 2000 was 736 101 tons.

During the period 1990-2000 the average yearly rate of growth in the stock of road goods vehicles was 1.4 per cent. The corresponding rate of growth for carrying capacity was less than one per cent, because it was the number of small vehicles with the lowest carrying capacity that had the highest increase.

The number of petrol-powered vans decreased by 62.5 per cent from 1990 to 2000. This group of vehicles constituted of 28 per cent of the total stock of vehicles. In 1990 the corresponding share was 65.3 per cent.

Number of small lorries increasing

In 2000 lorries with a carrying capacity of less than two tons constituted of 26 per cent of the stock of lorries. Ten years ago this share was only 11.9 per cent. This group of lorries has had an increase of 109.4 per cent since 1990, and constituted of 15 333 vehicles at the end of 2000.

The number of medium-sized lorries has decreased since 1990. The number of lorries with a carrying capacity between 5 and 9.9 tons has fallen by 37.7 per cent from 1990 to 2000, while the number of lorries with a carrying capacity between 10 and 13.9 tons was reduced by 46.1 per cent. The stock of vehicles for these groups decreased by 6.1 per cent since 1999.

The number of large lorries (with a carrying capacity of 14 tons or more) has increased by 171.6 per cent since 1990, but the growth has declined, and during the last five years this group has increased by 26 per cent. The number of vehicles in this group increased by only 0.7 per cent from 1999 to 2000. The large lorries constitute 14.8 per cent of the stock of lorries, but 36.7 per cent of the total carrying capacity for lorries in 2000.

The number of tractors for semitrailers has increased by 1.0 per cent since 1999, and by the end of 2000 there was 76 232 registered tractors.

Fewer combined vehicles and more vans

The number of combined vehicles went down by 2.3 per cent from 1999 to 2000, after a decade of strong growth. There was 104 868 combined vehicles registered in Norway at the end of 2000. There was a small growth in the number of vans from 1999 to 2000, after a decade of decline.

Counties with most vehicles had the strongest growth

The county with most registered road goods vehicles in 2000 was Akershus, where the stock consisted of 25 325 vehicles. The second and third largest counties with regard to the stock of road goods vehicles were Oslo and Hordaland with respectively 22 287 and 21 520 vehicles. These three counties have more than 30 per cent of the total stock of road goods vehicles in Norway, and they have all increased their stock since 1999. Buskerud has also had an increase in the stock of road goods vehicles, while all the other counties have had a decline from 1999 to 2000.

Tables:

• Table 1 Registered road goods vehicles, by type of vehicle. 31 December
• Table 2 Carrying capacity of registered road goods vehicles, by type of vehicle. 31 December. Tons
• Table 3 Registered road goods vehicles, by type of vehicle and county. 31 December 2000
• Table 4 Carrying capacity of registered road goods vehicles by type of vehicle and county. 31 December 2000. Tons