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Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: July 2020 to June 2021

Number of powered vehicles and unaccompanied trailers carried on each route to Europe for July 2020 to June 2021.

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Department for Transport
Published
9 September 2021

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Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: July 2020 to June 2021

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Data for road goods vehicles travelling to Europe 2021 quarter 2 (April to June) has been revised due to an error in the provision of data from one supplier covering multiple routes. The revision impacts the total journeys and activity by powered and unaccompanied vehicles.

Statistics on the number of trips made by road goods vehicles which travel from Great Britain to Europe between July 2020 and June 2021.

When comparing the 12-month period ending June 2021 to the previous 12-month period ending June 2020:

  • the total number of trips made by road goods vehicles travelling from Great Britain to Europe increased by 1% to 3.20 million
  • the number of trips made by powered vehicles decreased by 2% from 2.13 million to 2.09 million
  • the number of trips made by unaccompanied trailers increased by 11% from 1.00 million to 1.11 million

Of the 2.09 million powered vehicles that travelled from Great Britain to Europe, in the 12-month period ending June 2021 compared to the previous 12 months:

  • the number of trips made by UK-registered vehicles decreased by 11% from 0.30 to 0.26 million
  • the number of trips made by foreign-registered vehicles decreased by 0.5% from 1.78 to 1.77 million

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Published 9 September 2021

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