The distance travelled on mopeds and light mopeds is quite stable at about 1 billion km per year [i] Based on these figures, it is not possible to make a reliable distribution of the number of kilometres travelled on a moped or on a light moped, nor a reliable distribution of distances travelled by age or gender. It is however possible to distinguish between the possession of a moped, light moped and microcar. Table 2 shows that in recent years the number of light mopeds increased, whereas the number of mopeds decreased. Since 2012 there have been more light mopeds than mopeds in the Netherlands.
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Possession of mopeds and light mopeds |
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Year |
Light moped |
Moped |
Total |
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2008 |
339,941 |
423,189 |
763,130 |
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2009 |
386,025 |
464,870 |
850,895 |
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2010 |
435,247 |
496,145 |
931,392 |
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2011 |
487,380 |
515,517 |
1,002,897 |
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2012 |
526,771 |
509,333 |
1,036,104 |
|
2013 |
560,427 |
499,050 |
1,059,477 |
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2014 |
588,801 |
487,700 |
1,076,501 |
|
2015 |
617,800 |
481,749 |
1,099,549 |
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2016 |
647,968 |
477,878 |
1,125,846 |
|
2017 |
680,563 |
473,085 |
1,153,648 |
Table 2. Vehicle fleet data of mopeds and light mopeds, measured on 1 January of each year (Source:CBS-Statline).
Table 3 shows that not only young people own a (light) moped. 46% of the light moped owners and 42% of the moped owners are even 50 years of age or older. It must be noted that owning a vehicle is not the same as using a vehicle. It may well be the case that due to cheaper insurance the parents of the main user register the moped or light moped on their name.
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Age owner |
Light moped |
Moped |
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16 - 19 |
3% |
5% |
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20 - 29 |
17% |
18% |
|
30 - 39 |
14% |
15% |
|
40 - 49 |
20% |
21% |
|
50 - 59 |
23% |
24% |
|
60 and older |
23% |
18% |
Table 3 Age of moped and light-moped owners in 2017 (Source: CBS-Statline).
