Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: 2003

Licensed Drivers and Motor Vehicle Registrations
by Type of Vehicle 1984-2003
(in thousands)

	Licensed Drivers ¹	Passenger Automobiles	Commercial Vehicles ²	Motorcycles³
1984	15,540	10,781	3,119	507
1985	15,964	11,118	3,213	487
1986	16,226	11,586	3,285	465
1987	16,927	11,686	3,659	448
1988	17,155	12,086	3,850	400
1989	17,592	12,380	3,962	378
1990	17,718	12,622	4,000	359
1991	18,090	12,578	3,516	350
1992	18,465	12,781	3,461	339
1993	18,843	12,925	3,455	337
1994	19,243	13,131	3,510	330
1995	19,327	13,192	3,535	320
1996	19,964	13,251	3,620	312
1997	20,148	13,515	3,684	319
1998	20,744^e	13,887	3,767	334
1999	20,934	16,538	722	274
2000	20,593	16,832	739	311
2001	20,879	17,055	729	318
2002	21,163	17,543	724	350
2003	21,436	17,755	740	373
¹ Excludes temporary permits prior to 1999.
² Pre-1999, these registrations include trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles, such as vans. From 1999, these registrations include commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) greater than 4,500 kg.
³ Includes mopeds.
^e Estimated.
Source: 1984 to 1998: Statistics Canada, Catalogue No 53-219, "Road Motor Vehicles - Registrations". From 1999, motor vehicle registration data are from Statistics Canada, CANSIM, Table 405-0004. From 1999, licensed driver data were provided by each jurisdiction.
The decline in police reporting in British Columbia in the years 1996 through 2003 has affected the British Columbia totals and, to a lesser extent, national totals reported in this publication.
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