Ten things we learned about Transport in 2019
New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveal some interesting insights about transport activity in 2019 writes Geraldine Herbert 1) During 2019, a total of 191,104 penalty point endorsement notices were issued, an increase of 7.9% on the previous year and almost two thirds (64.3%) of all penalty point endorsement notices issued in 2019 were for speeding. 2) There were 864 drivers with 12 penalty points on their licences...
Eight things we know about travel this year
A transport bulletin from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) issued today reveals how transport has changed post COVID writes Geraldine Herbert 1. Traffic data shows that the volume of cars for the week commencing 02 August was just 12.6% lower in regional locations and 16.3% lower in Dublin than the same week in 2019 2. The volume of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) is now greater than it was for the same period in 2019 in Dublin. 3. The...
Number of pre-registered cars rises
Cars sales are down but there are still growing numbers of nearly-new cars writes Geraldine Herbert Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) this week confirms that car sales are down on last year. April Sales were down 9.6% on the same period last year and for January to April the decline is 10.9%. According to the CSO 74,180 new cars were registered by the end of April this year. But this falls nearly 10,000 short of the...
Is pre-registering cars good or bad for the motorist?
The car market is finally showings signs of recovery but there are still growing numbers of nearly-new cars writes Geraldine Herbert Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) this week showed that the car industry was finally recovering. Sales were up 26% on the period last year and sales in July showed an increase of more than 50% on the same month last year. According to the CSO 99,950 new cars were registered by the end of...
Ten Things We Learned about Travelling in Ireland in 2014
The CSO’s national travel survey was recently published and reveals the travel habits of people in Ireland in 2014 writes Geraldine Herbert Women were more than twice as likely to travel as a passenger in a car than men. Men were substantially more likely to travel by lorry or motorcycle than women. Nearly a fifth of all journeys were for a distance less than 2 km The most common reasons for making a journey in 2014 were to travel to...
