Guidance: Road freight domestic and international statistics information
Guide to road freight domestic and international statistics, source documents, accompanying notes, definitions and technical documents.

Guidance, notes and technical documentation regarding road freight statistics both domestic and international.
Published 20 August 2013 Last updated 23 May 2024 + show all updates 23 May 2024 National statistics references for road goods vehicles changed to accredited official statistics. 29 July 2021 Road freight notes and definitions updated for the 2020 report. 9 July 2020 Road freight notes and definitions updated for the 2019 report. 14 November 2019 National statistics designation page added for road goods vehicles travelling to Europe statistics. 26 July 2018 Road freight statistics notes and definitions document updated for the year 2017. 12 January 2017 Quality assurance documents for DVSA and DVLA added. Notes and definitions updated. 18 August 2016 Notes and definitions updated. 19 February 2015 Road freight notes and definitions document updated, methodology added. 20 August 2013 First published. Get emails about this page Print this page Related content International Road Haulage Survey: Respondents section Domestic road freight activity (RFS01) Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport (GB): Respondents sectionHighways England news licensed and reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0
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