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Transport > Road Stats: compare key data on Germany & United Kingdom

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STAT Germany United Kingdom HISTORY
Cars > Hybrid vehicles 21,438
Ranked 6th.
25,370
Ranked 4th. 18% more than Germany

Cars > Hybrid vehicles per million people 261.79
Ranked 6th.
401.25
Ranked 5th. 53% more than Germany

Expressway length 12,800 km
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
3,519 km
Ranked 13th.
Length of motorways per capita 42.71 mm
Ranked 8th. 73% more than United Kingdom
24.65 mm
Ranked 25th.
Motor vehicles per 1000 people 572
Ranked 21st. 10% more than United Kingdom
519
Ranked 34th.
Motorway density 35.98 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 5th.
97.03 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Germany
Motorway length 12,845 km
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
6,016 km
Ranked 11th.
Public road per capita 7.82 m
Ranked 20th. 16% more than United Kingdom
6.77 m
Ranked 22nd.
Radar detector legality Legal to own, illegal to use in a moving vehicle Legal
Road density 1,805 m of road per square km
Ranked 7th. 4% more than United Kingdom
1,733 m of road per square km
Ranked 8th.
Traffic laws > Fire extinguisher required Recommended Recommended
Traffic laws > First aid required Yes Recommended
Traffic laws > Seatbelt required All All
Traffic laws > Spare bulb required No No
Traffic laws > Triangle required Yes Recommended
Traffic laws > Permitted alcohol level 0.05%
Ranked 1st.
0.08%
Ranked 2nd. 60% more than Germany
Traffic laws > Tow rope required Yes Yes
Traffic laws > Speed limit at urban area 50 km/h
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than United Kingdom
48 km/h
Ranked 41st.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and); Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways.; Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicles per capita; Wikipedia: List of OECD countries by road network size (Motorway network) ("Selected year 2006 road traffic data" . OECD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD).); Wikipedia: Radar detector (Legality) ("Radar Speed Trap Warning Apparatus (Licence)" . Hansard . 1967-03-02 . Retrieved 2010-04-25 . "a pocket-sized instrument is being produced by Marchant House Limited of New Street, Oadby, Leicester, to be used in motor vehicles to give instant warning of a police radar speed trap ... Anyone wishing to use this type of apparatus would require a licence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1949. The firm in question has recently been informed that I am not prepared to issue a licence for such purposes"); Wikipedia: Comparison of European traffic laws (General)

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