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Transport

Monthly Motor Vehicle Population by Vehicle Type

Data from Jan 2012 to Feb 2018

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:29 SGT

LTA (Land Transport Authority)

Figures include vehicles exempted from the Vehicle Quota System and tax.

M06-Vehs by type

No of vehicles by Month

Data explorer

MonthlyMotorVehiclePopulationbyVehicleType.csv (444 rows, 10.9 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Vehicle Type Text	No. of Vehicles Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2012-01	Cars	593555
2012-01	Rental Cars	13970
2012-01	Taxi	27059
2012-01	Buses	17037
2012-01	Goods & Other Vehicles	159854
2012-01	Motorcycles	146388
2012-02	Cars	594925
2012-02	Rental Cars	14033
2012-02	Taxi	27163
2012-02	Buses	17076

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Vehicle Type	vehicle_type	Text	-	-
No. of Vehicles	number	Numeric	No. of Vehicles	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2ecb009f1e1ec5a816a454944dec4022"
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). Monthly Motor Vehicle Population by Vehicle Type (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 1, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2ecb009f1e1ec5a816a454944dec4022/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)