Official Statistics

Road freight statistics: October 2014 to September 2015

Road freight activity statistics for the United Kingdom and internationally between October 2014 to September 2015.

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Road freight statistics: October 2014 to September 2015 tables

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Please note: statistics in this release, back to 2011 quarter 2 (April to June) have been revised and replaced by new figures published on 22 March 2018 in Road freight statistics: July 2016 to June 2017.

On 22 March, 2018, the department published Road freight statistics: July 2016 to June 2017, which included a change to part of the methodology used to produce the estimates of the domestic aspect of road freight statistics, resulting in a downward revision in the estimated amount of goods moved and lifted by UK-registered HGVs back to 2011 quarter 2.

More details about the impact of this change can be found on the release Road freight statistics: July 2016 to June 2017. As a result of this, figures from this release have been revised and are not the most up to date.

Statistics on the road freight activity for the United Kingdom and internationally between October 2014 to September 2015.

Domestic freight, compared to the previous year, shows an increase of:

  • 11% in the amount of goods lifted to 1.63 billion tonnes
  • 11% in the amount of goods moved to 150 billion tonne kilometres

within the UK.

International road freight, compared to the previous year, shows a decrease of:

  • 6% in the amount of goods lifted to 8.5 million tonnes
  • 6% in the amount of goods moved to 5.6 billon tonne kilometres

to or from the UK.

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Updates to this page

Published 12 May 2016
Last updated 22 March 2018 + show all updates
  1. Note added for revised road freight statistics.

  2. First published.

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