National statistics

Road goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe: April to June 2016

Statistics on the number of powered vehicles and unaccompanied trailers carried on each route to mainland Europe for April to June 2016.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
18 August 2016

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Road goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe: April to June 2016 report

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Road goods vehicles travelling to mainland Europe: April to June 2016 tables

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Details

The number of powered vehicles and unaccompanied trailers carried on each route to mainland Europe.

In April to June 2016, there were 766,000 good vehicles, of which:

  • 576,000 were powered vehicles
  • 190,000 were unaccompanied trailers

Powered vehicles disembarked in:

  • France, decreased by 3% to 527,000
  • Netherlands, increased by 8% to 41,000

The majority of goods vehicles travelling from Dover Strait ports were powered vehicles (99%) and from North Sea ports were unaccompanied trailers (80%).

Road goods vehicles in the 12 month period ending June 2016 decreased by 3% to 2.9 million, of which:

  • 2.2 million were powered vehicles
  • 0.7 million were unaccompanied trailers

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Published 18 August 2016