HC Deb 03 February 1969 vol 777 c14W
Mr. Lomas

asked 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. Carmichael

Following 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.