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31 DECEMBER 2004
LIVE VEHICLE POPULATION AS PER
THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
(NATIS)

31 Dec 2004                  Number of Registered Vehicles per Province
 

GA

KZ

WC

EC

FS

MP

NW

LI

NC

Total
RSA

Motorised Vehicles

Motorcars

1,793,560

604,700

804,308

274,758

211,158

207,937

202,191

138,598

70,733

4,307,943

Minibuses

90,069

36,750

35,026

18,663

11,251

16,369

18,045

16,374

3,206

245,753

Buses

9,151

4,680

3,959

1,948

1,363

2,395

2,576

2,082

680

28,834

Motorcycles

75,717

21,281

35,368

12,287

13,071

11,160

9,185

6,065

4,186

188,320

LDV's - Bakkies

452,036

213,180

210,997

127,720

90,683

111,326

101,621

111,003

45,605

1,464,171

Trucks

86,432

37,952

31,641

17,414

16,072

18,300

14,293

13,832

6,500

242,436

Other & Unkwn

27,859

27,409

28,994

10,616

39,219

22,866

25,579

10,842

6,401

199,782

Sub-Total

2,534,824

945,952

1,150,293

463,406

382,817

390,353

373,490

298,796

137,311

6,677,239

Towed Vehicles

Caravans

42,856

8,695

16,630

6,105

8,490

9,420

7,602

4,771

3,064

107,633

Heavy Trailers

35,146

20,269

12,123

6,730

10,474

9,845

7,492

4,788

3,317

110,184

Light Trailers

215,372

54,906

91,423

35,624

49,318

39,365

37,154

22,775

18,547

564,484

Unknown

3,153

1,991

2,891

1,353

2,876

2,407

2,939

1,377

654

19,638

Sub-Total

296,527

85,861

123,067

49,812

71,158

61,037

55,187

33,711

25,582

801,939

THE TOTAL NUMBER of vehicles increased by 4,07% from 7,186,537 on 31 December 2003 to a total of 7,479,178 on 31 December 2004. On a Provincial percentage basis the biggest increase was in Limpopo where the vehicle population increased by 5,68% from 314,623 at the end of 2003 to 332,506 at the end of 2004. On a percentage basis, the biggest increase per vehicle type was for motorcycles which increased by 15,63% from 162,871 at the end of 2003 to a total of 188,320 at the end of 2004. The percentage increase per vehicle type per Province is shown in the graphs below..

SOURCE NATIS