Figures released by ACEA show that new commercial vehicle registrations in Europe declined by 42.4% year-on-year in April to 139,870 units as the economic downturn continued to hit businesses and the transportation sector.
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In the first four months of the year, the decrease was put at 37.3% with sales totalling 590,894 units.
ACEA said the The downturn affected all countries and was sharper in the new EU Member States (-42.5%) than in Western Europe (-36.5%).
In the van segment up to 3.5 tonnes GVW, April results were negative for all countries, ranging from -95.2% in Iceland to -23.1% in Switzerland.
In April, new registrations of medium and heavy trucks over 3.5 tonnes GVW contracted by 43.5%.
From January to April, 96,046 new trucks were registered, or 39.7% less than over the same period a year ago. All the biggest markets contracted, ranging from -24.3% in the Netherlands to -28.0% in Germany, -29.8% in France, -36.4% in Italy, -37.8% in the UK, -72.5% in Spain and -64.3% in Poland.
