Irrespective of the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Macau's economy, the special administrative region's new motor vehicle registrations surged by 50.7 percent year-on-year to 3,506 in the first quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.
According to a DSEC statement this week, Macau's new motor vehicle registrations rose by 34.3 percent year-on-year to 1,312 in March.
Registrations of heavy motorcycles (714) and light automobiles (564) rose by 36.3 percent and 54.1 percent respectively.
At the end of March, Macau's licensed motor vehicles stood at 244,457, up by 1.3 percent year-on-year.
Light automobiles (111,644) and heavy motorcycles (103,454) grew by 1.5 percent and 3.2 percent year-on-year respectively.
The number of traffic accidents stood at 958 in Macau, resulting in 341 persons injured. In the first quarter, 3,075 traffic accidents caused 1,017 injuries.
The lane length of Macau's public roads stood at 453,400 kilometres at the end of last year, according the latest available DSEC figures.
Macau had a population of 683,100 at the end of last year, resulting in a population density of 20,762 per square kilometre, based on the special administrative region's land area of 32.9 square kilometres at that time.
Due to ongoing land reclamation projects Macau's land area is on the rise.
Macau's land area has risen by 38.2 percent since 1999, when it stood at 23.8 square kilometres. The Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was set up on December 20, 1999.
