Question NW3333 to the Minister of Transport
10 November 2017 - NW3333
Mulaudzi, Adv TE to ask the Minister of Transport
What is the total number of vehicles in each gross vehicle mass category that are registered in each metropolitan municipality?
Reply:
It should be noted that vehicles are categorised on the National Traffic Information System in the following manner:
- Heavy load vehicle with a GVM exceeding 3500Kg which is equip to draw
- Heavy load vehicle with a GVM exceeding 3500Kg, not equipped to draw
- Heavy passenger motor vehicle designed to carry 12 or more persons
- Light load vehicle with a GVM 3500Kg or less
- Light passenger motor vehicle designed to carry less than 12 persons
- Motorcycle, Motor-tricycle, Motor Quadru-cycle
- Special Vehicles
- Unknown: In this instance, the GVM is known but the vehicle category is unknown. This is old data and it is usually farming equipment that is specially classified.
Annexure A Table 1 contains a summary of the above-mentioned categories per metropolitan municipality. Data as found on the NaTIS as on 30 September 2017.
Annexure A
Table1:
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Vehicle Population per Category and Metropolitan Municipality as at 30 September 2017
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Metropolitan Municipality |
Heavy load veh(GVM>3500Kg equip to draw) |
Heavy load veh(GVM>3500Kg, not to draw) |
Heavy passenger mv (12 or more persons) |
Light load vehicle (GVM 3500Kg or less) |
Light passenger mv(less than 12 persons) |
Motorcycle / Motortricycle / Quadrucycle |
Special Vehicle |
Unknown |
Grand Total |
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Bloemfontein |
6607 |
5485 |
2906 |
50211 |
102801 |
7535 |
4870 |
685 |
181100 |
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Buffalo City |
2195 |
2137 |
4098 |
40264 |
94900 |
2839 |
2645 |
281 |
149359 |
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City of Cape Town |
19741 |
13899 |
19204 |
263116 |
915221 |
56544 |
15120 |
1556 |
1304401 |
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Ekurhuleni |
47848 |
36604 |
24863 |
315273 |
768452 |
36745 |
24067 |
643 |
1254495 |
|
eThekwini |
20542 |
16413 |
22829 |
180856 |
569450 |
16763 |
9218 |
666 |
836737 |
|
Johannesburg |
27727 |
21557 |
39927 |
367802 |
1175211 |
50612 |
16030 |
847 |
1699713 |
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Mogale City* |
5383 |
3489 |
4951 |
59097 |
118303 |
6124 |
4515 |
184 |
202046 |
|
Nelson Mandela Bay |
4847 |
5100 |
5088 |
69036 |
181752 |
11645 |
4537 |
856 |
282861 |
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Pretoria |
21236 |
15470 |
24546 |
313808 |
763596 |
39256 |
21625 |
874 |
1200411 |
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Sedibeng* |
10145 |
7250 |
7458 |
92034 |
194083 |
10097 |
8347 |
256 |
329670 |
|
Grand Total |
166271 |
127404 |
155870 |
1751497 |
4883769 |
238160 |
110974 |
6848 |
7440793 |
* Not officially declared as Metropolitan Municipalities but regarded as substantial.