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Road freight: domestic and international statistics

Data and statistics about domestic and international road freight activity.

Latest road freight statistics

Road freight statistics

Road freight statistics provides information on the domestic and international activity of British and Northern Irish heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). This information is collected by the department’s 3 road freight surveys, the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport, Great Britain (CSRGT GB), the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport, Northern Ireland (CSRGT NI), and the International Road Haulage Survey (IRHS).

Information about these 3 surveys is available in the notes and definitions.

Road freight information on current and previous road freight statistics are available.

Road freight data tables

Roll-on roll-off international freight statistics

Roll-on, roll-off international freight statistics provides information on all the main ferry routes between Great Britain and Europe, and the Channel Tunnel. It is based on information supplied by ferry operators and Eurotunnel.

Information about maritime, rail and air freight activity can be found in the appropriate sections of the transport statistics website.

Roll-on, roll-off international freight information on current and previous roll on roll off international freight statistics are available.

Roll-on roll-off international freight data tables

About the road freight statistics data and reports

Road freight statistics were assessed by the UK Statistics Authority in July 2016 and confirmed as National Statistics in December 2016.

Roll on, roll off international freight statistics were assessed by the UK Statistics Authority and confirmed as National Statistics in July 2016.

Information to earlier road freight data, reports and publications, including data from bespoke surveys on the activity of foreign HGVs working in the UK and the activity of light goods vehicles.

Published 29 November 2012
Last updated 14 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Road freight statistics report for October 2022 to September 2023 added.

  2. Road freight statistics for July 2022 to June 2023 added.

  3. New HGV driver vacancies in the UK report added with data tables (RFS03).

  4. Road freight statistics for April 2022 to March 2023 added.

  5. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe for July 2022 to June 2023 added.

  6. Road freight statistics for the year 2022 added.

  7. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe, April 2022 to March 2023 added.

  8. Road freight statistics report for October 2021 to September 2022 added.

  9. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe 2022 report added.

  10. Domestic road freight statistics: July 2021 to June 2022 added.

  11. International road freight statistics: July 2021 to June 2022 added.

  12. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe, October 2021 to September 2022 added.

  13. International road freight statistics for 2021 added.

  14. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe report for July 2021 to June 2022 added.

  15. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe, April 2021 to March 2022, and link to cross-modal statistics survey, added.

  16. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe for the year 2021 added.

  17. Road freight statistics, July 2020 to June 2021 added.

  18. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe October 2020 to September 2021 added.

  19. Road freight statistics, April 2020 to March 2021 added.

  20. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe for July 2020 to June 2021 added to collection.

  21. Road freight statistics 2020 report added to collection.

  22. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe, April 2020 to March 2021 report added to collection.

  23. Road freight statistics, October 2019 to September 2020 report added to collection.

  24. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe 2020 added to collection.

  25. Road freight statistics, July 2019 to June 2020 report added to collection.

  26. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: October 2019 to September 2020 added to collection.

  27. Road freight statistics, April 2019 to March 2020 report added to collection.

  28. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: July 2019 to June 2020 added to collection.

  29. Collection page updated for the latest road freight statistics for the year 2019.

  30. Collection page updated for 'Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: April 2019 to March 2020'.

  31. Road freight statistics: October 2018 to September 2019' added to collection.

  32. Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe 2019 publication added to collection.

  33. Collection page updated for Road freight statistics: July 2018 to June 2019.

  34. Collection page updated for 'Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: October 2018 to September 2019'.

  35. Collection page updated for 'Road freight statistics: April 2018 to March 2019'.

  36. New statistics release published - Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: July 2018 to June 2019.

  37. New release published - Road freight statistics: 2018

  38. New statistics release published - Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: April 2018 to March 2019.

  39. New release published - Road freight statistics: October 2017 to September 2018.

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  48. Note added for update to the methodology of the road freight statistics.

  49. New release published.

  50. Postponement of the 'Road freight statistics: July 2016 to June 2017’ due to a quality review of part of the methodology used,

  51. New release published.

  52. New releases published.

  53. New release published.

  54. Roll-on, roll-off international freight summary updated.

  55. New release published.

  56. New release published.

  57. Update to national statistics summary added.

  58. New release published.

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  60. New releases published.

  61. New release published.

  62. Road freight section updated.

  63. First published.