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Compared to 2018, there are 42 more cars per thousand inhabitants on the road in Italy
Osservatorio Autopromotec
In five years, the motorisation rate has increased by 6.4 per cent.
694 cars per thousand inhabitants are in circulation in Italy, a level that puts our country in first place in Europe in terms of motorisation rate (in the EU the average is 571 cars per thousand inhabitants). Compared to 2018, when 652 cars per thousand inhabitants were in circulation, the Italian motorisation rate has risen by 6.4%: an increase equivalent to 42 more cars in circulation per thousand inhabitants. These figures emerge from an Autopromotec Observatory processing of ACI and Eurostat data.
As emerges from the table, referring to metropolitan cities, in the last five years the motorisation rate has grown above all in Reggio Calabria, which went from 681 cars in circulation per thousand inhabitants in 2018 to 759 in 2023 (+11.5%), followed by Naples (+8.5%), Bari (+6.7%), Venice (+6.3%), Rome (+5.8%), Florence (+4.3%), Bologna (+4%), Milan (+3.5%), Turin (+2.9%) and Genoa (+2.3%).
The high concentration of cars in Italy is a well-established phenomenon, mainly due to deficiencies in the public transport infrastructure, which in many cases can lead to more frequent use of the private car. The widespread use of cars in our country, underlines the Autopromotec Observatory, imposes the need to pay particular attention to the efficiency and safety of the circulating fleet, adopting virtuous behaviour through scheduled periodic maintenance and compulsory overhauls.
As emerges from the table, referring to metropolitan cities, in the last five years the motorisation rate has grown above all in Reggio Calabria, which went from 681 cars in circulation per thousand inhabitants in 2018 to 759 in 2023 (+11.5%), followed by Naples (+8.5%), Bari (+6.7%), Venice (+6.3%), Rome (+5.8%), Florence (+4.3%), Bologna (+4%), Milan (+3.5%), Turin (+2.9%) and Genoa (+2.3%).
The high concentration of cars in Italy is a well-established phenomenon, mainly due to deficiencies in the public transport infrastructure, which in many cases can lead to more frequent use of the private car. The widespread use of cars in our country, underlines the Autopromotec Observatory, imposes the need to pay particular attention to the efficiency and safety of the circulating fleet, adopting virtuous behaviour through scheduled periodic maintenance and compulsory overhauls.
