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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 | |||||||||||