HC Deb 18 January 1967 vol 739 cc72-3W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Minister of Transport if she will show in table form the density of vehicles per road mile in the United Kingdom and as many other countries for which statistics are available.

Mr. John Morris

Following is the information:

Country Number of motor vehicles per mile of road ‡
United Kingdom* 57
Australia* 10
Belgium 34
Canada* 14
Denmark* 38
Finland* 20
France 17
German Federal Republic 49
Greece 10
Irish Republic 6
Italy 71
Luxembourg† 27
Netherlands 50
New Zealand* 15
Norway 19
Poland† 9
Portugal 21
South Africa 8
Spain† 24
Sweden† 17
Switzerland 44
Turkey 6
United States 24
* Excluding agricultural tractors.
† Excluding cycles with auxiliary engines.
‡These figures are affected by variations in the definition of a road. For example, if roads described in the published statistics as "unimproved" are excluded the figure for France becomes 25 and that for Sweden 31.