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, 2nd quarter 2023

With a decline in road vehicle traffic, the number of traffic accidents involving personal injury decreased significantly, by 13% and the number of persons killed or injured in such accidents by 14% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year. The number of fatal accidents fell by 21%, while the number of both serious and minor injuries lessened by 13%. A total of 4,785 people were injured in 3,616 accidents, 99 of whom were killed. The number of drunk-driving accidents fell by 10%.

Transport performances, Quarter 2 2023

In Q2 2023 in Hungary, interurban passenger transport performance increased by 19%, freight transport performance decreased by 13% compared to the same period of the previous year. Despite the significant growth, passenger transport performance did not reach the level of four years earlier. The performance of freight transport is also one of the lowest in the last nine years. In Q2 2023, 55 thousand passenger cars were registered for the first time, 12% fewer than a year earlier.

Settlement and district related data regarding 2022 are presented here

Datasets from the Dissemination Database regarding settlements and Budapest’s districts have been updated with 2022 data, as such settlement and district related data for 2022 are available since 31 August, concerning, among others, data on post and national public roads.

Hungary, 2023 Q1

The performance of the Hungarian economy lagged behind the one year earlier level by 0.9% in the 1st quarter of 2023. The January – March 2023 natural decrease of the population amounted to 14 thousand people, 27% less than one year earlier. The decrease is mostly due to the lower mortality. The hike of consumer prices was 25% in the first four months, compared to the same period of 2022, the 42% increase in food prices contributed the most to the rise in prices.

Hungary, 2022

The processes taken place in 2022 were mainly determined by the uncertain global environment due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the general and considerable price increases worldwide. Despite these challenges, the Hungarian economy's performance expanded by 4.6% year-on-year, above the EU average. Employment reached a new record high and average earnings rose significantly, but the impact of this was gradually eroded by surging inflation. Population decline continued at a lower pace than in the previous year.

The number of postal and courier consignments further increased

The quantity of postal and courier consignments increased significantly due to the Covid19 pandemic induced outstanding growth in online purchases. This trend continued in the 1st quarter of 2023, the number of consignments posted from inland addresses to inland recipients was 1.6 times higher, the lesser inland posting toward a foreign address was 44% more year-on-year. The number of consignments arriving from abroad and delivered inland grew by 7.5%.