Registration and Licensing of Vehicles and Drivers

Vehicle Licensing 1994-2004

		End of Year
Vehicles Registered		1994		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004
A. Motorised Vehicles
Motor Cycles		20378		21011		22650		23511		23 343		24258		25500		27116		28350		30266		32734
Motor Tricycles		21		20		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1
Private Cars		279420		285467		293381		314833		318137		321617		332379		340568		340855		338930		344713
H.K. & Kln. Taxis		15247		15256		15108		15161		15200		15169		15157		15193		15189		15246		15248
N.T. Taxis		2569		2545		2641		2707		2803		2789		2776		2802		2801		2818		2745
Lantau Taxis		40		40		40		50		50		50		50		50		50		50		50
Public Buses:
CMB	Single Deck	31	899	29	805	29	843	29	816	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Double Deck	868		776		814		787		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
NWFB	Single Deck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56	703	96	730	75	730	57	757	46	776	33	732	26	695
	Double Deck	-		-		-		-		647		634		655		700		730		699		669
KMB	Single Deck	294	3341	305	3477	277	3581	278	3834	275	3988	264	4064	250	4238	249	4371	240	4430	237	4284	171	4141
	Double Deck	3047		3172		3304		3556		3713		3800		3988		4122		4190		4047		3970
NLB	Single Deck	68	71	69	69	69	69	77	77	82	82	86	86	84	84	75	75	78	78	80	80	86	86
	Double Deck	3		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
City Bus	Single Deck	-	241	22	360	32	390	57	561	137	756	103	794	103	793	95	793	94	792	87	778	64	747
	Double Deck	241		338		358		504		619		691		690		698		698		691		683
Long Win Bus	Single Deck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	3	160	10	159	10	159	10	160	9	145	9	145	8	144
	Double Deck	-		-		-		22		157		149		149		150		136		136		136
City Bus 2	Single Deck	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	181	25	165	25	167	22	164	22	164	22	164	22	164
	Double Deck	-		-		-		-		161		140		142		142		142		142		142
KCRC	Single Deck	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	83	16	88	20	59	20	81	21	80	24	91	22	88	24	90
	Double Deck	-		-		-		70		72		39		61		59		67		66		66
Others	Single Deck	3853	4098	4225	4467	4807	5048	5103	5266	5279	5438	5404	5588	5652	5837	5991	6164	6324	6488	6557	6731	6668	6798
	Double Deck	245		242		241		163		159		184		185		173		164		174		130
Private Buses		278		313		359		404		423		431		434		469		479		477		473
Public Light Buses		4322		4328		4313		4335		4343		4343		4340		4340		4343		4334		4328
Private Light Buses		2426		2422		2303		2230		2158		2101		2051		2012		1983		1925		1889
Light Goods Vehicles		85507		81313		79162		78876		75899		73527		72429		70891		69132		67977		67946
Medium Goods Vehicles		34231		34865		35611		36968		36551		37526		38945		38513		38565		38461		39219
Heavy Goods Vehicles		1587		1750		2018		2435		2601		2717		2903		3181		3328		3339		3312
Special Purpose Vehicles		256		277		316		370		406		433		487		550		696		774		851
Government Vehicles:
Motor Cycles		1321		1322		1207		1308		1238		1264		1201		1240		1243		1204		1152
Others		6157		5961		6075		6381		6125		6104		6041		5887		5580		5450		5346
Total (Motor Vehicles)		462410		466068		475115		500228		500673		503974		516782		525376		525558		524253		532872
B. Non-motorised Vehicles
Trailers		20730		21689		21661		20583		18747		19278		19723		18394		17924		17633		18182
Rickshaws		13		10		8		7		5		4		4		4		4		4		4