National Transport Commission National Transport Statistics 2016 Vision Ensure a quality, cost effective and safe integrated transport system and services that will provide for the socio-economic development across the country and the different mobility requirements of every individual and corporate citizen of Sri Lanka. Mission To advise the Government of Sri Lanka on the National Policy relating to passenger transport and to establish the required regulatory framework in order to ensure an efficient bus transportation system which meets the transport needs of the public. NATIONAL TRANSPORT STATISTICS 2016 Publisher National Transport Commission 241, Park Road, Clombo 05. VOLUME VI October 2016 NATIONAL TRANSPORT STATISTICS Contents List of Figures VI List of Tables IX Foreword XXII 01 Introduction 01 02 General Data 03 2.1 Socio Economic Data 03 2.2 Transport & Economy 07 03 Road Transportation 11 3.1 National Road Network 11 3.2 Investment & Expenditure 19 04 Motor Traffic 21 4.1 Vehicle Population 21 4.2 New Registration of Vehicles 23 4.3 Vehicle Registration by Province – 2015 26 4.4 Operated Motor Vehicles 27 4.5 Issuing of Driving License 27 4.6 Driving License 28 4.7 Transport Modal Share 28 4.8 Vehicle Ownership 28 05 State Bus Transportation-SLTB 31 5.1 Bus Operation 31 5.2 Passenger Statistics 34 5.3 Financial Progress 35 06 Private Bus Transportation 43 6.1 Bus Operation 43 6.2 Bus Fares 49 6.3 Socially Obligatory Services 51 07 Rail Transportation 55 7.1 Rail Line Operation 55 7.2 Rail Passenger Transportation 58 7.3 Rail Freight Transportation 62 7.4 Financial Progress 63 7.5 Railway Accidents 65 7.6 Railway Networks 66 7.7 New Activities and Policies 66 08 Fitness of Drivers in Public Transport Sector 67 8.1 Medical Examinations 67 8.2 Accident Medical Examinations 70 09 Road Accidents 73 9.1 Road Accidents in Sri Lanka 73 9.2 Global View of Traffic Death 83 10 Port Services 87 10.1 Ship Arrivals 87 10.2 Cargo Handling 89 11 Civil Aviation 93 Summary 101 National Transport Statistics 2016 | Volume VI V List of Figures Figure 2.1 Mid Year Population in Sri Lanka 04 Figure 2.2 Population Growth Rate 04 Figure 2.3 Selected Macro Economics Indicators 05 Figure 2.4 Per Capita GDP at Market Prices (US$) 05 Figure 2.5 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at Current Prices 05 Figure 2.6 Transport Sector Share and Change in GDP 07 Figure 2.7 Provincial GDP in Transport (Current Prices) -2014 08 Figure 2.8 Transport Sector Contribution of Private Consumption Expenditure 08 Figure 2.9 Consumer Price indices in Transport Sector (CCPI) 09 Figure 3.1 National Road Network in Sri Lanka 13 Figure 3.2 Expressway Network in Sri Lanka 16 Figure 3.3 Distribution of Road Surface Type -2015 17 Figure 3.4 Completed, Ongoing and Committed Projects by RDA 18 Figure 4.1 Total Vehicle Population (2001-2015) 22 Figure 4.2 Vehicle Population Growth Rate (2005-2015) 22 Figure 4.3 Vehicle Population Growth Rate (2001-2015) 2001 Base 23 Figure 4.4 New Vehicle Registrations - 2015 24 Figure 4.5 New vehicle Registration Growth Rate 24 Figure 4.6 New Vehicle Registration Growth Rate (2001-2015) 2001 Base year 24 Figure 4.7 Vehicle Trend 25 Figure 4.8 New Registrations of Motor Vehicles by Fuel Type – 2015 25 Figure 4.9 New Registrations of Motor vehicles by Fuel Type -2015 25 Figure 4.10 Provincial Total Motor vehicles – 2015 27 Figure 4.11 Total Operated Motor vehicles by Vehicle Category - 2015 27 Figure 4.12 New Driving License Issued 28 Figure 4.13 Transport Modal Share 28 Figure 4.14 Private Vehicle Ownership per 10,000 Households 28 Figure 4.15 Private Vehicle Ownership per 10,000 Households 29 Figure 4.16 Private Vehicle Ownership per 10,000 Populations 29 Figure 4.17 Private Vehicle Ownership per 10,000 Populations 29 Figure 5.1 Average Fleet Size & T.T.R. (Time Table Requirement)-SLTB 32 Figure 5.2 Operated Buses per Day –SLTB 33 Figure 5.3 Operated Kilometers per Day –SLTB 33 Figure 5.4 Average Vehicle Utilization-SLTB 33 Figure 5.5 No. of Passengers Traveled by Operated Bus per Day-SLTB 34 Figure 5.6 No. of Passengers Traveled per Day-SLTB 35 Figure 5.7 Passenger Kilometers per Day -SLTB 35 VI National Transport Statistics 2016 | Volume VI Figure 5.8 Total Waybill Revenue-SLTB 36 Figure 5.9 Waybill Revenue per Operated Km-SLTB 36 Figure 5.10 Waybill Revenue per Operated Bus per Day-SLTB 37 Figure 5.11 Waybill Revenue per Passenger-SLTB 37 Figure 5.12 Total Revenue per Km-SLTB 37 Figure 5.13 Total Cost per Operated Km-SLTB 39 Figure 5.14 Fuel Cost per Operated Km 39 Figure 5.15 Average Fuel Consumption -SLTB 39 Figure 5.16 Fuel Efficiency 40 Figure 6.1 Inter Provincial Bus Fleet (Service Type Wise) 44 Figure 6.2 Inter Provincial Private Bus Operation -2015 (Province Wise) 45 Figure 6.3 Age of Inter Provincial Private Buses 47 Figure 6.4 Demand Survey on Colombo- Matara 48 Figure 6.5 Demand Survey on Matara - Colombo 49 Figure 6.6 Fuel Cost & Total Operating Cost per Km (Rate of Change %) 51 Figure 6.7 Sisu Seriya School Bus Service 51 Figure 6.8 Nisi Seriya Night Bus Services-2015 53 Figure 7.1 Age Distribution of Locomotives 57 Figure 7.2 Total Fuel Consumption –SLR 57 Figure 7.3 Fuel Consumption as Cost in Rupees 58 Figure 7.4 Fuel Cost per Kilometer-SLR 58 Figure 7.5 Passenger Kilometers-SLR 61 Figure 7.6 Revenue from Passenger Transportation 61 Figure 7.7 Freight Ton (Mn) & Operated Freight Km (Mn) 62 Figure 7.8 Freight Ton Kilometers (Mn.)-SLR 62 Figure 7.9 Total Revenue, Expenditure and Profit/Loss 64 Figure 7.10 Profit/Loss per Km (Rs.) 65 Figure 7.11 Rail Network in Sri Lanka 66 Figure 8.1 Detection Rate of Medical Ailments 69 Figure 8.2 Major Ailment Categories of Medical Detections- 2015 69 Figure 8.3 Accident Medical Examinations Under Each Age Group – 2015 71 Figure 8.4 Islandwide Centers of NTMI 71 Figure 9.1 Road Accidents in Sri Lanka 74 Figure 9.2 Accident Growth Rate (2005-2015) 2005 Base 74 Figure 9.3 Monthly Fatal Accidents-2015 75 Figure 9.4 Hourly Fatal Accidents-2015 75 Figure 9.5 No. of Fatalities by Age Group – 2015 76 National Transport Statistics 2016 | Volume VI VII Figure 9.6 Fatalities by Gender-2015 77 Figure 9.7 Fatal Road Accidents per 1,000 Operated Buses 79 Figure 9.8 Total Road Accidents per 1,000 Operated Buses 79 Figure 9.9 Total Road Accidents per 10,000 Population 79 Figure 9.10 Fatal Accidents per 100,000 Inhabitants 80 Figure 9.11 Relationship between Operational Vehicles and Road Accidents 80 Figure 10.1 Ship Arrivals at Ports in Sri Lanka-2015 88 Figure 11.1 Aircraft Movements in BIA – Year 2015 94 Figure 11.2 Aircraft Movements at BIA (2010-2015) 94 Figure 11.3 Passenger Movements at Bandaranayaka International Airport -2015 95 Figure 11.4 Passenger Transit in BIA - 2015 95 Figure 11.5 Passengers Kilometers flown by Srilankan Airlines 95 Figure 11.6 Cargo Movements at Bandaranayaka International Airport-2015 96 Figure 11.7 Number of Freight Tons Carried Srilankan Airlines 96 Figure 11.8 Aircraft Movement in Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) 98 Figure 11.9 Passenger Movement at in Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) 99 Figure 11.10 Cargo Movements at in Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) 99 VIII National Transport Statistics 2016 | Volume VI List of Tables Table 2.1 Key Socio Economic Indicators 04 Table 2.2 Mid Year Population 2015 04 Table 2.3 Household Income and Expenditure 06 Table 2.4 Transport Sector Contribution in GDP at Constant (2002) Prices 07 Table 2.5 GDP in Transport Sector 08 Table 2.6 Composition of Private Consumption Expenditure 09 Table 2.7 Government Recurrent Expenditure on Transport and Other Sectors 09 Table 2.8 Capital Expenditure and Lending on Transport and Other Sectors 10 Table 3.1 Roads Under the Purview of RDA 12 Table 3.2 Bridges Under the Purview of RDA - 2015 12 Table 3.3 Road Length by Province (kilometers) 14 Table 3.4 Road Network in Sri Lanka (Km) 15 Table 3.5 Expressways in Operation 15 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Table 3.6 15 Southern Expressway and Outer Circular Expressway Sections -2015 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Table 3.7 15 Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (E03)-2015 Table 3.8 Investment & Expenditure for Road Development 19 Table 3.9 Major Investment Programmes Undertaken in 2015 (Rs. Mn.) 20 Table 4.1 Total Vehicle Population 22 Table 4.2 New Registration of Vehicle 23 Table 4.3 New Registration by Fuel Type 26 Table 4.4 Motor Vehicle Registration by Province – 2015 26 Table 4.5 Total No of Driving License Issued 27 Table 5.1 SLTB Buses by Regions 2015 32 Table 5.2 No .of Passengers- SLTB 34 Table 5.3 Total Revenue of SLTB-2015 36 Table 5.4 Total Variable Cost of SLTB- 2015 38 Table 5.5 Total Fixed Cost of SLTB -2015 38 Table 5.6 Financial Progress -SLTB 40 Table 5.7 Operational Data-SLTB 41 Table 6.1 Inter Provincial Private Bus Operation (Service Type Wise) 44 Table 6.2 Inter Provincial Private Bus Operation 2015 (Seat Wise) 44 Table 6.3 Total Private Bus Routes - 2015 44 Table 6.4 Private Bus Operational Data - Provincial 45 Table 6.5 Private Bus Operational Data (Inter-provincial & Intra Provincial) 46 Table 6.6 Average Vehicle Utilization in Inter Provincial Buses 46 Table 6.7 No.