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13th December 2007
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Department for Transport statistics show who is king of reight in Europe (it sn't the UK) and who ieeds to clean up :heir act. Dylan Gray spots the trends.

HIS WEEK'S Yardstick takes another look it the Department for Transport's transport tatistics for 2007; this time we're focusing on iternational haulage.

Data included in the report includes the size 4each country's road network and the amount ,ffreight moved by mode, and while footnotes /am that not all data between countries is Ii rectly comparable, it still paints a fascinating picture of European road transport.

Compared with some of our EU counterparts le UK road network is small. France has 51,000km of road, followed by Italy with 69,000km and Germany with 644,000km. he UK has 413,000km followed by Poland rith 378,000km, reminding us that the east nd of the EU includes some huge markets as fell as some tough competitors.

The EU has yet to establish a single measure of CV fleets but we do learn that the UK has 3.5 million goods vehicles.

One statistic that is EU-wide is the amount of freight moved by mode although the most recent f igu res for this date from 2005. Germany topped the leader board for freight transported by road with 310.1bn tonne-kilometres (t-km), followed by Spain with 233.2bn t-km, Italy with 211.8bn and France with 205.3bn. The UK is well behind with 167.9bn, followed by Poland with 111.8bn. The Czech Republic was the second busiest of the new EU states, having moved 43.4bn t-km. The order changes when it comes to rail freight. Germany is still top with 89.7bn t-km, but Poland comes nextwith 43,8bn followed by France with 40.7bn and, again a considerable way behind, the UK with 22.1bn.

The data also sheds fight on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by road transport in each country. Not surprisingly, with Germany fielding the biggest fleet, 'it also produces the highest 002 emissionsat 152.2 million tonnes followed by France with 130.4 million. The UK is f irmly in third place, producing 120.1 million, with Italy the only other country to pass the 100 million tonne mark at 117 million. Poland records the highest figures of the new EU states at 34.2 million tonnes but it should be noted that CO, emissions data from transport is based on data compiled by the European Environment Agency from submissions by the member states themselves.

Finally, those of you who think the German Autobahns are unsafe think again. One of the tables covers road deaths in 2005 per 100,000 population. The least safe place to drive is Lithuania with 22.2, followed by Latvia with 19.2. Belgium scores a relatively high 10.4 compared with the likes of Germany (6.5) and the UK (5.5).


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