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Table 445A (Soc., Infra., Convey.)
Motor Vehicles* (Province)  (2005 - 2008)
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Vehicle Category          Western Central Southern Northern Eastern North Western North Central Uva Sabaragamuwa All Island
 
Year 2005
Omnibuses 8,105 1,915 1,938 957 597 1,147 345 327 1,156 16,487
Private Coaches  11,360 2,314 1,548 285 321 2,429 758 1,054 1,031 21,100
Dual Purpose Vehicle  99,469 16,450 11,736 1,909 2,407 14,155 4,438 3,914 6,280 160,758
Private Cars  146,909 15,821 10,547 2,487 1,514 10,715 2,708 4,457 4,848 200,006
Land Vehicles 14,700 4,649 13,629 4,874 7,841 13,079 5,779 4,797 2,014 71,362
Goods transport Vehicles 82,405 16,275 11,754 2,776 3,285 17,135 6,240 6,284 8,103 154,257
Motor Cycles & Three-wheelers 430,767 64,140 134,791 55,563 57,045 188,098 61,468 29,529 31,471 1,082,872
Others 1,117 314 21 52 125 790 162 310       - 2,891
Total 794,832 121,878 185,964 68,903 73,135 247,548 81,898 50,672 84,903 1,709,733
Year 2006
Omnibuses 8,421 1,504 1,988 1,002 702 1,273 371 684 863 16,808
Private Coaches  11,678 3,061 1,742 235 323 3,022 786 1,055 1,534 23,436
Dual Purpose Vehicle  102,821 17,427 12,376 1,631 2,574 18,128 4,751 4,539 7,271 171,518
Private Cars  166,223 16,454 12,223 2,281 1,648 14,436 3,147 3,702 5,596 225,710
Land Vehicles 15,455 4,001 14,814 5,914 9,753 21,311 7,749 5,934 2,719 87,650
Goods transport Vehicles 78,609 17,774 15,197 2,766 3,921 21,411 5,978 7,088 9,070 161,814
Motor Cycles  370,226 48,272 123,709 58,982 63,650 170,196 64,804 31,824 49,631 981,294
Three-wheelers 132,809 24,848 39,067 4,327 9,420 32,253 10,029 8,837 29,364 290,954
Others 1 1,881 404 298 140 128 73 411       - 3,336
Total 886,243 135,222 221,520 77,436 92,131 282,158 97,688 64,074 106,048 1,962,520
Year 2007
Omnibuses 7,124 1,953 2,864 538 619 611 423 553 1,134 15,819
Private Coaches  12,096 2,557 2,631 398 334 3,447 854 1,014 1,776 25,107
Dual Purpose Vehicle  106,571 17,744 19,091 1,255 2,216 15,971 4,780 4,952 8,343 180,923
Private Cars  182,421 18,597 18,567 1,418 1,286 14,779 3,241 3,830 7,888 252,027
Land Vehicles 16,793 3,206 20,268 4,177 9,800 21,325 7,132 6,395 2,932 92,028
Goods transport Vehicles 83,891 19,244 23,619 1,916 3,867 22,965 6,698 7,873 11,972 182,045
Motor Cycles  414,770 52,926 184,132 57,258 64,090 186,363 70,766 36,304 60,222 1,126,831
Three-wheelers 141,559 31,724 59,055 2,864 9,617 35,781 10,894 13,299 37,493 342,286
Others 1,872 34 436 317 262 2,636 22 156 2 5,737
Total 967,097 147,985 330,663 70,141 92,091 303,878 104,810 74,376 131,762 2,222,803
Year 2008 (a) (b)
Omnibuses 6,493 1,191 4,385 307 481 815 339 359 860 15,230
Private Coaches  11,290 3,551 2,243 354 301 3,036 676 947 1,469 32,867
Dual Purpose Vehicle  102,613 18,699 13,809 771 2,384 16,512 4,992 4,581 6,848 171,209
Private Cars  183,687 21,936 17,403 1,202 1,507 15,323 3,794 4,384 7,599 256,835
Land Vehicles 14,969 4,125 15,429 2,567 9,355 14,024 5,566 5,980 3,287 75,302
Goods transport Vehicles 82,254 20,111 16,890 911 4,192 22,489 8,374 6,810 10,393 172,424
Motor Cycles  421,324 61,976 151,512 31,089 72,237 185,942 78,512 37,209 60,296 1,100,097
Three-wheelers 148,183 38,060 48,300 2,122 8,609 31,801 14,237 15,806 36,847 343,965
Others 1,974 425 53 417 829 312 81 98 5 4,194
Total 972,787 170,074 270,024 39,740 99,895 290,254 116,571 76,174 127,604 2,163,123
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2010(y)/05(m)/30(d)  
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka  Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key;      The former Head, Department of Management Studies
*: Motor Vehicles with valid revenue licenses      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(a) Provisional
(b) Excluding Mullativu and Vavuniya districts