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Table 445 (Soc., Infra., Convey.)
New Registration of Motor Vehicles (1999 - 2008)
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                Year                 Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007    2008(a)
Passenger Transport 70,346 67,789 54,129 89,070 146,214 189,546 191,133 252,016 250,816 222,173
Buses and Coaches 2,611 2,298 1,310 1,429 1,949 2,167 2,069 3,346 2,637 1,180
Private Cars 10,532 13,848 8,426 12,003 21,184 19,116 17,283 27,578 22,603 20,237
Motor Cycles  42,497 39,987 34,119 54,762 86,877 124,474 130,696 156,626 182,508 155,952
Three Wheelers 14,706 11,656 10,274 20,876 36,204 43,789 41,085 64,466 43,068 44,804
Goods Transport 23,179 16,513 11,877 16,718 24,282 21,439 21,037 27,681 23,601 16,894
Lorries 12,675 8,273 5,919 7,827 10,787 10,410 13,838 16,775 17,994 13,588
Duel Purpose Vehicles 9,818 7,928 5,864 8,591 13,268 10,736 6,851 7,245 5,193 2,856
Others  686 312 94 300 227 293 348 661 414 450
Land Vehicles 9,290 7,530 6,546 7,524 10,862 12,857 17,423 20,825 23,476 26,132
Tractors 1,629 500 623 864 1,166 1,952 2,980 3,959 3,432 3,339
Hand Tractors 794 7,030 5,923 6,214 8,838 9,530 12,480 15,081 17,914 20,724
Others  6,867        -         - 446 858 1,375 1,963 1,785 2,130 2,069
Others 38 97 82 39 194 65 72        -        -        -
Total 102,853 91,929 72,634 113,351 181,512 223,842 229,669 300,522 297,893 265,199
© ‚Q‚O‚P‚OC 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
(a) Provisional      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka