European Mobility Week
The European Mobility Week will take place from 16 to 22 September
This year’s European Mobility Week emphasises that the quality of the public space brings many benefits to society. In the 2008–2022 period, the amount of CO2 emissions from road transport in Slovenia increased by 25%. In 2023, passenger cars were on average 11.1 years old. Diesel cars prevailed.
This year's European Mobility Week theme is ‘Shared Public Space’
European Mobility Week is the European Commission’s flagship awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility. It promotes behavioural change in favour of active mobility, public transport, and other clean, intelligent transport solutions. The campaign has been taking place since 2002, always between 16 and 22 September, and it traditionally concludes with the Car-Free Day.
This year’s theme Shared Public Space emphasises the quality of the public space that brings many benefits to society, and a better quality of life, i.e. more areas for pedestrians and cyclists, more green areas and fewer cars, less pollution, less noise.
Diesel cars dominate in Slovenia …
At the end of 2023, about 1.2 million passenger cars were registered in Slovenia, almost a half used diesel and 46% petrol fuel. In the last ten years, the number of cars increased by 15%, but a detailed analysis shows that the number of diesel cars went up by 35%, and the number of petrol ones down by 8%. However, fewer petrol cars are not only due to more diesel cars, but also because of more cars that are using other type of fuel or drive (e.g. hybrid cars), which there were 5% in 2023, and fewer than 1% ten years ago.
… and petrol cars in the EU
In Slovenia, in the last decade, the share of diesel cars increased by 7 percentage points. In the EU Member States, the highest increase was recorded in Latvia (20 percentage points), followed by Romania and Croatia (15 points), while the highest decrease was recorded in Belgium (26 percentage points), followed by Luxembourg (22 points).
However, in the EU Member States the petrol cars dominate over diesel ones: the Netherlands, Cyprus and Finland are the countries with the highest share of petrol cars.
Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are the countries with more than 5% of electric cars. In Norway, which is not a member of the EU, the share of electric cars is almost a quarter (24%).
European Mobility Week is the European Commission’s flagship awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility. It promotes behavioural change in favour of active mobility, public transport, and other clean, intelligent transport solutions. The campaign has been taking place since 2002, always between 16 and 22 September, and it traditionally concludes with the Car-Free Day.
This year’s theme Shared Public Space emphasises the quality of the public space that brings many benefits to society, and a better quality of life, i.e. more areas for pedestrians and cyclists, more green areas and fewer cars, less pollution, less noise.
Diesel cars dominate in Slovenia …
At the end of 2023, about 1.2 million passenger cars were registered in Slovenia, almost a half used diesel and 46% petrol fuel. In the last ten years, the number of cars increased by 15%, but a detailed analysis shows that the number of diesel cars went up by 35%, and the number of petrol ones down by 8%. However, fewer petrol cars are not only due to more diesel cars, but also because of more cars that are using other type of fuel or drive (e.g. hybrid cars), which there were 5% in 2023, and fewer than 1% ten years ago.
In Slovenia, in the last decade, the share of diesel cars increased by 7 percentage points. In the EU Member States, the highest increase was recorded in Latvia (20 percentage points), followed by Romania and Croatia (15 points), while the highest decrease was recorded in Belgium (26 percentage points), followed by Luxembourg (22 points).
However, in the EU Member States the petrol cars dominate over diesel ones: the Netherlands, Cyprus and Finland are the countries with the highest share of petrol cars.
Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are the countries with more than 5% of electric cars. In Norway, which is not a member of the EU, the share of electric cars is almost a quarter (24%).
A third of vehicle kilometres driven by petrol cars
In 2023, passenger cars registered in Slovenia made 17.5 billion vehicle kilometres (hereafter vkm, which is the unit used to measure the volume of traffic) on the Slovenian and foreign roads. Although the share of diesel and petrol cars among all registered vehicles is 49% and 46%, respectively, diesel cars accounted for 61% and petrol cars for 33% of total vkm. In one year, on average every diesel car drove almost twice as much distance as a petrol car. Most of the remaining 6% of the vkm were driven by hybrid cars.
On Slovenian roads, passenger cars made more than 5 times as many vkm as goods vehicles
In 2023, national and foreign road vehicles made 21.5 billion vehicle kilometres on the Slovenian roads. Passenger cars made 83% and goods vehicle 16% of vehicle kilometres. Among the goods vehicles, six in ten trucks were light, i.e. with a maximum permissible weight of 3.5t.
In March 2024, there were 38,976 km of public roads in Slovenia, 1.6% or 616 km of them motorways and highways. On these roads, 39% of vkm (8.3 billion) were made.
The renewal rate of passenger cars in Slovenia is higher
In 2023, passenger cars were on average 11.1 years old. One in ten passenger cars was less than three years old, and one in two 12 years old or older. The renewal rate of passenger cars (number of first registrations of new passenger cars per 100 all registered passenger cars) was the highest in 2018 (6.5), and was decreasing until 2022. However, in 2023, it slightly increased to 3.9.
The renewal rate was the lowest in the Goriška region (2.1). In this region, the average age of cars was 12.9 years. The renewal rate was the highest in the Osrednjeslovenska region (6.1), where the average age of cars was 10.3 years.
Road transport, a significant source of CO2 and NOx emissions
Road transport is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In 2022, 5.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) was generated in road transport, representing 42% of the 12.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions generated in that year. Transport of personal vehicles (passenger cars and motorbikes) generated slightly more CO2 emissions (52%) than transport of freight vehicles and buses (48%).
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions from road transport has been significantly increasing in recent years in Slovenia: in the 2008–2022 period, the amount of CO2 emissions increased by 25%. For comparison: in the same period, the amount of all CO2 emissions decreased by 24% (mostly due to the decrease in emissions from manufacturing, and electricity, gas and air conditioning supply).
Road transport is also a source of emissions of many pollutants that can have direct impact on human health. In 2022, NOx emissions from road traffic accounted for 39% of all NOx emissions (9,600 tonnes out of 24,800 tonnes) generated that year. This share did not change significantly in the 2008–2022 period. In this case as well, the most NOx emissions originated in the traffic of passenger vehicles (53%).
In 2023, passenger cars registered in Slovenia made 17.5 billion vehicle kilometres (hereafter vkm, which is the unit used to measure the volume of traffic) on the Slovenian and foreign roads. Although the share of diesel and petrol cars among all registered vehicles is 49% and 46%, respectively, diesel cars accounted for 61% and petrol cars for 33% of total vkm. In one year, on average every diesel car drove almost twice as much distance as a petrol car. Most of the remaining 6% of the vkm were driven by hybrid cars.
On Slovenian roads, passenger cars made more than 5 times as many vkm as goods vehicles
In 2023, national and foreign road vehicles made 21.5 billion vehicle kilometres on the Slovenian roads. Passenger cars made 83% and goods vehicle 16% of vehicle kilometres. Among the goods vehicles, six in ten trucks were light, i.e. with a maximum permissible weight of 3.5t.
In March 2024, there were 38,976 km of public roads in Slovenia, 1.6% or 616 km of them motorways and highways. On these roads, 39% of vkm (8.3 billion) were made.
The renewal rate of passenger cars in Slovenia is higher
In 2023, passenger cars were on average 11.1 years old. One in ten passenger cars was less than three years old, and one in two 12 years old or older. The renewal rate of passenger cars (number of first registrations of new passenger cars per 100 all registered passenger cars) was the highest in 2018 (6.5), and was decreasing until 2022. However, in 2023, it slightly increased to 3.9.
The renewal rate was the lowest in the Goriška region (2.1). In this region, the average age of cars was 12.9 years. The renewal rate was the highest in the Osrednjeslovenska region (6.1), where the average age of cars was 10.3 years.
Road transport, a significant source of CO2 and NOx emissions
Road transport is one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In 2022, 5.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) was generated in road transport, representing 42% of the 12.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions generated in that year. Transport of personal vehicles (passenger cars and motorbikes) generated slightly more CO2 emissions (52%) than transport of freight vehicles and buses (48%).
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions from road transport has been significantly increasing in recent years in Slovenia: in the 2008–2022 period, the amount of CO2 emissions increased by 25%. For comparison: in the same period, the amount of all CO2 emissions decreased by 24% (mostly due to the decrease in emissions from manufacturing, and electricity, gas and air conditioning supply).
Road transport is also a source of emissions of many pollutants that can have direct impact on human health. In 2022, NOx emissions from road traffic accounted for 39% of all NOx emissions (9,600 tonnes out of 24,800 tonnes) generated that year. This share did not change significantly in the 2008–2022 period. In this case as well, the most NOx emissions originated in the traffic of passenger vehicles (53%).
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