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Publication Of Northern Ireland Road And Rail Transport Statistics January To March 2009

Thursday, 25 June 2009

The latest edition of the Northern Ireland Road and Rail Transport Statistics, containing statistics for January to March 2009, is now available.

The publication is produced by the Central Statistics and Research Branch (CSRB) of the Department for Regional Development and contains information on vehicle registrations, use of public transport, deliveries of petrol and diesel for use in Northern Ireland and driver and vehicle tests. The publication is available on the CSRB website at http://www.drdni.gov.uk/index/statistics.htm

KEY POINTS

The key points for the January to March 2009 quarter are:

  • There were 25,511 new and used cars registered for the first time during the quarter, 63% (16,072) were new cars;
  • The number of new and used cars registered for the first time during the quarter has decreased by 19% since the corresponding quarter last year. In fact, this is the 5th consecutive quarter to show a decrease when compared with the corresponding time period in the previous year;
  • Ford was the most popular make of new car during January to March 2009, accounting for 15% (2,368) of all new cars registered;
  • Of the 693 heavy goods vehicles registered for the first time in Northern Ireland, 66% (457) were previously used vehicles;
  • There were 18.36million public bus passenger journeys made during the quarter, a weekly average of 1.41million;
  • The weekly average rail passenger journeys have increased by 6% to 0.19 million from 0.18million since the corresponding quarter of 2008. During the same time period, weekly average rail passenger receipts rose by 22% to £0.56 million from £0.46million;
  • From January to March 2009, 221,769 tonnes of petrol and diesel were delivered for use in Northern Ireland. This represents an increase of 15% on the tonnage delivered during the corresponding quarter in 2008;
  • Over the period April 2008 to March 2009, the pass rate for car ‘L’ driver tests was 51% for males and 42% for females in Northern Ireland.

Notes to Editors

Background to Road and Rail Transport Statistics Publication

Road and Rail Transport Statistics is a quarterly publication and contains a variety of transport information. The data are collated from a number of sources including the Driver and Vehicle Agency and Translink.

Official Statistics

This is a National Statistics publication and therefore follows the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. You can find further information about the Code of Practice at:

http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice/index.html

For further information please contact:

Central Statistics and Research Branch
Department for Regional Development
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast BT2 8GB

Tel: 028 9054 0800

Textphone: 028 9054 0642

E-mail: csrb@drdni.gov.uk

Fax: 028 9054 0782

Website: http://www.drdni.gov.uk/index/statistics.htm