Michael Donnelly,
PlanningResource,
28 August 2008
The Department of Transport has released its road freight statistics for 2007.
The report brings together the main statistics on the activities of UK-registered heavy goods vehicles, both domestically and internationally, and the non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain.
The statistics reveal:
- Freight moved by GB-registered heavy goods vehicles within Great Britain increased by 4 per cent between 2006 and 2007, from 156 billion tonne kilometres to 161 billion tonne kilometres.
- Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes gross weight continue to account for an increasing share of all goods moved: 73 per cent of total tonne kilometres in 2007, compared with 65 per cent in 1997.
- The amount of freight lifted in 2007 (1,869 million tonnes) was three per cent above 2006 (1,813 million tonnes), and was 14 per cent above that in 1997.
- There has been a long term increase in overall average length of haul, from 68 kilometres in 1980 to 86 kilometres in 2007, peaking at 95 kilometres in 1999.
- Greenhouse gas emissions from road freight transport rose by 2.5 per cent between 1996 and 2006. However, this is lower than the 5.8 per cent increase in the amount of goods moved and the 11.4 per cent increase in goods lifted over the same period.
The full report can be read here.
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