Transport

Transport statistics is about performances related to forwarding goods and the spatial movement of persons. Statistics on the movement of people have two main areas: interurban passenger transport (public transport between two settlements) and local passenger transport (public transport within a settlement). It also monitors the transport infrastructure involving rolling stock (e.g. number of passenger cars, buses) and built infrastructure (e.g. length of motorways, railway lines). Accident statistics take into account accidents in the country, with a special focus on road traffic accidents causing personal injury.

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Road traffic accidents involving personal injury, 1st quarter 2022

In the 1st quarter of 2022, when the road traffic increased by 22%, there were 13% more, a total of 2,793 road traffic accidents involving personal injury, compared to the same period of the previous year, hit the hardest by the pandemic. This level was lower than the level of the same period in 2020 and 2019. The number of fatal accidents rose by 4.8%, while that of accidents involving serious and minor injuries by 15% and 12%, respectively. There were nearly one-quarter more drunk-driving accidents. Concerning the 3,724 persons injured, 98 persons deceased.

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Transport performances, Quarter 1 2022

Interurban passenger transport performance in Hungary grew strongly in Q1 2022 compared to the low base of the previous year. Freight transport performance, on the other hand, declined, but both were below their pre-pandemic levels. Although international passenger numbers and performance were up sharply compared to a year earlier, they were still only a fraction of Q1 2019. The number of first-time car registrations was higher than a year earlier, totalling 64,000.

Hungary, 2021 Q3

The performance of the Hungarian economy in the 1st – 3 rd quarters of 2021 surpassed the pandemic related low base of the previous year by 7.1%. Compared with the same period of 2020 consumer prices’ increase was 4.6% in the first ten months of the year, the majority of producer prices grew in an even more significant pace. Due to the growing death numbers, the January – September natural decrease of the population reached 42 thousand, surpassing the data of the previous year by 67%.

Hungary in Figures, 2020

Our publication, also highlighting the main effects of the pandemic, gives an overview of the social and economic trends in Hungary in 2020, including a 5% drop in GDP, putting us in the middle of the EU ranking, taking into use 28,000 new homes, the highest number since 2009, a nearly threefold increase in the share of people working remotely or from home as compared to the average for the past 10 years, a 42% increase in the value of mail order and internet retailing, and fewer accidents on the roads.

August traffic at border crossing points more than doubled compared to last year

More people crossed Hungary's external Schengen border crossings (Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Ukrainian) in August than in the previous month. The nearly 7.6 million people crossed in August was more than double the number in August 2020, but still 19% down on August 2019.

Further data, referring to 2020, are available broken down by settlements and districts

The dissemination database’s data groups for settlements and for Budapest districts were updated with further data, referring to 2020, so settlement- and district-level 2020 data on motor vehicles registered for the first time in Hungary and post among others are available from 7 September.

Further data, referring to 2020, are available broken down by settlements and districts

The dissemination database’s data groups for settlements and for Budapest districts were updated with further data, referring to 2020, so settlement- and district-level 2020 data on motor vehicles registered for the first time in Hungary and post among others are available from 7 September.

Continued increase in the number of postal and courier items

In 2020, the surge in online purchases due to the Covid19 pandemic led to a significant increase in postal and courier mail volumes compared to 2019. In early 2021, the upward trend continued, with the number of items picked up and delivered to a domestic address by postal services in Q2 2020 exceeding the high base of Q2 2020 by 3.7% and being more than one and a half times higher than in Q2 2019 without the pandemic.