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Transport

Goods and Other Vehicle Population by Type of Body and Maximum Laden Weight

Data from Jan 2004 to Dec 2017

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 15:05 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

Figures exclude tax exempted vehicles and vehicles for off-the-road use. Articulated vehicles include prime movers and low loaders.

MVP01-9 GVP by MLW

Number by Year

Data explorer

GoodsandOtherVehiclePopulationbyTypeofBodyandMaximumLadenWeight.csv (1.6K rows, 52.5 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Max Laden Wt Text	Type Text	Number Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2004	<= 3500 kg	Lorries	29282
2004	<= 3500 kg	Tippers	0
2004	<= 3500 kg	Vans	54183
2004	<= 3500 kg	Goods-cum Passengers	5855
2004	<= 3500 kg	Articulated Vehicles	0
2004	<= 3500 kg	Cement Mixers	0
2004	<= 3500 kg	Tankers	11
2004	<= 3500 kg	Cranes	15
2004	<= 3500 kg	Recovery Vehicles	123
2004	<= 3500 kg	Refrigerated Vehicles	974

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Max Laden Wt	max_laden_wt	Text	-	-
Type	type	Text	-	-
Number	number	Numeric	No. of Vehicles	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_e530c5bdab571ea2e1f77d1a1a114e76"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Land Transport Authority. (2016). Goods and Other Vehicle Population by Type of Body and Maximum Laden Weight (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 12, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e530c5bdab571ea2e1f77d1a1a114e76/view

About this dataset

Contact

LTA-Vehicle_Stat@lta.gov.sg

Created on

27 Apr 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

LTA (Land Transport Authority)