Vehicle Licensing 1996-2006   End of Year Vehicles Registered 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 A. Motorised Vehicles Motor Cycles 22650 23511 23343 24258 25500 27116 28350 30266 32734 34023 35915 Motor Tricycles - - - - - - - - 1 2 5 Private Cars 293381 314833 318137 321617 332379 340568 340855 338930 344713 350753 360427 H.K. & Kln. Taxis 15108 15161 15200 15169 15157 15193 15189 15246 15248 15244 15246 N.T. Taxis 2641 2707 2803 2789 2776 2802 2801 2818 2745 2716 2735 Lantau Taxis 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Public Buses: CMB Single Deck 29 843 29 816 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Double Deck 814 787 - - - - - - - - - NWFB Single Deck - - - - 56 703 96 730 75 730 57 757 46 776 33 732 26 695 33 694 36 694 Double Deck - - 647 634 655 700 730 699 669 661 658 KMB Single Deck 277 3581 278 3834 275 3988 264 4064 250 4238 249 4371 240 4430 237 4284 171 4141 155 4020 155 4013 Double Deck 3304 3556 3713 3800 3988 4122 4190 4047 3970 3865 3858 NLB Single Deck 69 69 77 77 82 82 86 86 84 84 75 75 78 78 80 80 86 86 86 86 83 83 Double Deck - - - - - - - - - - - City Bus Single Deck 32 390 57 561 137 756 103 794 103 793 95 793 94 792 87 778 64 747 75 750 66 741 Double Deck 358 504 619 691 690 698 698 691 683 675 675 Long Win Bus Single Deck - - - 22- 3 160 10 159 10 159 10 160 9 145 9 145 8 144 8 146 9 153 Double Deck - 22 157 149 149 150 136 136 136 138 144 City Bus 2 Single Deck - - - - 20 181 25 165 25 167 22 164 22 164 22 164 22 164 12 160 20 168 Double Deck - - 161- 140 142 142 142 142 142 148 148 KCRC Single Deck - - 13 83 16 88 20 59 20 81 21 80 24 91 22 88 24 90 25 106 25 105 Double Deck - 70- 72 39 61 59 67 66 66 81 80 Others Single Deck 4807 5048 5103 5266 5279 5438 5404 5588 5652 5837 5991 6164 6324 6488 6557 6731 6668 6798 6711 6832 6703 6796 Double Deck 241 163 159 184 185 173 164 174 130 121 93 Private Buses 359 404 423 431 434 469 479 477 473 477 472 Public Light Buses 4313 4335 4343 4343 4340 4340 4343 4334 4328 4347 4349 Private Light Buses 2303 2230 2158 2101 2051 2012 1983 1925 1889 1857 1871 Light Goods Vehicles 79162 78876 75899 73527 72429 70891 69132 67977 67946 68610 69574 Medium Goods Vehicles 35611 36968 36551 37526 38945 38513 38565 38461 39219 39227 39100 Heavy Goods Vehicles 2018 2435 2601 2717 2903 3181 3328 3339 3312 3152 3052 Special Purpose Vehicles 316 370 406 433 487 550 696 774 851 994 1023 Government Vehicles: Motor Cycle 1207 1308 1238 1264 1201 1240 1243 1204 1152 1194 1152 Others 6075 6381 6125 6104 6041 5887 5580 5450 5346 5200 5256 Total (Motor Vehicles) 475115 500228 500673 503974 516782 525376 525558 524253 532872 540640 552980 B. Non-motorised Vehicles Trailers 21661 20583 18747 19278 19723 18394 17924 17633 18182 17530 17072 Rickshaws 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4