Official Statistics

Provisional van statistics: 2019 to 2020

Provisional statistics of van activity in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 10 September 2020

Documents

Provisional van statistics: 2019 to 2020 report

PDF, 395 KB, 11 pages

Provisional van statistics: 2019 to 2020 tables

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Details

Provisional findings for Great Britain’s van owners in 2019 to 2020 indicate:

• the primary usage of licensed vans was for carrying equipment, tools and materials (41%)
• followed by delivery or collection of goods (16%)
• over half (55%) of business owned vans were new
• most privately owned vans were second-hand (81%)
• over two thirds of vans (67%) travelled on local or rural roads regularly
• half of all vans (50%) in Great Britain stayed local on a typical day
• the most common primary usage of ultra-low emission vans was ‘carrying equipment, tools, materials’ (50%)

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Published 10 September 2020