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.
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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