Number of registered cars and light commercial vehicles (up to 3,5 tons) at the beginning of year

Type of vehicle

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Difference with 2001

Total

590651

904089

657159

688906

728045

787580

871601

47,6%

Cars

556771

586209

619081

648901

686128

742447

822011

47,6%

Buses

4701

4506

4334

4179

3847

3597

3357

-28,6%

Trucks

29179

313374

33744

35826

38070

41536

46233

58,4%

Traffic volume of cars and light commercial vehicles (up to 3,5 tons), million kilometers

Total

7024,7

6916,1

7516,4

8258,4

8804,8

10431,4

48,5%

Cars

6392,0

6268,0

6809,3

7486,3

7978,6

9504,8

48,7%

Buses

70,1

76,4

77,1

70,7

61,0

50,0

-28,7%

Trucks

562,6

571,7

630,0

701,4

765,2

876,6

55,8%

Source. Statistical reports of Road Traffic Safety Directorate “Registered vehicles with gross weight up to 3,5 tons in Latvia” and “Method of estimation of traffic volume and fuel consumption in Latvia” which was developed in 2001 by Road Traffic Safety Directorate and it is used for estimation of traffic volume up to now. The method is based on statistical data from Vehicles’ register of Road Traffic Safety Directorate by using speedometer’s indicators of vehicles during vehicle’s technical inspection.

Number of registered  motor powered  vehicles at the beginning of year

Type of vehicle

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Difference with 2001

Total

21088

21721

22509

23224

30277

32864

37403

77,4%

Motorcycles and tricycles

20732

21366

22157

22877

23982

25193

27210

31,2%

Quadricycles

356

355

352

347

352

387

529

48,6%

Mopeds (registration from 2005)

…

…

…

…

5943

7284

9664

…

Source. Statistical reports of Road Traffic Safety Directorate "Registered vehicles with gross weight up to 3,5 tons in Latvia"

Passenger traffic by means of transport, million passengers

Type of vehicle

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Difference with 2001

Total

341,3

341,1

344,3

346,5

372,7

396,4

16,1%

Buses

165,9

169,4

173,5

179,6

195,8

214,1

29,1%

Trams

88,9

86,9

88,2

82,3

87,9

90,9

2,2%

Trolley-buses

86,5

84,8

82,6

84,6

89,0

91,4

5,7%

Passenger turnover by means of transport, million passenger kilometers

Buses

2348,0

2305,0

2361,0

2550,0

2655,0

2869

22,2%

Passenger transport refers to the number of passengers conveyed and passenger turnover. The number of tickets sold is used to estimate the number of passengers conveyed. Passenger turnover in passenger kilometers is calculated by multiplying the number of passengers and the average length of distance covered. Information on passenger transportation is submitted by the enterprises that are responsible for urban electrified transport and regular bus traffic.                                                                                                  Source. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. http://www.csb.gov.lv:8080/Dialog/statfile1.asp