Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what proportion of road vehicles in use in the United Kingdom are privately-owned family saloon cars; and what is the estimated 176W average annual mileage run by each such vehicle;
(2) what proportion of road vehicles in use in the United Kingdom are articulated vehicles; and what is the estimated average annual mileage run by each such vehicle;
(3) what proportion of road vehicles in use in the United Kingdom are commercial goods vehicles; and what is the estimated average annual mileage run by each such vehicle.
§ Mr. HoramI regret that information is not available in the form requested; the following information is available on a comparable basis.
VEHICLES IN USE, AND AVERAGE DISTANCE TRAVELLED: BY CLASS OF VEHICLE GREAT BRITAIN 1976 Vehicles in use (percentage) Average distance traveled (thousand miles per year) Cars, private vans and taxis 80 9 Goods vehicles of which 10 14 (total) Articulated vehicles ½ 35 Note: The above figures give only the approximate order of magnitude, since sampling errors occur in both the vehicle censuses and the traffic counts; in addition, allowances have to be made for the small differences in definition of vehicle classes as between these two data sources.
§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the total number of privately owned cars in the following years: 1945, 1951, 1964, 1970, 1974 and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. HoramThe total number of vehicles in the private taxation class in the United Kingdom are given in the following table:
Year Number of Private Vehicles thousand 1945 1,522 1951 2,433 1964 8,436 1970 11,802 1974 13,948 1976 14,373
§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of registered cars per thousand population in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, 177W Canada, France, West Germany, Japan and Italy in the following years: 1945, 1951, 1964, 1970, 1974, and at the latest available date.
REGISTERED CARS PER THOUSAND POPULATION Country 1954 1964 1970 1974 1976 United Kingdom … 62 156 213 249 257 France … 62 182 254 286 300 Germany … 30 142 230 279 308 Italy … 15 92 190 258 283 United States … 322 373 434 495 497* Canada … 177 261 310 377 389 Japan … 2 19 85 144 164 * 1975 figure.