In the fourth quarter of 2023, the new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport rose by 7.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022.
In the fourh quarter of 2023, the share of the new registrations of imported used passenger cars in the total new registrations of passenger cars continued to be high (70.3%), experiencing, however, a decrease of 2 percentage points compared to the same quarter of 2022.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport increased for all categories compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, namely: mopeds and motorcycles (+16.1%), passenger cars (+6.4%) and buses and minibuses (+6.0%). With regard to the new registrations of new road vehicles for passenger transport, rises were reported for buses and minibuses (+33.7%) and mopeds and motorcycles (+18.8%), and a drop was recorded for passenger cars (-0.4%).
As regards the new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport, rises were reported for all categories, namely: lorries (special purpose road vehicles included) (+8.0%), road tractors (+7.3%) and trailers and semitrailers (+6.6%). The new registrations of new road vehicles for goods transport increased for all categories, namely: lorries (special purpose road vehicles included) (+19.5%), road tractors(+10.2%) and trailers and semitrailers (+9.8%).
In the fourth quarter of 2023, the new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport fell by 3.0% compared to the third quarter of 2023 and the new registrations of road vehicles for goods transport were down 1.3%.
At the end of the fourth quarter of 2023, 61.9% of the road vehicles registered classified according to the European emissions standards were Euro 4, Euro 5 or Euro 6 vehicles and 10.7% were Non-Euro vehicles.
Within the passenger cars category, the highest share was that of Euro 4 vehicles, namely 34.3%; within the buses and minibuses category, the greatest number of vehicles (namely 23.8%) were Euro 3 vehicles; as regards the mopeds and motorcycles, the greatest number of vehicles within this category (namely 26.0%) were classified as Non-Euro.
The Euro 3 vehicles prevailed within the lorries category (28.4%), the Euro 6 vehicles prevailed within the road tractors category (40.4%), and the greatest number of vehicles within the category of special purpose road vehicles (namely 23.7%) were classified as Non-Euro.
The new registrations of road vehicles comprise the registrations of new vehicles, including those of lease-purchased vehicles, as well as the registrations of imported used vehicles, classified according to the Community vehicle categories.
The re-registrations due to change of owner as a consequence of the sale of the motor vehicle are not included. Trams and trolleybuses, military vehicles, agricultural trailers and housing vehicles are also not included.
The vehicles registered, at the end of the reference quarter, present provisional data on the registered road vehicles classified according to the European vehicle emissions standards. Three- and four-wheeled motorcycles are included under the “mopeds and motorcycles” category. The special purpose road vehicles include fire brigade vehicles, mobile cranes etc.