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Electric vehicles overtake diesel vehicles among business drivers
For the first time in 2023, business drivers of passenger cars drove more kilometres in electrically powered vehicles than they did in diesel-powered vehicles (including diesel hybrids)
Traffic performance motor vehicles; kilometres, type of vehicle, territory
Vehicle-kilometers Dutch and foreign vehicles, passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles, buses
Emissions to air on Dutch territory; road traffic
Air pollution emissions and vehicle fleet emissionfactors road traffic Dutch territory; vehicle category
CO2 emissions from road traffic up by nearly three percent in 2022
CO2 emissions from road traffic on Dutch territory were 26.9 billion kilograms in 2022
684 road traffic deaths in 2023
In 2023, a total of 684 people in the Netherlands were killed in traffic accidents.
Motor vehicles and motorcycles trade; turnover change, index 2015=100
Motor vehicles and motorcycles trade. Turnover: index 2015 = 100, change. By activity (SIC 2008).
Motor vehicles admitted; type, age class, 1 January
Active motor vehicle fleet as of January the first Vehicle age
People with a driving licence; driving licence type, age, region, 1 January
Number of people with a driving licence Type of driving licence, age of licence holder, region
Importers of passenger vehicles, turnover changes, index 2015=100
Importers of new cars. Turnover: index 2015=100, change.
More electric and hybrid car imports in recent years
In 2022, a total of 304 thousand passenger cars were exported, nearly 2 percent fewer than in the previous year. The Netherlands imported 249 thousand cars, representing a decline of more than 15...
More traffic deaths in 2022, particularly among cyclists over 75
In 2022, a total of 737 people in the Netherlands were killed in a traffic accident.
Electrification in the Netherlands 2017–2021
This note aims to provide data that may help to quantify electrification in the Netherlands from 2017 - 2021 for the most releant technologies currently being used: heat pumps and electric cars
Population; key figures
Population: key figures by sex, marital status, age, foreign background, households and population growth
Turnover up in car and motorcycle sector, despite shortages
In Q1 2022, turnover in the Dutch motor vehicle and motorcycle sector rose by 21.5 percent year on year. This was partly due to price increases implemented in recent months, as well as to the...
Motor vehicles; type, age class, 1 January
Passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries, road tractors, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, motorcycles, vehicle age classes.
Fewer driving licences issued than before the pandemic
In 2021, the number of newly issued car driving licences was 7.8 percent higher than in the previous year. Altogether 178 thousand new licences were issued. This was still 17.7 percent lower than in...
FEV and PHEV fleet, 2014-2021
This customised table contains data on the total fleet of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars as at 1 January (2014-2021) as well as the number of new plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) registered...
Vehicle mileage abroad down by one-third in 2020
In pandemic year 2020, Dutch passenger cars, delivery vans, coaches, buses and heavy goods vehicles combined travelled a total distance of almost 15 billion kilometres outside the Netherlands.
PEV fleet keeps growing
As of 1 January 2021, the total passenger car fleet in the Netherlands stood at nearly 8.8 million. This is over 1 percent up on the previous year.
Motor vehicle and motorcycle trade: over 25% less turnover in Q2
In Q2 2020, turnover in the motor vehicle and motorcycle industry was over 25 percent lower than in the same quarter last year. This is the largest contraction in more than 25 years.
Car fleet growing faster than population
In January 2020 the passenger car fleet in the Netherlands stood at almost 8.7 million; this represented a faster growth rate than of the population aged 18 and over.