Transport and traffic analysed
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• A new analysis of cars and private vans by body types as well as by engine size is contained in Highway Statistics 1968 published by HMSO, priced 12s 6d. Of the 10,816,100 vehicles in Great Britain registered in the private taxation class, in 1968 9,555,700 188 per cent) were saloons, sports cars and convertibles; 679,800 (6 per cent) were estate cars and station wagons; 496,500 (5 per cent) were vans, and there were 42,000 minibuses and 42,000 vehicles of other types.
Estimated total expenditure on road transport in Great Britain increased from E2,440m in 1958 to £5,750m in 1967. Road goods transport expenditure (included in the f 5,750m figure) rose from £1 ,050m (1958) to £2,500m in 1967.
Total traffic has more than doubled in the decade 1958-68, from 58,000m vehiclemiles to 118,000m vehicle-miles. Estimated annual mileage for private cars and vans has increased from 7,400 to 8,200 per year in the decade but bus and coach average mileage has declined slightly from 30,000 to 29,300. The average annual mileage for all goods vehicles has increased from 11,600 miles (1958) to 13,60011968).