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The Belgian Economy Ministry says that the number of motorised vehicles continues to rise: reasons include the aging of the population and new style families.
On 1 August 7,076,238 motorised vehicles were registered for travel on Belgian roads.
The figure includes 5,555,499 cars, 752,266 lorries and 456,512 motorbikes.
For the first time there is now one car for every two inhabitants.
Most cars are DERV fuelled: 3, 3.483.424; 2.029.688 run on petrol. Some 1.792 are electricity powered.
Joost Kaesemans of the car producers’ federation Febiac: "The population is growing. This evolution has a knock-on effect on the number of cars. There are also more and more one-parent families and this too boosts car ownership."
The aging of the population plays a role too.
Joost Kaesemans: "The generation that has always had a car stays on the roads. The age when the eldest generation wasn’t mobile is well and truly behind us."
Flandersnews.be / Expatica