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Road freight statistics: April 2019 to March 2020

Road freight activity for the United Kingdom and internationally from April 2019 to March 2020.

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Department for Transport
Published
15 October 2020

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Road freight statistics: April 2019 to March 2020 tables

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Statistics on road freight transported by Great Britain and UK registered Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in the United Kingdom and internationally from April 2019 to March 2020.

Domestic road freight activity by Great Britain registered HGVs operating in the UK decreased in the 12 month period ending March 2020 compared to the previous 12 months, which shows:

  • the amount of goods lifted decreased by 1% to 1.41 billion tonnes
  • the amount of goods moved remained steady at 151 billion tonne kilometres

International road freight activity by UK-registered HGVs transporting freight internationally decreased in the 12 month period ending March 2020 compared to the previous 12 months, which shows:

  • the amount of goods lifted decreased by 18% to 7.5 million tonnes
  • the amount of goods moved decreased by 23% to 4.6 billion tonne kilometres

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Published 15 October 2020

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