National statistics

Road freight statistics: 2019

Road freight activity for the United Kingdom and internationally in 2019.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
9 July 2020

Documents

Domestic road freight statistics: 2019 report

PDF, 581 KB, 9 pages

International road freight statistics: 2019 report

PDF, 520 KB, 10 pages

Road freight statistics: 2019 tables

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Details

Statistics on road freight transported by Great Britain and UK registered Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in the United Kingdom and internationally in 2019.

Domestic freight activity by GB-registered HGVs operating in the UK increased in 2019.

There were increases compared to 2018 of:

  • 2% in the amount of goods lifted, to 1.44 billion tonnes
  • 1% in the amount of goods moved, to 154 billion tonne kilometres

International road freight by UK-registered HGVs transporting freight internationally decreased in 2019.

There were decreases compared to 2018 of:

  • 6% in the amount of goods lifted, to 8.3 million tonnes
  • 12% in the amount of goods moved, to 5.0 billion tonne kilometres

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Road freight statistics

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Published 9 July 2020

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