Vehicle registrations down in first 11 months of this year

Vehicle registrations increased yearly by 7.2% in November 2022, according to a report published on Thursday by the Statistical Service.  Total registrations of vehicles in November numbered 2,522, compared to 2,353 in November 2021. Passenger saloon cars registered a rise of 7.6% to 1,857, from 1,726 in November 2021.

November saw a big increase in new vehicle registrations, up 18.1% on November 2021, with 1,357 new vehicles, compared to 1,149 last year. In contrast, used vehicle registrations fell by 3.2%, dropping from 1,204 in November 2021 to 1,165 in November 2022.

During the period January-November 2022 compared to the corresponding period of 2021 total registrations of motor vehicles decreased by 3.4% to 31,584, from 32,698. Passenger saloon cars decreased to 24,902 from 25,067 in January-November 2021, recording a fall of 0.7%. Of the total passenger saloon cars, 10,837 or 43.5% were new and 14,065 or 56.5% were used cars. Rental cars in particular recorded a rise of 69.2% to 3.888.

Motor coaches and buses registered in January-November 2022 increased to 84, from 50 in the same period of 2021. Goods conveyance vehicles decreased by 5.9% to 3,564 in January-November 2022, compared to 3,789 in January-November 2021. In particular, light goods vehicles decreased by 0.2% to 2,874, heavy goods vehicles by 17.9% to 352, road tractors (units of trailers) by 53.2% to 80 and rental vehicles by 16.2% to 258.

Mopeds < 50cc registered in January-November 2022 increased to 237 compared to 235 in the corresponding period of the previous year, while motorbikes > 50cc decreased by 22.7% to 2,452 in January-November 2022, compared to 3,173 in January-November 2021.