MOTOR CAR DENSITY.
The total number of motor vehicles in operation in the world is 35,087,----000. New Zealand is third—equal with Canada—in the figures for population per motor vehicle. The United States is first with one motor vehicle in every 4.9 persons, Hawaiian Islands second with one motor vehicle to every eight persons, New Zealand and Canada third, both with one vehicle to every nine persons. Australia has one motor vehicle to every 11 persons.
New Zealand has, according to statistics, two miles of road to every square mile of area, and 3.4 motor vehicles to each mile of road. These highway figures do not include city streets. The United States has one mile of road to every square mile of area, and 8.1 motor vehicles to every mile of road. The United Kingdom has one mile of road to every 0.5 square mile of area, and 10.4 motor vehicles to every mile of road. Australia has one mile of road to every 6.4 squane miles of area, and 1.3 motor vehicles to every mile of road.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 88, 19 November 1935, Page 2
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