In the fourth quarter of 2024, new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport increased for mopeds and motorcycles (+55%) and passenger cars (+12.3%) and decreased for buses and minibuses (-2.6%) compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. In terms of new registrations of new road vehicles for passenger transport, rises were reported for all categories, namely: mopeds and motorcycles (+81.7%), buses and minibuses (+7.5%) and passenger cars (+5.0%).
In terms of new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport, rises were reported for lorries (special purpose road vehicles included) (+12.6%) and trailers and semitrailers (+5.6%), while road tractors saw a 5.9% decline. New registrations of new road vehicles for goods transport t increased for lorries (special purpose road vehicles included) (+11.2%), trailers and semitrailers (+6.6%) and decreased for road tractors (-31.5%).
In the fourth quarter of 2024, new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport advanced 5.2% compared to the third quarter of 2024 and new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport were up 0.1%.
At the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, 63.9% of the road vehicles registered classified according to the European emissions standards were Euro 4, Euro 5 or Euro 6 vehicles and 10.2% were Non-Euro vehicles.
In the passenger cars category, the highest share was held by Euro 4 vehicles, namely 33.3%; in the buses and minibuses category, the greatest number of vehicles (namely 22.5%) was recorded by Euro 3 vehicles; while for mopeds and motorcycles, the greatest number of vehicles in this category (namely 24%) were classified as Non-Euro.
The Euro 3 vehicles prevailed in the lorries category (27.3%), the Euro 6 vehicles prevailed within the road tractors category (44.0%), and the greatest number of vehicles within the category of special purpose road vehicles (namely 22.6%) were classified as Non-Euro.