Vehicle Fleet 2026: 5.9 Million Vehicles in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has updated its web application with figures as of January 1, 2026, detailing the evolution of passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, and heavy goods vehicles.

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As of January 1, 2026, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region had 5,085,711 passenger cars, 864,335 light commercial vehicles, and 85,199 heavy goods vehicles in circulation, according to DREAL data.

The DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes updated its dedicated web application for the road vehicle fleet as of January 1, 2026. This tool allows tracking the evolution over twelve years of the number of vehicles in circulation, categorized by type (passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, heavy goods vehicles), their powertrains, and Crit'Air ratings, for the entire region, by departments or intercommunalities.
In total, the regional vehicle fleet comprised 5,085,711 passenger cars, 864,335 light commercial vehicles (LCVs), and 85,199 heavy goods vehicles at the beginning of 2026.
Based on information from the official source: DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (30/10/2026)