Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe: 2023
Number of trips made by powered vehicles and unaccompanied trailers on each route to Europe for 2023.
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Following an internal audit, unexpected differences have been discovered between roll-on roll-off (RoRo) data supplied by a ferry operator to the DfT for 2 separate but related publications, Road goods travelling to Europe statistics and Port freight statistics.
Preliminary discussions with the ferry operator suggest some vehicles may have been omitted in the Road goods travelling to Europe data. Therefore, an investigation is taking place to determine the reasons for the differences and if a re-supply of data is required. As a result, the Road goods vehicles travelling to Europe July 2023 to June 2024 publication will be delayed.
Caution should be taken if using these figures.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
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Important note for users
Following a review of data in Autumn 2023, it was discovered that one of our data suppliers had erroneously included vehicles that did not fall under the correct definitions for this publication.
Revisions have been made to data from October 2021 to June 2023. A detailed explanation of the impact on the data can be found within the accompanying revision note.
Statistics on the number of trips made by road goods vehicles travelling from Great Britain to Europe in 2023.
In 2023, 2.78 million trips were made by road goods vehicles travelling from Great Britain to Europe, of which:
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1.77 million were by powered vehicles
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1.02 million were by unaccompanied trailer
The previous announcements of the UK leaving the EU and subsequent transition period, along with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and resulting supply chain disruption, have caused higher levels of volatility in international road freight statistics over the past 5 years. Therefore, caution should be taken when comparing this data to previous time periods.
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