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Road Traffic Volumes

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In 2017, Irish licensed vehicles travelled a total of 48.8 billion kilometres. Each vehicle travelled, on average, 18,160 kilometres in 2017.
Private cars accounted for 77.5% of the total number of licensed vehicles and 76.3% of the total distance travelled in 2017. On average, each private car travelled 17,881 kilometres in 2017.

X-axis label	Average vehicle kilometres, 2017
Private cars	17.881
Goods vehicles	22.407
Motorcycles	2.753
Tractors and machinery	17.826
Small PSVs	39.845
Large PSVs	35.795
Exempt vehicles	16.105
Other vehicles	6.025

Road traffic volumes

Table 5.1 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type, 2006 - 2017
Year	Private cars	Goods vehicles	Motorcycles	Tractors and machinery	Small PSVs	Large PSVs	Exempt vehicles	Other vehicles	Total
	Vehicle population¹
2006	1,746,845	305,743	34,410	76,908	23,644	7,771	20,231	31,436	2,246,988
2007	1,858,906	335,716	35,841	78,861	26,139	8,181	22,348	34,483	2,400,476
2008	1,932,729	352,239	38,068	79,404	29,159	8,636	24,409	37,784	2,502,429
2009	1,914,924	344,671	38,741	76,007	28,959	8,679	25,644	41,404	2,479,030
2010	1,890,110	331,779	38,043	72,014	27,578	8,373	25,587	44,215	2,437,699
2011	1,886,421	319,530	36,531	70,463	26,042	8,203	26,173	46,160	2,419,523
2012	1,896,184	312,866	35,438	70,288	24,779	8,241	26,095	47,906	2,421,798
2013	1,913,939	312,578	35,670	85,801	23,605	8,307	26,164	57,633	2,463,697
2014²	1,956,661	319,225	36,758	95,973	22,921	8,646	26,234	79,381	2,545,800
2015²	1,998,485	328,264	37,054	92,602	22,451	9,025	27,033	78,461	2,593,375
2016²	2,042,600	340,086	37,753	89,515	21,952	9,546	27,753	75,437	2,644,642
2017	2,079,345	347,447	39,046	88,378	21,544	10,090	28,702	70,178	2,684,730
	Vehicle kilometres (million)
2006	30,660	7,190	127	1,446	929	295	361	348	41,357
2007	31,973	7,736	130	1,453	1,006	305	391	374	43,368
2008	31,450	7,901	159	1,942	1,072	310	412	475	43,721
2009	33,391	7,855	135	1,370	945	349	504	562	45,110
2010	31,734	6,870	123	1,263	932	310	464	470	42,166
2011	31,638	6,546	114	1,232	970	308	460	413	41,681
2012	31,076	6,167	106	1,310	860	298	455	378	40,648
2013	32,031	6,320	103	1,344	873	299	442	345	41,757
2014²	32,711	7,514	104	1,653	848	309	443	795	44,378
2015²	35,089	7,081	103	1,602	855	313	437	605	46,084
2016²	36,683	7,465	104	1,582	866	330	449	516	47,994
2017	37,181	7,785	108	1,575	858	361	462	423	48,754
	Average vehicle kilometres
2006	17,552	23,516	3,701	18,806	39,275	38,009	17,866	11,065	18,406
2007	17,200	23,044	3,626	18,429	38,487	37,246	17,507	10,844	18,067
2008	16,272	22,432	4,186	24,452	36,758	35,920	16,888	12,570	17,472
2009	17,437	22,789	3,472	18,019	32,630	40,255	19,670	13,578	18,197
2010	16,789	20,707	3,238	17,536	33,804	36,984	18,129	10,627	17,297
2011	16,771	20,487	3,125	17,480	37,233	37,578	17,556	8,954	17,227
2012	16,388	19,711	2,996	18,633	34,698	36,148	17,427	7,884	16,784
2013	16,736	20,220	2,887	15,665	36,994	36,014	16,880	5,981	16,949
2014²	16,718	23,537	2,832	17,228	37,006	35,785	16,891	10,011	17,432
2015²	17,558	21,572	2,773	17,297	38,069	34,647	16,172	7,706	17,770
2016²	17,959	21,949	2,768	17,675	39,432	34,525	16,164	6,834	18,148
2017	17,881	22,407	2,753	17,826	39,845	35,795	16,105	6,025	18,160
Source: CSO
¹ Vehicle population represents annual average for each year
² Data revised for 2014 to 2016

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Table 5.2 Road traffic statistics of national fleet by year of registration and vehicle type, 2017
Year of registration	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Year of registration	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2005 or earlier	467,284	6,562	14,044	85,645	1,499	17,497	12,837	29	2,232
2006	146,680	2,237	15,249	31,050	594	19,142	2,487	6	2,554
2007	168,077	2,634	15,674	34,532	733	21239	3,065	8	2,630
2008	156,450	2,606	16,659	26,664	570	21,395	3,231	9	2,713
2009	77,502	1,408	18,165	12,364	263	21,283	2,472	7	2,791
2010	109,924	2,000	18,193	11,367	245	21,545	1,806	5	2,883
2011	115,445	2,106	18,242	11,496	265	23,023	1,464	4	2,971
2012	104,777	2,217	21,156	11,761	298	25,328	1,215	4	3,064
2013	110,694	2,309	20,856	15,542	419	26,929	1,380	4	3,172
2014	136,863	2,897	21,167	22,910	621	27,095	1,728	6	3,260
2015	160,698	3,368	20,960	28,869	777	26,926	2,091	7	3,360
2016	200,328	4,203	20,982	36,826	1,010	27,413	3,158	11	3,470
2017	124,624	2,634	21,135	18,420	492	26,705	2,114	8	3,553
Total	2,079,345	37,181	17,881	347,447	7,785	22,407	39,046	108	2,753
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2005 or earlier	44,506	653	14,670	2,270	80	35,163	2,419	65	26,742
2006	5,293	96	18,095	1,343	49	36,371	820	23	27,854
2007	5,791	108	18,630	2,019	77	38,157	820	28	33,764
2008	5,479	106	19,309	1,917	74	38,853	983	33	33,911
2009	3,306	66	20,111	1,235	49	39,507	442	15	34,016
2010	2,289	48	20,817	1,615	65	40,172	235	8	34,333
2011	2,894	62	21,372	1,645	67	40,898	251	9	36,085
2012	2,778	61	21,813	1,815	78	42,892	410	20	48,049
2013	3,633	82	22,677	1,539	65	42,464	539	23	41,852
2014	3,422	79	23,054	1,709	73	42,572	702	29	41,164
2015	3,191	75	23,362	1,474	62	42,258	821	37	44,540
2016	3,735	90	24,127	1,908	78	40,818	1,119	50	44,293
2017	2,061	51	24,538	1,054	41	39,002	528	23	43,788
Total	88,378	1,575	17,826	21,544	858	39,845	10,090	361	35,795
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2005 or earlier	3,504	48	13,638	44,619	228	5,116	663,082	9,163	13,819
2006	1,316	20	15,059	3,034	24	7,892	192,023	3,049	15,876
2007	1,860	29	15,808	3,452	28	8,099	219,614	3,646	16,601
2008	1,572	23	14,745	3,400	26	7,505	199,694	3,448	17,266
2009	941	14	14,770	2,630	17	6,460	100,892	1,839	18,228
2010	987	15	15,473	2,235	14	6,303	130,457	2,400	18,396
2011	1,033	16	15,712	1,518	11	7,102	135,745	2,540	18,713
2012	965	17	17,476	1,355	12	9,017	125,075	2,705	21,631
2013	1,351	24	17,827	1,751	13	7,644	136,430	2,939	21,545
2014	1,756	30	17,196	1,709	14	8,106	170,799	3,748	21,943
2015	2,907	50	17,106	1,572	14	8,749	201,624	4,389	21,771
2016	6,677	112	16,813	1,769	14	7,948	255,520	5,568	21,790
2017	3,834	64	16,568	1,135	8	7,027	153,771	3,320	21,589
Total	28,702	462	16,105	70,178	423	6,025	2,684,730	48,754	18,160
Source: CSO

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Table 5.3 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by vehicle type and type of fuel, 2017
Vehicle type	Petrol			Diesel			Other			Total
Vehicle type	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Private cars	1,009,242	13,844	13,717	1,040,190	22,904	22,019	29,913	434	14,498	2,079,345	37,181	17,881
Goods vehicles	662	11	16,718	346,622	7,772	22,421	163	3	16,464	347,447	7,785	22,407
Motorcycles	38,965	107	2,753	38	0	2,926	43	0	3,099	39,046	108	2,753
Tractors and machinery	342	4	10,968	87,985	1,571	17,858	51	0	9,441	88,378	1,575	17,826
Small PSVs	3,473	128	36,956	17,258	696	40,354	813	34	41,360	21,544	858	39,845
Large PSVs	13	0	31,236	10,078	361	35,800	0	0	0	10,090	361	35,795
Exempt vehicles	6,482	93	14,337	21,864	364	16,636	357	6	15,628	28,702	462	16,105
Other vehicles	22,127	91	4,096	47,936	332	6,917	115	1	5,061	70,178	423	6,025
Total	1,081,304	14,278	13,204	1,571,971	33,999	21,628	31,455	477	15,157	2,684,730	48,754	18,160
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4A Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2017
County of owner	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles			Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs
County of owner	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Carlow	27,773	540	19,442	5,868	132	22,495	536	1	2,664	2,013	33	16,616	169	6	37,449
Cavan	30,968	625	20,179	7,815	173	22,116	419	1	2,748	2,883	51	17,749	164	7	44,358
Clare	56,564	1,093	19,324	9,459	200	21,184	914	3	2,773	3,374	63	18,646	376	15	39,458
Cork	253,666	4,461	17,584	41,065	878	21,374	5,353	15	2,713	12,004	210	17,455	1,802	73	40,701
Donegal	63,259	1,214	19,191	14,396	291	20,210	742	2	2,841	3,596	70	19,411	387	16	41,127
Dublin	535,194	7,929	14,814	71,009	1,713	24,119	12,338	35	2,814	1,888	32	16,752	11,099	434	39,126
Galway	112,107	2,132	19,017	20,504	429	20,931	1,411	4	2,731	5,781	106	18,342	935	38	40,284
Kerry	70,962	1,317	18,562	11,971	245	20,426	1,048	3	2,721	4,508	80	17,660	481	18	37,081
Kildare	100,843	1,870	18,543	15,459	369	23,851	2,127	6	2,741	2,636	45	17,237	846	36	42,174
Kilkenny	43,844	858	19,570	8,140	190	23,401	864	2	2,679	3,920	68	17,431	219	9	42,060
Laois	33,782	686	20,298	5,937	134	22,544	503	1	2,746	3,065	52	16,991	223	10	43,770
Leitrim	14,103	291	20,654	3,402	70	20,650	151	0	2,753	1,052	20	18,879	71	3	40,548
Limerick	88,128	1,641	18,622	13,575	320	23,554	1,462	4	2,721	3,993	70	17,597	667	27	40,310
Longford	16,914	345	20,413	3,848	87	22,712	221	1	2,686	1,375	25	18,123	92	4	38,955
Louth	50,279	937	18,629	7,956	184	23,151	833	2	2,784	1,248	22	17,808	602	25	41,761
Mayo	59,643	1,168	19,591	13,207	267	20,203	598	2	2,758	5,264	94	17,938	311	12	37,106
Meath	85,448	1,646	19,267	14,654	354	24,131	1,597	4	2,738	3,146	55	17,621	1,014	43	42,593
Monaghan	25,160	504	20,037	7,739	194	25,100	310	1	2,800	2,001	38	18,846	90	4	39,670
Offaly	33,888	679	20,040	6,438	140	21,728	650	2	2,678	2,724	50	18,272	184	7	39,055
Roscommon	32,020	690	21,543	6,223	136	21,799	297	1	2,777	2,587	49	18,801	134	6	41,176
Sligo	28,542	540	18,902	5,915	121	20,488	398	1	2,677	1,768	32	18,304	171	7	37,980
Tipperary	77,991	1,554	19,922	13,786	297	21,542	1,404	4	2,717	5,921	106	17,872	278	11	39,530
Waterford	56,678	1,019	17,985	8,063	163	20,259	1,267	3	2,686	2,549	45	17,461	299	12	39,494
Westmeath	40,729	817	20,053	7,940	167	21,092	593	2	2,707	2,417	43	17,927	278	12	42,173
Wexford	73,082	1,417	19,391	13,829	335	24,249	1,501	4	2,683	4,716	83	17,560	271	11	40,220
Wicklow	67,778	1,209	17,833	9,248	196	21,186	1,510	4	2,741	1,946	33	17,131	382	15	39,093
Total	2,079,345	37,181	17,881	347,447	7,785	22,407	39,046	108	2,753	88,378	1,575	17,826	21,544	858	39,845
Source: CSO

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Table 5.4B Road traffic volumes of national fleet by county of owner and vehicle type, 2017
County of owner	Large PSVs			Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			All vehicles
County of owner	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Carlow	137	4	28,556	270	4	16,151	1,281	9	6,651	38,047	730	19,185
Cavan	186	7	38,482	365	6	15,725	1,442	9	6,216	44,243	879	19,872
Clare	228	6	27,825	778	13	16,408	2,545	13	5,294	74,237	1,406	18,943
Cork	869	28	32,632	3,392	51	14,982	8,929	52	5,773	327,081	5,766	17,630
Donegal	587	21	36,293	909	15	16,899	4,254	23	5,451	88,130	1,653	18,752
Dublin	2,850	113	39,544	9,766	148	15,156	7,952	59	7,366	652,097	10,461	16,042
Galway	562	21	37,627	1,843	38	20,758	5,284	34	6,402	148,427	2,802	18,877
Kerry	499	18	35,838	808	13	15,476	3,817	20	5,169	94,094	1,712	18,196
Kildare	469	16	34,251	900	14	15,969	2,674	16	6,055	125,954	2,372	18,834
Kilkenny	269	10	36,298	586	13	22,987	1,714	10	5,706	59,556	1,161	19,500
Laois	187	5	26,566	349	6	17,181	1,250	8	6,100	45,295	901	19,899
Leitrim	93	2	21,110	248	4	16,983	987	5	4,592	20,108	395	19,664
Limerick	301	11	36,938	1,113	16	14,354	3,128	18	5,782	112,366	2,107	18,753
Longford	105	3	32,048	225	4	18,496	986	5	5,195	23,765	474	19,962
Louth	208	7	36,034	693	11	15,910	1,122	7	6,395	62,941	1,196	19,006
Mayo	329	12	36,702	1,116	18	16,535	2,482	19	7,538	82,951	1,592	19,194
Meath	366	11	29,151	778	13	16,802	2,220	14	6,491	109,223	2,141	19,603
Monaghan	216	10	45,654	301	5	15,773	1,142	6	5,451	36,959	761	20,600
Offaly	186	6	34,587	320	5	16,461	1,898	10	5,488	46,289	900	19,440
Roscommon	119	4	32,818	429	7	16,994	1,864	10	5,103	43,673	901	20,634
Sligo	113	4	35,786	465	8	16,309	1,574	8	5,382	38,946	721	18,505
Tipperary	363	11	30,406	921	15	15,907	2,984	17	5,676	103,648	2,014	19,431
Waterford	172	6	32,693	574	9	15,494	1,707	9	5,441	71,309	1,266	17,757
Westmeath	151	5	36,217	311	5	16,832	1,442	9	5,917	53,859	1,060	19,682
Wexford	286	10	34,898	652	11	16,738	3,200	21	6,467	97,537	1,892	19,396
Wicklow	240	9	35,724	591	9	15,414	2,302	13	5,772	83,996	1,488	17,715
Total	10,090	361	35,795	28,702	462	16,105	70,178	423	6,025	2,684,730	48,754	18,160
Source: CSO

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Table 5.5 Road traffic volumes of national fleet by month of year and vehicle type, 2017
Month	Private cars			Goods vehicles			Motorcycles
Month	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	2,058,452	2,771	1,248	345,143	583	1,558	38,890	8	185
February	2,071,604	2,717	1,236	346,458	570	1,541	38,790	8	183
March	2,078,044	3,194	1,463	347,184	670	1,825	38,680	9	216
April	2,083,089	3,052	1,404	347,454	639	1,751	38,622	9	208
May	2,082,170	3,254	1,502	347,090	680	1,873	38,591	9	224
June	2,076,490	3,165	1,464	346,538	662	1,827	38,583	9	219
July	2,081,743	3,281	1,514	346,521	684	1,886	38,746	9	227
August	2,086,745	3,360	1,544	347,486	701	1,921	39,124	10	232
September	2,086,466	3,196	1,462	348,197	668	1,820	39,378	9	220
October	2,085,167	3,144	1,431	348,768	658	1,780	39,578	9	216
November	2,082,596	3,131	1,416	349,106	657	1,760	39,730	9	213
December	2,079,575	2,915	1,307	349,415	613	1,625	39,839	9	197
Total	2,079,345	37,181	17,881	347,447	7,785	22,407	39,046	108	2,753
	Tractors and machinery			Small PSVs			Large PSVs
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	88,553	119	1,272	21,641	66	2,875	9,842	27	2,526
February	88,554	116	1,250	21,690	64	2,823	9,890	26	2,482
March	88,441	136	1,472	21,656	75	3,319	9,916	31	2,924
April	88,250	129	1,407	21,629	71	3,169	9,976	29	2,806
May	88,191	137	1,504	21,626	76	3,383	10,045	31	3,012
June	88,177	134	1,469	21,597	74	3,296	10,095	31	2,949
July	88,175	138	1,518	21,522	75	3,388	10,100	32	3,047
August	88,292	142	1,549	21,507	77	3,437	10,112	32	3,098
September	88,335	135	1,469	21,489	73	3,246	10,192	31	2,948
October	88,420	133	1,439	21,461	71	3,165	10,247	31	2,893
November	88,526	133	1,426	21,379	71	3,121	10,304	31	2,869
December	88,619	124	1,320	21,325	66	2,879	10,362	29	2,658
Total	88,378	1,575	17,826	21,544	858	39,845	10,090	361	35,795
	Exempt vehicles			Other vehicles			Total
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
January	25,873	32	1,063	71,250	33	436	2,659,644	3,639	1,268
February	26,533	32	1,063	71,009	32	426	2,674,528	3,565	1,255
March	27,218	38	1,277	70,711	37	501	2,681,851	4,189	1,485
April	27,819	37	1,239	70,461	35	478	2,687,300	4,001	1,425
May	28,260	40	1,335	70,206	37	508	2,686,179	4,265	1,525
June	28,542	39	1,308	69,975	36	494	2,679,997	4,150	1,487
July	28,963	41	1,360	69,823	37	510	2,685,593	4,299	1,536
August	29,618	43	1,398	69,807	38	519	2,692,691	4,401	1,566
September	30,066	41	1,332	69,778	36	491	2,693,901	4,189	1,484
October	30,385	41	1,309	69,773	35	481	2,693,798	4,123	1,452
November	30,549	41	1,298	69,712	35	476	2,691,905	4,107	1,436
December	30,602	38	1,203	69,625	33	440	2,689,362	3,826	1,327
Total	28,702	462	16,105	70,178	423	6,025	2,684,730	48,754	18,160
Source: CSO

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Table 5.6 Road traffic volumes for private cars by engine capacity and type of fuel, 2017
Engine capacity (cc)	Petrol			Diesel			Other			Total
Engine capacity (cc)	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average Km
Up to 1000	138,641	1,804	13,009	168	3	20,758	2,321	34	14,601	141,129	1,841	13,044
1001 - 1200	136,405	1,821	13,351	3,476	73	20,869	6,037	74	12,267	145,919	1,968	13,485
1201 - 1400	428,331	5,859	13,678	79,351	1,650	20,795	2,412	35	14,597	510,094	7,544	14,790
1401 - 1600	193,846	2,804	14,466	387,233	8,545	22,066	5,232	80	15,255	586,311	11,428	19,492
1601 - 1800	54,572	770	14,102	80,585	1,783	22,123	7,894	118	14,960	143,051	2,670	18,668
1801 - 2000	42,819	590	13,781	397,967	8,908	22,383	1,796	26	14,722	442,582	9,524	21,520
Over 2000	14,628	196	13,424	91,410	1,943	21,254	4,222	66	15,676	110,259	2,205	20,002
Total	1,009,242	13,844	13,717	1,040,190	22,904	22,019	29,913	434	14,498	2,079,345	37,181	17,881
Source: CSO

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Table 5.7 Road traffic volumes for private cars by county of owner and gender, 2017
County of owner	Female			Male			Company			Total
County of owner	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
Carlow	13,158	249	18,936	13,889	273	19,683	725	17	23,993	27,773	540	19,442
Cavan	15,066	303	20,097	15,291	306	20,015	612	16	26,311	30,968	625	20,179
Clare	27,761	530	19,105	27,929	543	19,447	874	20	22,343	56,564	1,093	19,324
Cork	120,905	2,047	16,931	126,541	2,264	17,889	6,220	150	24,083	253,666	4,461	17,584
Donegal	30,342	576	18,975	31,659	610	19,256	1,259	29	22,735	63,259	1,214	19,191
Dublin	244,323	3,213	13,152	250,572	3,676	14,669	40,299	1,040	25,801	535,194	7,929	14,814
Galway	55,646	1,036	18,612	54,280	1,044	19,233	2,181	52	24,002	112,107	2,132	19,017
Kerry	33,897	622	18,344	35,473	660	18,599	1,592	36	22,377	70,962	1,317	18,562
Kildare	48,509	859	17,706	49,618	942	18,981	2,716	69	25,479	100,843	1,870	18,543
Kilkenny	20,713	393	18,975	22,252	443	19,913	878	22	24,899	43,844	858	19,570
Laois	15,997	316	19,747	17,236	357	20,711	550	13	23,384	33,782	686	20,298
Leitrim	7,154	147	20,602	6,831	141	20,648	119	3	24,091	14,103	291	20,654
Limerick	41,320	744	18,004	44,462	837	18,827	2,346	60	25,633	88,128	1,641	18,622
Longford	7,935	158	19,968	8,589	178	20,673	390	9	23,752	16,914	345	20,413
Louth	24,048	429	17,842	25,162	483	19,199	1,070	25	22,935	50,279	937	18,629
Mayo	28,984	563	19,419	29,328	573	19,546	1,331	32	24,341	59,643	1,168	19,591
Meath	42,251	789	18,678	41,785	825	19,744	1,413	32	22,758	85,448	1,646	19,267
Monaghan	12,581	250	19,879	12,083	243	20,103	496	11	22,470	25,160	504	20,037
Offaly	15,813	311	19,666	17,430	353	20,231	645	16	24,062	33,888	679	20,040
Roscommon	13,797	281	20,391	13,839	290	20,932	4,384	119	27,100	32,020	690	21,543
Sligo	14,298	265	18,506	13,680	262	19,177	564	13	22,269	28,542	540	18,902
Tipperary	36,666	715	19,507	39,548	793	20,046	1,776	46	25,728	77,991	1,554	19,922
Waterford	26,118	450	17,225	27,774	506	18,236	2,785	63	22,605	56,678	1,019	17,985
Westmeath	19,368	378	19,532	20,152	409	20,302	1,209	29	24,262	40,729	817	20,053
Wexford	34,348	654	19,049	35,613	689	19,339	3,121	74	23,751	73,082	1,417	19,391
Wicklow	33,471	578	17,254	33,073	604	18,264	1,234	27	21,986	67,778	1,209	17,833
Total	984,470	16,857	17,123	1,014,086	18,303	18,049	80,789	2,022	25,025	2,079,345	37,181	17,881
Source: CSO

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Table 5.8 Road traffic volumes for goods vehicles by year of registration and unladen weight, 2017
Year of registration	Unladen weight
	0 to 2 tonnes			2 to 5 tonnes			5 to 7.5 tonnes			7.5 to 10 tonnes
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2005 or earlier	64,940	951	14,651	15,014	316	21,025	1,184	28	23,579	1,301	42	31,911
2006	21,019	318	15,106	7,414	162	21,839	396	10	24,279	495	16	32,256
2007	22,439	415	18,485	9,455	202	21,323	373	9	24,065	518	17	32,849
2008	17,274	320	18,538	7,168	154	21,502	418	10	24,276	441	14	32,515
2009	8,100	150	18,516	3,125	67	21,319	255	6	23,871	298	10	32,483
2010	7,494	141	18,786	2,903	64	22,058	182	4	23,000	247	8	32,691
2011	7,664	153	20,006	2,759	63	22,895	148	4	25,245	197	6	31,563
2012	7,633	169	22,125	2,807	68	24,397	187	5	25,830	229	8	34,160
2013	9,871	228	23,126	3,674	95	25,740	252	7	26,733	373	12	33,099
2014	14,968	358	23,916	5,371	138	25,760	276	7	26,065	463	16	34,651
2015	18,525	450	24,306	7,713	200	25,991	314	9	27,864	521	18	34,740
2016	21,736	524	24,105	11,011	279	25,383	364	10	27,942	757	26	34,839
2017	10,635	255	24,005	5,712	134	23,433	163	4	26,198	329	11	34,250
Total	232,298	4,433	19,082	84,125	1,942	23,089	4,512	113	24,960	6,168	205	33,192
	Unladen weight
	10 to 12.5 tonnes			Over 12.5 tonnes			All vehicles
	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km	Vehicles	km (million)	Average km
2005 or earlier	1,772	78	44,274	1,433	83	58,255	85,645	1,499	17,497
2006	854	38	44,911	873	51	58,451	31,050	594	19,142
2007	754	33	44,357	992	58	58,019	34,532	733	21,239
2008	552	24	43,931	811	47	58,423	26,664	570	21,395
2009	230	10	43,028	357	21	58,565	12,364	263	21,283
2010	226	10	43,533	316	18	56,961	11,367	245	21,545
2011	247	11	43,133	481	28	57,292	11,496	265	23,023
2012	297	13	42,870	608	35	57,754	11,761	298	25,328
2013	467	21	45,186	904	55	61,342	15,542	419	26,929
2014	635	30	46,704	1,198	72	59,721	22,910	621	27,095
2015	659	31	46,760	1,138	69	60,608	28,869	777	26,926
2016	898	42	47,040	2,060	127	61,795	36,826	1,010	27,413
2017	529	24	45,227	1,051	63	60,187	18,420	492	26,705
Total	8,120	365	44,996	12,224	728	59,528	347,447	7,785	22,407
Source: CSO