§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Transport if he 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 to him from international sources.
§ Mr. CarmichaelFollowing is the information:
Country Year Number of motor vehicles (excluding agricultural tractors) per mile of road|| United Kingdom 1967 64 Australia* 1966 8 Austria* 1966 14 Belgium* 1965 35 Canada*† 1966 21 Denmark* 1966 42 Finland* 1966 22 France 1966 39 German Federal Republic 1966 53 Greece†§ 1966 13 Irish Republic 1965 7 Italy 1966 66 Luxembourg† 1966 31 Netherlands† 1966 32 New Zealand* 1966 17 Norway 1966 20 Poland† 1966 11 Portugal† 1966 23 Spain† 1966 33 South Africa* 1965 7 Sweden† 1966 20 Switzerland 1966 46 Turkey‡ 1965 5 United States 1965 25 Yugoslavia† 1966 8 * Excluding haulage tractors. † Excluding mopeds. ‡ Excluding motor cycles, scooters and mopeds. § Excluding "communal roads". ││ These figures are affected by variations in the definition of a road.