Moving metrics

6 MinutesBy NZ Trucking magazineJune 2, 2020

New Zealand Trucking shows you how the economy is travelling via key metrics from the road transport industry. From time to time we‘ll be asking experts their opinion on what the numbers mean.

Summary of heavy trucks and trailers first registered in January

This information is put together from information provided by the NZ Transport Agency through its Open Data portal https://opendata-nzta.opendata. arcgis.com/

Vehicle type
This summary includes data for three heavy-truck and -trailer classes.

Vehicle class Description
NB (medium goods vehicle) A goods vehicle that has a gross vehicle mass exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes.
NC (heavy goods vehicle) A goods vehicle that has a gross vehicle mass exceeding 12 tonnes.
TD (heavy trailer) A trailer that has a gross vehicle mass exceeding 10 tonnes.

A goods vehicle is a motor vehicle that:
(a) is constructed primarily for the carriage of goods; and
(b) either:

(i) has at least four wheels; or
(ii) has three wheels and a gross vehicle mass exceeding one tonne.


A table of all vehicle classes can be found in Table A of the Land Transport Rule Vehicle Dimensions and Mass 2016, Rule 41001/2016 (https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/rules/docs/vehicle-dimensions-and-mass-2016-as-at-1-june-2019.pdf).
Note: vehicle classes are not the same as vehicle types or driver licence classes.




Road user charges purchased summary – February 2020

RUC purchase for February 2020, all RUC types

A description of RUC vehicle types is available at https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicleslicensing-rego/road-user-charges/ruc-rates-andtransaction-fees/
Please note, data may differ slightly from that reported for the same period previously due to adjustments being made to the base data.

RUC distance purchased for RUC type 1 vehicles

RUC type 1 vehicles are powered vehicles with two axles (except type 2 or type 299 vehicles. Type 299 vehicles are mobile cranes). Cars, vans and light trucks that use fuel not taxed at source (i.e. diesel fuel) are generally in this RUC type.

Total value and distance of all road user charges purchased between 01 January 2018 and 29 February 2020.

Purchase period Distance purchased (km) Value of purchases
1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018 15,736,558,458 $1,875,364,397
1 January 2019 – 31 December 2019 16,166,434,103 $2,041,939,272
1 January 2020 – 29 February 2020 2,656,155,613 $343,922,436
Purchase period Distance purchased (km)
1 January 2019 – 28 February 2019 1,811,526,743
1 January 2020 – 29 February 2020 1,905,432,990

RUC purchases for the top eight RUC types
The top eight RUC type purchases, other than type 1, in descending order are:

RUC type Description
2 Powered vehicles with one singletyred spaced axle and one twin-tyred spaced axle
6 Powered vehicles with three axles, (except type 308, 309, 311, 399 or 413 vehicles)
43 Unpowered vehicles with four axles
14 Powered vehicles with four axles (except type 408, 414 or type 499 vehicles)
951 Unpowered vehicles with five or more axles
H94 Towing vehicle that is part of an overweight combination vehicle consisting of a type 14 RUC vehicle towing a type 951 RUC vehicle with a permit weight of not more than 50,000kg
33 Unpowered vehicles with three twintyred, or single large-tyred, close axles (except vehicle type 939)
408 Towing vehicles with four axles that are part of a combination vehicle with a total of at least 8 axles


Rolling trend month-on-month purchase of RUC during 2019 – 2020

RUC purchases year to date (end of February 2020) for selected RUC types.

RUC class RUC value ($) RUC Distance (Km) Cents/km
2 $29,794,401 201,889,775 $0.15
6 $44,318,200 109,059,281 $0.41
43 $19,630,981 86,656,581 $0.23
14 $32,165,882 78,219,846 $0.41
951 $11 ,407,065 66,914,300 $0.17
h94 $15,203,345 37,041 ,291 $0.41
33 $6,331 ,018 35,961 ‘168 $0.18
408 $8,687,209 22,909,656 $0.38
Total Year to Date $167,538,101

The red dots represent the cost of RUC purchased for that RUC type for the year to date (end of February 2020) only, thus for RUC type 6 vehicles, powered vehicles with three axles, (except type 308, 309, 311, 399 or 413 vehicles), the higher value results from the high cost of RUC for these type vehicles above 12 tonne.

RUC distance purchased year to date for selected RUC types
By comparing distance purchased year to date with the same period for the previous year, any trends in changes to activity will become clear.

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