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
Data calculation/treatment
This report provides information on New Zealand’s vehicle fleet by using the government’s vehicle register information as a key source.
Inclusions
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.
From the dataset Annual Vehicle Fleet Statistics 2014, this data was extracted:
Sheet: Table5
Range: K6:R20
Provided: 120 data points
Purpose of collection
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.