Publication of road and rail transport statistics

The latest edition of the Northern Ireland Road and Rail Transport Statistics, containing statistics for January to March 2008, 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 the Department for Regional Development website

Key points

The key points for the January to March 2008 quarter are:

• There were 22,460 new cars registered during the quarter.
• Ford was the most popular make of new car during January to March 2008, accounting for 13% (2,987) of all new cars registered.
• Of the 888 heavy goods vehicles registered for the first time in Northern Ireland, 51% (457) were previously used vehicles.
• There were 18.33 million bus passenger journeys made during the quarter, a weekly average of 1.31 million.
• The weekly average rail passenger miles have increased by 8% to 3.27 million from 3.03 million since the corresponding quarter of 2007. During the same time period, weekly average rail passenger receipts rose by 7% to £0.46 million from £0.43 million.
• From January to March 2008, 193,316 tonnes of petrol and diesel were delivered for use in Northern Ireland. This represents a decrease of 3% on the tonnage delivered during the corresponding quarter in 2007.
• Over the period April 2007 to March 2008 the pass rate for car ‘L’ driver tests was 50% for males and 41% 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.

National Statistics

This is a National Statistics publication. You can find further information about National Statistics at the UK Statistics Authority website

Further Information

For further information please contact:

Department for Regional Development website