Statistics Norway

Road traffic volumes

7 Road traffic volumes, by main type of vehicle and type of fuel. 2005-2011. Million kms
Type of vehicle 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
All vehicles 37 743.6 39 342.7 42 366.4 43 034.2 42 609.7 42 561.1 42 903.5
Petrol 23 913.9 23 360.1 22 849.6 21 406.9 20 005.7 18 680.7 17 423.8
Diesel 13 812.9 15 962.2 19 494.7 21 601.9 22 573.2 23 847.2 25 428.0
Other fuels 16.8 20.3 22.1 25.4 30.8 33.1 51.7
All passenger cars 28 708.4 29 879.9 32 247.2 32 713.7 32 631.1 32 737.3 33 032.0
Petrol 22 487.1 22 051.5 21 643.8 20 355.3 19 094.9 17 906.9 16 776.7
Diesel 6 211.1 7 816.6 10 591.0 12 344.9 13 518.7 14 813.0 16 225.5
Other fuels 10.2 11.8 12.4 13.5 17.4 17.3 29.8
All buses  774.0  745.5  721.6  694.2  644.9  622.6  611.0
Petrol 32.3 27.7 24.1 18.5 13.3 9.8 7.5
Diesel  736.0  710.7  690.1  666.6  622.0  601.8  587.1
Other fuels 5.7 7.0 7.3 9.1 9.6 11.1 16.4
All vans and small lorries 6 503.2 6 862.9 7 385.9 7 604.9 7 445.2 7 390.4 7 382.2
Petrol 1 393.2 1 279.7 1 181.1 1 032.7  897.2  763.8  639.4
Diesel 5 109.1 5 582.0 6 203.1 6 569.9 6 545.0 6 623.1 6 738.7
Other fuels 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.3 3.0 3.4 4.0
All heavy lorries and road tractors 1 758.0 1 854.4 2 011.7 2 021.4 1 888.6 1 810.8 1 878.4
Petrol 1.3 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1
Diesel 1 756.6 1 852.9 2 010.4 2 020.5 1 887.5 1 809.3 1 876.7
Other fuels 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.3 1.6
Source: Statistics Norway.

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