Changes among vehicles registered in the Greater Paris -Grand Paris-

On 1st January 2024, there were 2,600 fewer light vehicles registered by households than on the same date in 2023, a decline of 0.13% (compared with -2.18% between 2022 and 2023, i.e. 45,600 fewer vehicles). The decrease of 4,200 PV owned by households in the Metropolis was less significant than in Paris where the number of privately owned PV dropped by 6,000. The greatest fall in privately owned vehicles during the 2014-2024 period, was in the 16th district, which can be explained by the fact that the number of registered vehicles and the average number of vehicles per household had been higher than in other districts of the capital.

Throughout the metropolis, the lifespan of private vehicles is increasing. The significant downward trend of car ownership seen among households over the past years (on average -35,000 VP per year between 2021 and 2023) is slowing down. This can be explained by the longer lifespan of vehicles. While in 2019  their average age was 8 years 10 months, it is now 9 years 7 months, almost a year more.

A few weeks after the implementation of the Crit'Air 3 stage of the Low Emission Zone in Grand Paris on 1st January 2025, it was possible to assess the situation of registered vehicles affected by the restrictive measures which came into force on 1st January 2024. On the whole, professional vehicles were little concerned by this new stage of the mobility LEZ-m: 2% of VP and 9% of LCV registered by professionals were Crit'Air 3 or more in the Grand Paris Metropolis, representing less than 40,000 vehicles.