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.
