Press Statement

Preasráiteas

07 September 2017

Road freight activity close to 2009 levels

Go to release: Road Freight Transport Survey 2016

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) today (07^th September 2017) publishes Road Freight Transport Survey results for 2016.

Commenting, Brendan Curtin, Statistician said: “While overall road transport activity has reached close to 2009 levels in terms of tonnes carried and distance travelled, the number of goods vehicles on the road is 13% higher than in 2009. Overall, road transport activity is still about 50% below the peak levels reached in 2007.

Large vehicles over 10 tonnes unladen weight amount to one fifth of the national fleet but carry 87% of the tonnage and 88% of tonne-kilometres. They account for more than half of all laden journeys and, due to their size they carry heavier and larger loads.

The breakdown of the figures by type of work shows that building materials such as sand, gravel, cement and concrete had the most significant contribution to the 20% growth in tonnes carried between 2015 and 2016.”

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