NUMBER OF CIVIL MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED
              (10000 units)
  Total     Vehicles Owned     Private    
Year   Buses and Trucks by Department Buses and Trucks Vehicles Buses and Trucks
    Cars   of Highway Cars   Cars
        Transportation          
1949 5.09 1.71 3.25 2.59 1.31 2.28
1950 5.43 1.73 3.57 2.63 0.34 2.29
1951 6.19 1.94 4.06 2.62 0.36 2.26
1952 6.63 1.97 4.42 2.75 0.35 2.40
1953 7.81 2.35 5.14 2.90 0.38 2.52
1954 8.95 2.60 5.97 3.28 0.41 2.87
1955 10.14 2.75 6.94 3.71 0.42 3.29
1956 11.74 3.24 7.96 4.12 0.51 3.61
1957 12.60 3.44 8.61 4.40 0.55 3.85
1958 17.26 3.89 12.70 5.60 0.60 5.00
1959 21.07 4.41 15.89 6.44 0.64 5.80
1960 22.38 4.34 17.31 6.92 0.64 6.28
1961 24.00 4.50 18.58 6.78 0.65 6.13
1962 24.80 4.70 19.13 6.76 0.65 6.11
1963 26.13 4.87 20.02 7.08 0.71 6.37
1964 27.61 5.27 20.86 7.13 0.79 6.34
1965 29.95 5.98 22.31 7.52 0.96 6.56
1966 33.92 6.35 23.56 8.29 1.11 7.18
1967 33.21 6.50 24.58 8.78 1.18 7.60
1968 34.80 6.64 25.66 9.08 1.22 7.86
1969 37.16 6.80 27.82 9.75 1.35 8.40
1970 42.41 7.53 32.04 10.65 1.53 9.12
1971 49.44 8.38 37.64 11.29 1.76 9.53
1972 57.74 10.02 43.74 12.02 2.00 10.02
1973 67.27 11.95 50.47 12.78 2.23 10.55
1974 78.57 14.28 58.61 13.35 2.29 11.06
1975 91.71 17.31 68.03 14.80 2.55 12.25
1976 106.70 20.31 78.54 16.00 2.77 13.23
1977 119.93 22.64 88.36 17.04 3.03 14.01
1978 135.84 25.90 100.17 18.15 3.34 14.80
1979 155.49 29.68 114.37 18.98 3.56 15.42
1980 178.29 35.08 129.90 19.95 4.07 15.88
1981 199.14 40.57 144.09 22.17 4.97 17.20
1982 215.75 44.18 156.75 24.17 5.62 18.50
1983 232.63 47.78 169.44 25.45 6.18 19.27
1984 260.41 56.28 188.37 26.11 6.96 19.15
1985 321.12 79.45 223.20 27.73 8.32 19.41 28.49 1.93 26.48
1986 361.95 96.61 246.57 29.27 9.06 20.21 34.71 3.44 31.23
1987 408.07 111.46 281.21 30.32 9.63 20.25 42.29 7.34 34.43
1988 464.39 130.38 317.85 30.69 10.16 19.93 60.42 15.29 44.80
1989 511.32 146.43 346.37 30.85 10.49 19.73 73.12 20.28 52.50
1990 551.36 162.19 368.48 31.30 10.76 19.82 81.62 24.07 57.30
1991 606.11 185.24 398.62 31.67 11.53 19.36 96.04 30.36 65.42
1992 691.74 226.16 441.45 30.87 12.70 17.59 118.20 41.87 75.82
1993 817.58 285.98 501.00 28.96 12.82 15.53 155.77 59.85 93.18
1994 941.95 349.74 560.33 27.92 13.05 14.22 205.42 78.62 122.62
1995 1040.00 417.90 585.43 27.49 13.73 13.12 249.96 114.15 131.01
1996 1100.08 488.02 575.03 28.81 15.41 12.74 289.67 143.04 142.07
1997 1219.09 580.56 601.23 29.89 17.01 12.22 358.36 191.27 161.94
1998 1319.30 654.83 627.89 31.88 19.40 11.81 423.65 230.65 190.77
1999 1452.94 740.23 676.95 501.77 92.14 401.28 533.88 304.09 226.91