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Published: 21 March 2014

Vehicle stock grew in 2013

At the end of 2013, the Finnish vehicle register contained 5,862,216 vehicles, of which 4,993,740 were in traffic use. The total number of registered vehicles grew by 2.6 per cent and the number of vehicles in traffic use went up by 0.8 per cent compared with the situation at the end of 2012. At the end of 2013, the vehicle register of the Åland Islands contained 42,386 vehicles. These data, compiled by Statistics Finland, are based on the vehicle traffic register of the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) and the vehicle register of Ålands Motorfordonsbyrå.

At the end of 2013, there were 3,127,399 passenger cars in the register, of which 2,597,516 were in traffic use. The number of registered passenger cars went up by 2.3 per cent and the number of passenger cars in traffic by 0.6 per cent. The number of registered passenger cars was growing most in Åland and least in Etelä-Savo.

Vehicle stock 1980–2013

The average age of registered passenger cars in Mainland Finland was 13.1 years and that of cars in traffic use was 11.2 years. The average age of passenger cars was lowest in the region of Uusimaa (10.9 years) and highest in the region of North Karelia (15.0 years).

The most common makes of passenger cars in the register of Mainland Finland were Toyota Corolla (around 152,000), Volkswagen Golf (about 118,000) and Opel Astra (approx. 82,000).

Source: Vehicle stock statistics 2013. Statistics Finland, Finnish Transport Safety Agency, Ålands Motorfordonsbyrå

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Updated 21.3.2014