Brendan Curtin, Transport Statistician, CSO Transport Statistics in the CSO Brendan Curtin, Transport Statistician, CSO

Statistical Outputs Vehicle Licensing Road Freight Survey Maritime Statistics Aviation Statistics Rail Statistics Vehicle Kilometres Common & Regional Questionnaires

Current releases/publications Vehicles licensed for the first time (monthly) Statistics of Port Traffic (annual) Aviation Statistics (annual) Publications Road Freight Transport Survey (annual) Transport Omnibus (annual)

Road Freight Survey New Statutory Instrument - S.I. No. 146 of 2016 Move towards electronic data capture http://3.9.2.27/prelive/transport_dev9.htm Additional initiatives on quality following TF in Eurostat 2015-2016

Road Freight eForm

Vehicle Licensing Vehicle licensing figures are compiled from data supplied by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Driver and Vehicle Computer Services Division. The data provides details on the number of private cars, goods vehicles, motor cycles and other vehicles licensed for the first time in each licensing authority, classified by make and size, during a given month. A vehicle is licensed when a valid motor tax disc is issued for the first time. A vehicle is registered when it gets it’s license plate (registration number) for the first time.  

Vehicle licensing – Private Cars (Table 1 – December & Annual release)   2007 2009 2013 2014 2015 New private cars 180,754 54,432 71,348 92,361 121,110 Second hand cars 58,719 49,464 49,762 52,863 47,217

Dual Vehicle Registration

Maritime Statistics of Port Traffic Analysis of activity in Irish Ports Freight - weight Number and size of vessels Type of cargo – dry bulk, liquid bulk etc. Data collected to meet EU Regulation 2009/42/EC concerning Maritime Statistics

Maritime Statistics 2013 2014 % change Vessel arrivals to Irish Ports 11,940 12,204 2.2 Gross tonnage of vessels 209.8m 223.0m 6.3 Tonnes of goods handled by Irish Ports 46.7m 47.5m 1.6

Air & Rail Air EU requirement, provision of data by airport authorities is compulsory Information on passenger numbers , freight, number of flights for each of the main airports – type of aircraft/scheduled vs charter Rail EU Requirement Historical basis is stronger More significant on the continent than in Ireland Passenger numbers, freight, infrastructure (rolling stock & network)

Total passenger numbers handled by main Irish airports, Air transport Total passenger numbers handled by main Irish airports, 2010 - 2014 Number (‘000) Airport 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Dublin 18,749.1 19,090.8 20,148.6 21,694.9 24,962.5 Cork 2,356.6 2,333.6 2,252.6 2,138.1 2,065.7 Kerry 310.9 286.4 306.0 295.0 303.0 Knock 653.6 677.4 665.6 703.7 684.7 Shannon 1,364.8 1,286.1 1,308.2 1,555.2 1,680.3

Vehicle Kilometres Estimation methodology uses – Vehicle monthly population totals Odometer data Traffic counter data - https://www.nratrafficdata.ie/c2/gmapbasic.asp?sgid=ZvyVmXU8jBt9PJE$c7UXt6

Transport Omnibus Annual compendium of Transport statistics from the CSO and other sources - TII, DTTAS, Revenue, RSA, An Garda Síochána, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Iarnród Éireann, Dublin City Council, NTA Vehicles Penalty Points Road Traffic Aviation Public Transport Maritime Small Public Service Vehicles

Main dissemination tool - Statbank

Statistical Tables at a glance

Other Transport Statistics Transport Trends http://ec.europa.eu/transport/facts-fundings/statistics/pocketbook-2014_en.htm http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/Pub/pdf/15KeyStat2014.pdf Short term trends http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ITF_PASSENGER_TRANSPORT# Common Questionnaire http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/transport/data/main-tables RegWeb http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Stock_of_vehicles_at_regional_level  

Contact Details transport@cso.ie 021 453 5120/5260