Research and analysis

Great Britain Freight Model version 5 – 2022 updates

This report provides the details of updating the Great Britain Freight Model version 5, including a new base year 2018.

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The Great Britain Freight Model provides inputs to the DfT’s National Transport Model which estimates the HGV traffic in future years. The main updates include scaling the original freight demands to the level in 2018 and adopting new freight demand estimations for both international and domestic movements for future years. The overall methodology has not been changed from previous publications. These updates are based on the data available at the end of 2021.

Published 12 December 2022