Emissions from road traffic in the Netherlands, 2002*
Most emissions from road traffic come from passenger cars. The main substances are carbon monoxide, VOC, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Freight haulage emits most particulate matter.
| CO | VOC3) | NOx | SO2 | |
| million kg | ||||
| Total | 369 | 90 | 172 | 1.1 |
| Vehicles for | ||||
| passenger transport | 332 | 81 | 70 | 0.8 |
| of which | ||||
| - passenger cars | 276 | 59 | 62 | 0.7 |
| - motorised two-wheelers | 43 | 12 | 0.52 | 0.01 |
| - mopeds | 11 | 9.5 | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| - buses | 1.7 | 0.51 | 7.4 | 0.02 |
| Goods vehicles | 36 | 9.0 | 98 | 0.3 |
| of which | ||||
| - delivery vans | 20 | 5.0 | 21 | 0.14 |
| - trucks | 7.0 | 1.8 | 33 | 0.08 |
| - tractors | 8.5 | 1.8 | 43 | 0.10 |
| Special vehicles 4) | 1.6 | 0.44 | 4.5 | 0.01 |
| Particulate | Greenhouse gases | |||
| matter 3) | CO2 3) | CH4 | N2O | |
| million kg | ||||
| Total | 7.7 | 31 400 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
| Vehicles for | ||||
| passenger transport | 3.0 | 20 200 | 3.4 | 1.2 |
| of which | ||||
| - passenger cars | 2.4 | 19 300 | 2.5 | 1.2 |
| - motorised two-wheelers | 0.23 | 263 | 0.48 | 0.00 |
| - mopeds | 0.05 | 68 | 0.34 | 0.00 |
| - buses | 0.27 | 593 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Goods vehicles | 4.6 | 10 900 | 0.36 | 0.26 |
| of which | ||||
| - delivery vans | 2.5 | 4 700 | 0.21 | 0.19 |
| - trucks | 0.95 | 2 770 | 0.08 | 0.03 |
| - tractors | 1.12 | 3 420 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Special vehicles 4) | 0.19 | 346 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Source: CBS (). | CBS/EDC/Aug03/0130 | |||
| 1) Volatile organic compounds, excluding methane, including evaporation from fuel systems. 2) Diameter less than 10 µm (PM10), excluding emissions through wear on tyres, road surface and brakes. 3) Not corrected for temperature. 4) Commercial vehicles for special purposes, such as fire engines, breakdown vehicles and cleaning service vehicles. | ||||
Road traffic main source of emissions by traffic and transport
Road traffic is by far the largest source of emissions of most substances in the Traffic and transport target sector. An exception is sulphur dioxide. Both private cars and heavy goods vehicles make a significant contribution to emissions of nitrogen oxides. Passenger cars are the main source by far (50 to 75%) for all other substances.
References
- CBS (2003). Statline. Emissies door mobiele bronnen. Statistics Netherlands, Voorburg/Heerlen.
- CCDM (2003). Emissiemonitor. Jaarcijfers 2001 en ramingen 2002. Datawarehouse-Emissieregistratie. Coördinatiecommissie Doelgroepmonitoring, The Hague. You can find descriptions of the calculation method in the meta-information of the Emissiemonitor on the Emissieregistratie website.
Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium
- Road traffic in the Netherlands: volume developments and environmental pressure, 1990-2002
- Emissions to air by Traffic and transport in the Netherlands, 1990-2002*
- Emissions to air by Traffic and transport in the Netherlands, 2002*
- Guide to 'Noise and odour nuisance' section for data about the nuisance from traffic and transport.
- Guide to societal developments relating to traffic and transport for, among other things, data about traffic performance, numbers of vehicles and passenger kilometres.
- Guide to Environmental theme of Climate change (greenhouse effect)
- Guide to Environmental theme of Acidification and transboundary air pollution .
Relevant information outside of the Environmental Data Compendium
- More emissions data can be found in Statline (Statistics Netherlands).
- Recent emission data and descriptions of the calculation methods used (meta-information) can be viewed in detail on the Data Warehouse of the 'Emissieregistratie' website.
