Norway Yearbook - 2003

Transport and communication
485 Vehicles discarded against refund, by county. 2002
County of residence of the car owner
Number of
vehicles per
31 December
1lnclsding private cars (excl. ambulances) and vans with a total weight less than 3.5 tonnes. 2Not including Svalbard from 2002.
Source: Vehicles discarded against refund, Statistics Norway, More information: http://www.ssb.no/bilvrak_en/
Total
Private
cars
Vehicles1 discarded against refund
Vans
Percentage of the
number of vehicles in the
group
Private cars
Average age
when discarded
1993 1802016 58297 55168 3129 3.4 1.8 16.5 13.8
1994 1829171 56374 53339 3035 3.2 1.7 17.0 14.2
1995 1 867 544 64385 60857 3528 3.6 1.9 17.4 14.5
1996 1846775 223499 211 311 12188 12.7 6.5 17.4 14.5
1997 1955313 45082 42152 2930 2.4 1.5 17.4 14.2
1998 1 994361 80445 76221 4224 4.3 2.0 17.3 14.2
1999 2032364 88286 83613 4673 4.6 2.1 17.0 13.8
2000 2 084 159 91 379 85837 5542 4.6 2.4 17.2 14.5
2001 2121 765 91 777 86334 5443 4.6 2.2 17.4 14.8
2002 2156869 102694 96165 6529 5.1 2.5 17.7 15.2
2002
østfold 126845 6659 6199 460 5.5 3.2 17.4 15.1
Akershus 260 546 10314 9633 681 4.3 2.0 17.0 14.0
Oslo 221 762 8229 7641 588 4.1 1.6 16.9 13.1
Hedmark 100709 5110 4774 336 5.4 2.8 18.2 16.2
Oppland 97549 4681 4354 327 5.1 2.7 18.2 15.9
Buskerud 128209 6319 5829 490 5.3 2.6 17.4 15.2
Vestfold 108538 5834 5375 459 5.6 3.9 17.9 15.9
Telemark 81 739 4541 4 169 372 5.8 4.0 17.6 15.4
Aust-Agder 49488 2790 2616 174 5.9 3.2 17.4 16.1
Vest-Agder 69 571 3683 3498 185 5.6 2.6 17.2 15.2
Ragaland 173 502 9869 9296 573 5.9 3.5 17.5 15.0
Hordaland 196333 9266 8786 480 5.2 1.9 17.2 14.9
Sogn og Fjordane 48 177 2076 1 955 121 4.6 2.3 18.4 16.5
Møre og Romsdal 112 389 5 506 5 159 347 5.1 3.1 18.3 16.2
Sør-Trøndelag 120710 6336 6043 293 5.5 2.5 18.4 15.7
Nord-Trendelag 60888 2957 2798 159 5.0 2.9 18.7 16.3
Nordland 102 667 4495 4229 266 4.6 2.6 18.6 16.5
Troms2 66590 2863 2708 155 4.5 2.2 18.8 16.5
Finnmark Finnmárku 29751 1 148 1 085 63 4.2 1.7 18.3 17.2
Svalbard 906 18 18 0 2.4 18.9
Vans
Private
cars
Vans
486 Road motor vehicles and trailers, by type of vehicle. 31 December
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total1 3248684 3324207 3 399 550 3484593 3 557 765 3638453
.
Motor vehicles, total 2 608 532 2 666 075 2 720 605 2 782 028 2 829 322 2 877 243
Automobiles, total 2 170 184 2213451 2253720 2302955 2335506 2 364 905
Passenger cars2 1 758 001 1 786 404 1 813642 1 851 929 1 872 862 1 899 767
Buses 35171 36218 37039 36686 35667 34110
Vans 198306 208955 219731 233248 249939 258133
Combined vehicles 106114 107221 107349 104868 100624 95453
Goods vehicles etc.3 72 592 74653 75959 76224 76414 77442
Tractors and special purpose vehicles. 221 550 224 084 227 236 229 204 231 921 234 991
Motor cycles 60 764 70479 78 133 85 672 90268 94645
Snow scooters 42 195 44 193 46648 48305 50468 52 174
Mopeds 113839 113868 114868 115892 121 159 130528
Camping caravans 83 956 81 459 79929 78876 78625 80 136
Other trailers 556 196 576 673 599 016 623 689 649 818 681 074
1The figures only comprise vehicles with license plate at 31 December. 2lncluding estates and ambulances. 3lncluding lorries with platform,
recovery vehicles, lorries with concrete mixers, cesspool emptiers, refuse collectors, refrigerator vehicles, tankers, tractors for semi-trailers and
weasels.
Source: Directorate of Public Roads. More information: http://ww.vegvesen.no/
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