Road Freight Statistics Show Contraction

Highlights from the annual publication of statistics on the activity of both UK and non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles and GB-registered vans including . . .

The domestic activity of GB-registered goods vehicles:

• Freight moved by GB-registered heavy goods vehicles within Great Britain decreased by 6 per cent between 2007 and 2008, from 161 billion tonne kilometres to 152 billion tonne kilometres. In the same period, Gross Domestic Product rose by 1 per cent.
• The amount of freight lifted in 2008 (1,734 million tonnes) was 7 per cent below 2007 (1,869 million tonnes), but 6 per cent higher than 1998.
• Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes gross weight continue to account for an increasing share of all goods moved: 74 per cent of total tonne kilometres in 2008, compared with 66 per cent in 1998.
• 50 per cent of all goods were lifted on a trip of 50 kilometres or less in 2008, whilst 4 per cent of goods lifted were carried more than 300 kilometres. The average length of haul in 2008 was 87 kilometres.
• Between 2007 and 2008 the amount of freight lifted by public haulage operators fell by 14 per cent but the freight lifted by own account operators rose by 3 per cent. The percentage of freight moved by own account operators is 32 per cent. The last time that this share was above 30 per cent was in 1991.

Data: Department for Transport

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