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use on UK roads decreased almost 10% between 2007 and 2012, figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) have shown.
At the end of 2007, there were 510,800 licensed LGVs over 3.5-tonne GVVV, but by the end of last year that had fallen to 460,600. Licensed numbers of LGVs have, however, risen 9.4% compared with the end of 1994.
However, the fall in the number of licensed LGVs over the past five years doesn't necessarily indicate a drop in road freight activity.
The DfT report points out: "There is some evidence of hauli ers using fewer, larger LGVs (and more large vans), so this reduction in numbers does not necessarily indicate a fall in road freight carrying capacity."
Since 1994, the number of CVs up to 3.5 tonnes has risen 53% from 2.14 million to 3.28 million