Huge rise in number of vehicles in Turkey

It is reported that the number of registered vehicles in traffic in Turkey has increased substantially.

TurkStat, Statistics Institute of Turkey has revealed that  The number of vehicles which are registered in traffic in Turkey has increased by 8.1 percent as of November 2012 when compared to November 2011.

It also rose 6.5 percent when compared to October 2012, said TurkStat, Turkey’s statistical authority, on Thursday.

The same report also revealed that total number of registered motor vehicles went upto 16,979,606 by the end of November 2012, while cars had a share of 50.7 percent, followed by small trucks with 16.4 percent, motorcycles with 15.7 percent, tractors with 8.9 percent, trucks with 4.4 percent, minibuses with 2.3 percent, buses with 1.4 percent, and special purpose vehicles with 0.2 percent.

In November 2012 only, the number of motor vehicles that were registered with traffic were  91,960.

Cars took the first place with 57.3 percent, followed by small trucks with 17.8 percent, motorcycles with 13.1 percent, and tractors with 5.4 percent.