TRANSPORT, Summary table, NSW |
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| | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
Motor vehicles | |
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| 1. Passenger vehicles on register(a) | '000 | na | 3 007 | 3 088 | 3 163 | 3 250 | 3 327 | 3 396 | 3 464 | |
| 2. Passenger vehicles on register(a)(b) | rate | na | 461 | r466 | r474 | 484 | 492 | 498 | 504 | |
| 3. Licence holders(c) | no. | 4 145 568 | 4 156 817 | 4 242 506 | 4 317 450 | 4 345 070 | 4 396 993 | 4 474 183 | nya | |
| 4. Licence holders(d) | % | 81.9 | 81.1 | 81.4 | 82.0 | 81.8 | 82.0 | 82.5 | nya | |
| 5. Distance travelled(e) | million km | 51 088 | 58 553 | 60 792 | 62 125 | 58 875 | 63 717 | 61 400 | na | |
Road traffic crashes and casualties | |
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| 6. Fatalities | no. | 603 | 524 | 561 | 539 | 510 | 508 | r496 | nya | |
| 7. Injured | no. | 28 812 | 29 913 | 28 447 | 27 208 | 26 323 | 25 209 | 25 439 | nya | |
| 8. Fatalities per 100,000 population | rate | 9.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | nya | |
| 9. Fatalities per 100 million vehicle km travelled | rate | 1.18 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.81 | nya | |
| 10. Injuries per 100,000 population | rate | 444 | 455 | 429 | 408 | 392 | 373 | 373 | nya | |
| 11. Crashes per 100,000 population | rate | 816 | 788 | 761 | 738 | 705 | 674 | 667 | nya | |
Travel patterns in Sydney SD | |
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| 12. Average weekday trips per capita | no. | 3.78 | 3.74 | 3.78 | 3.82 | 3.80 | 3.75 | nya | nya | |
| 13. Average weekend trips per capita | no. | 3.21 | 3.20 | 3.26 | 3.26 | 3.29 | 3.27 | nya | nya | |
| 14. Average duration work trips | min. | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | nya | nya | |
| 15. Average duration non-work trips | min. | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | nya | nya | |
Mode of travel to work in Sydney SD(f) | |
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| 16. Private vehicle(g) | % | 69.7 | 68.8 | 69.3 | 69.6 | 70.8 | 68.6 | nya | nya | |
| 17. Train | % | 15.3 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 15.6 | nya | nya | |
| 18. Bus | % | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 7.3 | nya | nya | |
| 19. Walk only | % | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.8 | nya | nya | |
| 20. Other | % | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | nya | nya | |
Traffic volume(h) | |
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| 21. Change in urban traffic volume from previous year | % | na | na | na | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | –0.2 | |
| 22. Travel speed: 7 major routes AM peak | km/hrs | na | na | na | 34 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 30 | |
| 23 Travel speed: 7 major routes PM peak | km/hrs | na | na | na | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 41 | |
24. Road quality smoothness of State roads
– good(i) | % | na | na | na | na | r87.6 | r87.4 | r87.5 | r87.9 | |
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| na not available |
| nya not yet available |
| r revised |
| (a) As at 31 March |
| (b) Per 1,000 population. |
| (c) As at 30 June. |
| (d) Proportion of population aged 16 years and over holding a licence. |
| (e) Year ended 31 October. |
| (f) Data are for an average weekday. Proportion of linked work trips only. Uses priority mode for linked trips. Three years of pooled data. |
| (g) Includes vehicle drivers and vehicle passengers. |
| (h) Year ended 30 June. |
| (i) The reporting methodology has now changed to provide a more consistent sample of the road network being reported on each year. About 18,500 of the 20,000 lane kilometres surveyed each year will be consistent for future reporting. |
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