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Statistics about

Road traffic volumes

The statistics show total and average distances covered by Norwegian passenger cars, road goods vehicles, buses and coaches by type of vehicle, type of fuel, age of vehicle and the owner’s place of residence.

Updated: 3 April 2024
Next update: 2 April 2025

Selected figures from this statistics

  • Road traffic volumes, by type of vehicle
    Road traffic volumes, by type of vehicle
    20222023Change (per cent)
    2018 - 20232022 - 2023
    Total road traffic volumes (million km)
    All vehicles45 403.645 699.1-0.70.7
    All passenger cars35 310.235 675.7-0.91.0
    All buses541.3563.9-2.74.2
    All vans and small lorries7 461.67 408.20.3-0.7
    All heavy lorries and road tractors2 090.52 051.20.4-1.9
    Average road traffic volumes per vehicle (km)
    All vehicles11 92712 045-6.81.0
    All passenger cars11 09711 274-7.11.6
    All buses35 13836 4544.63.7
    All vans and small lorries13 49913 298-6.3-1.5
    All heavy lorries and road tractors36 84235 8960.3-2.6
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 14 June 2021.

Carrying capacity

Carrying capacity is the differnce between the maximum permissible weight of the vehicle and the sum of the unladen weight of the vehicle and the weight of driver (75 kg).

Total weight of the vehicle

The maximum permissible weight of the vehicle included people and goods.

Mini-bus

Bus registered to carry from 10 to 16 persons.

Bus

Bus registered to carry more than 16 seated or standing persons.

Coach

Bus registered to carry more than 16 passengers, constructed exclusively for the carriage of seated passengers.

Combined vehicle

Lorries or vans with an extra row of passenger seats behind the driver’ seat.

Small lorries

Lorries with a carrying capacity of less than 3.5 tonnes.

Small combined vehicles

Combined vehicles with a carrying capacity of less than 1 tonne.

Large combined vehicles

Combined vehicles with a carrying capacity of between 1 and 3.5 tonnes.

Small vans

Vans with a carrying capacity of less than 1 tonne.

Large vans

Vans with a carrying capacity of between 1 and 3.5 tonnes.

Heavy lorries

Lorries with a carrying capacity of 3.5 tonnes or more.

Road tractors

Vehicles with a carrying capacity of 3.5 tonnes or more, constructed exclusively or primarily to haul semi-trailers.

Electric cars

Cars running on batteries charged from the power grid.

Hybrid cars

Cars combining combustion engine and electric motor as power source. The combustion engine is usually a petrol or diesel engine. The batteries can be charged from the power grid or the car's generator.

Vehicle-kilometres

Kilometres driven with and without load.

The vehicle groups in the Eurostat tables follow international definitions.

The vehicle groups in the national tables are mainly aggregated from the national standard for vehicle groups.

The vehicle groups in the Eurostat tables follow international definitions.

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