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VEHICLE LICENSING 1993 - 2003
Vehicles Registered End of Year
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
A. Motorised Vehicles
Motor Cycles 19199 20378 21011 22650 23511 23 343 24258 25500 27116 28350 30266
Motor Tricycles 20 21 20 - - - - - - - -
Private Cars 259874 279420 285467 293381 314833 318137 321617 332379 340568 340855 338930
H.K. & Kln. Taxis 14969 15247 15256 15108 15161 15200 15169 15157 15193 15189 15246
N.T. Taxis 2630 2569 2545 2641 2707 2803 2789 2776 2802 2801 2818
Lantau Taxis 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
Public Buses:
CMB Single Deck 23 959 31 899 31 805 29 843 29 816 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Double Deck 936 868 776 814 787 - - - - - -
NWFB Single Deck - - - - - - - - - - 56 703 96 730 75 730 57 757 46 776 33 732
Double Deck - - - - - 647 634 655 700 730 699
KMB Single Deck 287 3144 294 3341 305 3477 277 3581 278 3834 275 3988 264 4064 250 4238 249 4371 240 4430 237 4284
Double Deck 2857 3047 3172 3304 3556 3713 3800 3988 4122 4190 4047
NLB Single Deck 51 56 68 71 69 69 69 69 77 77 82 82 86 86 84 84 75 75 78 78 80 80
Double Deck 5 3 - - - - - - - - -
City Bus Single Deck - 200 - 241 22 360 32 390 57 561 137 756 103 794 103 793 95 793 94 792 87 778
Double Deck 200 241 338 358 504 619 691 690 698 698 691
Long Win
Bus
Single Deck - - - - - - - - - 22 3 160 10 159 10 159 10 160 9 145 9 145
Double Deck - - - - 22 157 149 149 150 136 136
City Bus 2 Single Deck - - - - - - - - - - 20 181 25 165 25 167 22 164 22 164 22 164
Double Deck - - - - - 161 140 142 142 142 142
KCRC Single Deck - - - - - - - - 13 83 16 88 20 59 20 81 21 80 24 91 22 88
Double Deck - - - - 70 72 39 61 59 67 66
Others Single Deck 3616 3835 3853 4098 4225 4467 4807 5048 5103 5266 5279 5438 5404 5588 5652 5837 5991 6164 6324 6488 6557 6731
Double Deck 219 245 242 241 163 159 184 185 173 164 174
Private Buses 263 278 313 359 404 423 431 434 469 479 477
Public Light Buses 4327 4322 4328 4313 4335 4343 4343 4340 4340 4343 4334
Private Light Buses 2387 2426 2422 2303 2230 2158 2101 2051 2012 1983 1925
Light Goods Vehicles 86709 85507 81313 79162 78876 75899 73527 72429 70891 69132 67977
Medium Goods Vehicles 32386 34231 34865 35611 36968 36551 37526 38945 38513 38565 38461
Heavy Goods Vehicles 1320 1587 1750 2018 2435 2601 2717 2903 3181 3328 3339
Special Purpose Vehicles 246 256 277 316 370 406 433 487 550 696 774
Government Vehicles:
         - Motor Cycles 1274 1321 1322 1207 1308 1238 1264 1201 1240 1243 1204
         - Others 5881 6157 5961 6075 6381 6125 6104 6041 5887 5580 5450
Total (Motor Vehicles) 439719 462410 466068 475115 500228 500673 503974 516782 525376 525558 524253
B. Non-motorised Vehicles
Trailers 19165 20730 21689 21661 20583 18747 19278 19723 18394 17924 17633
Rickshaws 14 13 10 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 4
Note:  CMB - China Motor Bus
NWFB - New World First Bus
KMB - Kowloon Motor Bus
NLB - New Lantau Bus
KCRC - Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation