Official Statistics

Van statistics: 2019 to 2020

Final statistics of van activity in Great Britain, covering van keepership, mileage, where and when vans are travelling and environmental factors.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
15 April 2021

Documents

Van statistics: 2019 to 2020 report

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Van statistics: 2019 to 2020 tables

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Van statistics: 2019 to 2020 underlying data

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Details

Van statistics 2019 to 2020 report was published in April 2021 and it was set out on this page that a copy of the underlying data would be added at a later date. The underlying data was added to this page in October 2021.

Final findings for Great Britain’s van keepers in 2019 to 2020 indicate:

  • the most common primary usage of licensed vans was for ‘carrying equipment, tools and materials’ (54%)
  • over half (57%) of business kept vans were new
  • most privately kept vans were second-hand (82%)
  • over two-thirds of vans (67%) travelled on local or rural roads regularly (4 or more days per week)
  • around half of all vans (51%) in Great Britain stayed local, within 15 miles of their base, on a typical day
  • the most common primary usage of ultra low emission vans was ‘carrying equipment, tools, materials’ (59%)

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Published 15 April 2021

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