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TV002 Road vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT) by vehicle type

Series Data

Road VKT (billions) by vehicle type

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Light passenger	31.03	31.42	30.8	30.9	31.1
Light commercial	5.42	5.61	5.7	5.7	5.8
Truck	2.49	2.57	2.6	2.5	2.5
Bus	0.21	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.2
Motorcycle	0.24	0.27	0.3	0.3	0.3
Total	39.39	40.10	39.6	39.7	39.9

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Road VKT by vehicle type

Road VKT by vehicle type

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Metadata


Indicator name	Road Vehicle Kilometres Travelled by vehicle type
Key reference number	TV002
Definition of indicator	Vehicle kilometres travelled by the types of vehicles
	Light commercial is defined by vehicle type (truck under 3.5 tonnes, van, ute) rather than usage
Export date	14/10/2011 8:42

Core indicator information
Nature of data	Estimate
Data source	Derived from the change in WoF/CoF Odometer readings on the NZTA vehicle register
	From MoT Fleet Statistics tab 1.4 to 1.7
Frequency	Annual
Disaggregation	NZ total
Timeliness	Aug-Sep the following year
Quality of the data	These are the best VKT estimates available, they are far more responsive to fuel price changes than the NZTA and TLA RAMM (Road Assessment and Maintenance Management) estimates
	RAMM does have the advantage of providing regional, TLA and road type (State Highway/local, open road/urban) breakdowns, so the two approaches are complimentary
Availability of forecast data	Yes