Artics move 72% of road freight
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DfT has published National Statistics on the activity of GB-registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain during 2004. 152.2 billion tonne kilometers of freight were moved in 2004, 72% of which travelled on an artic
The Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport is based on a weekly
sample of goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gross weight; the latest
figures having been compiled during 2004 from questionnaires were sent to the registered keepers of
17,300 vehicles. The questionnaire records the activity of each vehicle
during a specified survey week.
Key findings from this annual bulletin include:
Freight moved by GB-registered heavy goods vehicles within Great Britain increased by 0.3% from 151.7 billion tonne kilometres in 2003 to 152.2 billion tonne kilometres in 2004
Total freight moved increased by 10% between 1994 and 2004 which was less than the rise in Gross Domestic Product (32%)
Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes gross weight continue to account for an increasing share of all goods moved:72% of total tonne kilometres in 2004, compared with 60% in 1994
Freight lifted increased by 6% from 1,643 million tonnes in 2003 to 1,744 million tonnes in 2004
Freight lifted increased by 9% between 1994 and 2004
The sample of heavy goods vehicles is selected from the records of the DVLA and is stratified by vehicle weight group and by the Government Office Region of vehicle registration. The sample results have been grossed to provide estimates of the activity all heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain.
The full 75-page bulletin of the Transport of Goods by Road in Great Britain: 2004 document can be viewed and/or downloaded, in pdf format, at:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_transstats/documents/downloadable/dft_transstats_039350.pdf
Key findings from this annual bulletin include:
Freight moved by GB-registered heavy goods vehicles within Great Britain increased by 0.3% from 151.7 billion tonne kilometres in 2003 to 152.2 billion tonne kilometres in 2004
Total freight moved increased by 10% between 1994 and 2004 which was less than the rise in Gross Domestic Product (32%)
Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes gross weight continue to account for an increasing share of all goods moved:72% of total tonne kilometres in 2004, compared with 60% in 1994
Freight lifted increased by 6% from 1,643 million tonnes in 2003 to 1,744 million tonnes in 2004
Freight lifted increased by 9% between 1994 and 2004
The sample of heavy goods vehicles is selected from the records of the DVLA and is stratified by vehicle weight group and by the Government Office Region of vehicle registration. The sample results have been grossed to provide estimates of the activity all heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain.
The full 75-page bulletin of the Transport of Goods by Road in Great Britain: 2004 document can be viewed and/or downloaded, in pdf format, at:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_transstats/documents/downloadable/dft_transstats_039350.pdf
