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November Figures
THE rising trend in registrations of new commercial vehicles, which started last September and continued through the following month was, however, not maintained in the month of November. The total for November was 23.709 registrations, 228 less than in the previous month and 8,510 less than the highest monthly total of 31.219, which was attained in March. The total of new goods vehicles registered in January-November at 209,818, however, was 32,810 higher than in the comparable period of 1959, 49,480 more than for 1958, and 79,324 greater than in the same period of 1957.
In the first 11 months of 1960 the
number of new commercial vehicles on the road were at a significantly higher figure than for the whole of 1959271,476 compared with 258,100. Details appear in the accompanying table. The aggregate figure for all vehicles. including cars and motorcycles, registered during November was 81,852, bringing the total for the year up to 1,303,711. Al. the end of last September there were nearly 91m, vehicles on the roads of Great Britain.