Date Last Updated: 23-11-2023
The survey results show the amount of work done, goods carried, empty running etc by Irish registered goods vehicles and give quarterly information on the scale and development of carriage of goods by road.
Council Regulation (EC) 70 /2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road
Annual
Irish registered goods vehicles with an unladen weight of 2,000kgs and over
Register of all vehicles taxed as goods vehicles with an unladen weight of 2 tonnes and over maintained in Transport section and updated every 8 weeks with goods vehicle file received from VRU.
Road freight activity undertaken by Irish registered goods vehicles on national and international road networks.
2006 to 2023
Not applicable
State, Region
Approximately 25,000 Irish registered goods vehicles with an unladen weight of 2 tonnes and over sampled p.a.
Business of owner of vehicle. Hirecode (whether vehicle is for carriage of own goods or for hire/reward). Type of work normally done by vehicle. Unladen weight of vehicle. Load Capacity of vehicle. Weight of goods carried. Type of goods carried. Distance travelled. Origin. Destination.
Government, Eurostat and general public
Central Statistics Office
Business Statistics
Dr Nele van der Wielen
Statistician
Noreen Dorgan and Noreen Leahy
