MAGNATEC STOP-START INDEX
Moderate level of stop-start driving, as drivers are experiencing less than 8,000 stop-starts per year.
Recommend drivers to take necessary precautions against stop-start engine wear.
| CITIES AND REGIONS | STOP-STARTS PER CAR PER YEAR | IDLING TIME* (% OF TRAVEL TIME) | |
| AUSTRALIA | Brisbane | 6960 | 18.21 |
| BELGIUM | Antwerp | 7080 | NA |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Brno | 7320 | NA |
| DENMARK | Copenhagen | 7440 | NA |
| FINLAND | Helsinki Tampere |
7920 6240 |
NA NA |
| NETHERLANDS | Rotterdam | 6360 | NA |
| PORTUGAL | Porto | 7200 | NA |
| SLOVAKIA | Bratislava Kosice |
6840 7440 |
NA NA |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Abu Dhabi | 6840 | NA |
Drivers should take actions to protect against stop-start engine wear.
| CITIES AND REGIONS | STOP-STARTS PER CAR PER YEAR | IDLING TIME* (% OF TRAVEL TIME) | |
| AUSTRALIA | Melbourne | 8880 | 23.1 |
| Sydney | 13440 | 26.27 | |
| AUSTRIA | Vienna | 15840 | NA |
| Graz | 10320 | NA | |
| BELGIUM | Brussels | 11520 | NA |
| BRAZIL | Rio de Janeiro Porto Alegre |
16920 16920 |
25.52 26.2 |
| CANADA | Toronto Vancouver |
8760 12840 |
NA NA |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Prague | 10800 | NA |
| DENMARK | Aarhus | 10920 | NA |
| FRANCE | Lyon Paris |
11280 18000 |
NA NA |
| GERMANY | Hamburg Berlin |
11160 16560 |
NA NA |
| HUNGARY | Budapest Debrecen |
13920 12960 |
NA NA |
| MALAYSIA | Kuala Lumpur | 12000 | NA |
| MEXICO | Monterrey | 13800 | 22.22 |
| NEW ZEALAND | Auckland Wellington |
9480 9720 |
NA NA |
| NORWAY | Oslo Bergen |
11280 11040 |
NA NA |
| POLAND | Krakow Warsaw |
11280 16680 |
NA |
| PORTUGAL | Lisbon | 10560 | NA |
| SINGAPORE | Singapore | 15000 | NA |
| SOUTH AFRICA | Cape town Johannesburg |
9000 9960 |
NA |
| SWEDEN | Stockholm Gothenburg |
14160 8040 |
NA NA |
| SWITZERLAND | Geneva Zurich |
14760 15960 |
NA NA |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Dubai | 10800 | NA |
| UNITED STATES | Los Angeles New York |
9360 16320 |
19.41 28.62 |
Drivers should take actions to protect against stop-start engine wear.
| CITIES AND REGIONS | STOP-STARTS PER CAR PER YEAR | IDLING TIME* (% OF TRAVEL TIME) | |
| ARGENTINA | Buenos Aires | 23760 | NA |
| BRAZIL | Belo Horizonte Curitiba Salvador Sao Paulo |
19200 19800 20400 22920 |
27.18 28.63 22.91 31.35 |
| CHINA | Beijing Shanghai |
21600 23040 |
27.44 33.09 |
| GREECE | Thessaloniki Athens |
18240 19920 |
NA NA |
| HONG KONG | Hong Kong | 20880 | NA |
| INDONESIA | Surabaya Jakarta |
29880 33240 |
23.12 27.22 |
| ITALY | Milan Rome |
23640 28680 |
NA NA |
| MALAYSIA | Johor Bahru | 21240 | NA |
| MEXICO | Guadalajara Mexico City |
24840 30840 |
33.24 32.55 |
| NETHERLANDS | Amsterdam | 23040 | NA |
| RUSSIA | Moscow Saint Petersburg |
28680 29040 |
31.57 35.84 |
| SPAIN | Barcelona Madrid Cordoba |
20520 22560 18480 |
NA NA NA |
| TAIWAN | Taipei Kaohsiung |
20640 20880 |
NA NA |
| THAILAND | Phuket Bangkok |
20400 27480 |
31.96 36.07 |
| TURKEY | Ankara Istanbul |
23640 28680 |
24.69 28.88 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | London Manchester |
21480 23160 |
28.58 31.54 |
* Twenty eight percent of idling means that 28% of the travel time of an average driver is spent in idling mode.
IN 2014, NEW RESEARCH ON IDLING TIME REVEALED THAT CITY** DRIVERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE SPENDING ON AVERAGE UP TO A THIRD OF THEIR JOURNEY IDLING***
**City: The circular shape focused on inner city build-up areas, by avoiding the inclusion of outer city motorway systems, wherever possible.
***New research on idling time was conducted for 26 out of 78 cities in the 2014 Castrol MAGNATEC STOP-START Index.
WHAT HAS CHANGED WITH TODAY'S DRIVING?
More people live in cities than ever before, and increasingly busy driving became a feature of life. On every single trip we make, we encounter situations on the road that make us stop, wait, and start again. Research shows that even a normal driver makes as many as 18000 stop-starts per year. Stop-start driving means more accelerations and decelerations, but also extended periods of idling, when loads on some critical engine parts are at their highest. That’s why stop-start driving can create microscopic wear of your critical engine parts.
WHAT IS CASTROL MAGNATEC STOP-START INDEX?
The 2014 Castrol MAGNATEC STOP-START Index examined traffic conditions in 78 key cities and regions around the globe, including China, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. The index helps us to understand more about the city driving patterns and gives implications of stop start on your engine.
HOW IS CASTROL MAGNATEC STOP-START INDEX CALCULATED?
The Castrol MAGNATEC STOP-START Index uses data shared anonymously on an opt-in basis of TomTom navigation users around the world. With millions of TomTom GPS navigation devices already in use, and growing every day, the historical traffic information collected in this way gives valuable insight into the traffic situation on the road network throughout the day.
Using a specially devised algorithm, we are able to calculate the number of stops and starts encountered during a trip. By applying this calculation to thousands of users and journeys, we can accurately measure the stop-start average per kilometre within defined city limits. By simply multiplying this number by the average distance driven per year, we get the final Castrol MAGNATEC STOP-START Index.
ABOUT TOMTOM
TomTom (TOM2) is the only partner that Castrol has been working with to develop the Castrol MAGNATEC STOP-START Index.
TomTom designs and develops innovative products that make it easy for people to keep moving towards their goals, and is best known for being a global leader in navigation and mapping products. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has 4,000 employees worldwide and sell their products in over 37 countries.