Annual number of light vehicles entering the New Zealand fleet

This report is based on vehicle either first registered in the indicated period, or last registered (ie re-registered) in that period.

Light Passenger Fleet: passenger car/van (up to 3500 kg)
Light Commercial fleet: goods van/truck/utility, motor caravan, bus (up to 3500 kg)
Bus: Bus (over 3500 kg)
Truck: Passenger car/van, goods van/truck/utility, motor caravan (over 3500 kg)
Motorcycles: motorcycle, ATV, moped
Miscellaneous (licensed only): Mobile machine, special purpose vehicle, tractor, agricultural machine

This report provides information on New Zealand’s vehicle fleet by using the government’s vehicle register information as a key source.

The vehicles reported on are those that are licensed to be used on the road, so vehicles exempt from licensing (not used on the roads) or not currently licensed are excluded.

For more information, visit http://transport.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Research/Documents/NZ-Vehicle-Fleet-2014-final.pdf

At URL provided, select '2014 New Zealand Vehicle Fleet Annual Spreadsheet' from under the 'Annual vehicle fleet statistics' heading.

The Ministry has developed a comprehensive set of Transport Indicators, which also include information on the vehicle fleet. The indicators provide national, and where possible regional, data for robust and consistent performance monitoring of the New Zealand transport sector.