DfT reveal improved HGV efficiency

Figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) have revealed sustained improvements in HGV efficiency, helping meet the growing demand for delivery of goods across the UK.

The DfT road freight activity statistics for 2015 showed an increase in the number of goods transported on the UK’s roads of 12% in 2015, however, the logistics industry managed to deliver this with only a 9% increase in HGV use.

FTA’s Head of National and Regional Policy Christopher Snelling said: “HGV use was already incredibly efficient, as being able to fill vehicles as much as possible is key to making a profit or keeping costs low. But as people and businesses across the UK demand more, the industry has continued to find increasingly efficient ways of meeting this need. HGV use has become almost a fifth more efficient just since 2004.”

The DfT data shows how vital road freight is for the UK supply chain – with three quarters of all UK goods movements being by road rather than by rail or water.

Mr Snelling said: “We need to do more to maximise the use of rail and water freight as part of making the UK’s supply chain as efficient, clean and safe as possible. But they can never replace the need for road freight – that is why the best future will see us maximise the efficiency of road freight as well as the other modes.”

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