Roads in Malta

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In Malta, most of the main roads are in the outskirts of the localities to connect one urban area with another urban area. The most important roads are those that connect the south of the island with the northern part, like Tal-Barrani Road, Aldo Moro Street in Marsa (the widest road in Malta) and Birkirkara Bypass (the busiest road in Malta)[citation needed].

Traffic in Malta drives on the left. Car ownership in Malta is excessively high, given the islands' small size. In 1990, there were 182,254 registered cars, giving an automobile density of 582 per km2.[1] In 2009, the country had the fifth-highest number of vehicles per capita in the world, with 607 motor vehicles per 1,000 people.[2] At the end of March 2022, the number of licensed motor vehicles reached 414,669.[3]

Malta has 3,096 kilometres of road, 2,704 km (87.3%) of which are paved and 392 km are unpaved as of 2008.[4] The official road user guide for Malta is The Highway Code.[5]

  1. ^ Sammut & Savona-Ventura, "Petrol Lead in a Small Island Environment", International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine 9 (1996) at 33-40.
  2. ^ "NationMaster – Transportation statistics". Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Motor Vehicles: Q1/2022 (News Release 000/2022)" (PDF). nso.gov.mt. National Statistics Office (NSO) Malta. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  4. ^ "CIA World Factbook – Malta". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Land Transport". Government of Malta. Retrieved 26 October 2014.