Series of Surveys on Goods Transport
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MTORE than 60 per cent. of inland freight moved in Great Britain during 1961 was accounted for by road goods transport. It is estimated that road transport carried about 20 per cent. more goods last year than it did in 1958, and was served by a fleet of nearly vehicles, of which some 250,000 weighed more than three tons unladen.
These figures were given on Wednesday by the Ministry of Transport in announcing that, to increase accuracy of the information available about the industry, it plans further inquiries into road goods transport this year and next. This new survey will be the third of its kind, previous surveys having been taken in 1952 and 1958. The new inquiry will
be about four times as large as the previous ones, covering four separate weeks during this and next year, compared with only a single week in the earlier inquiries.
The first of the inquiries will cover the week April 2-8. This will be followed by a similar inquiry in the week July 24, another on October 1-7, and a final inquiry during the week January 7-13, 1963. On each occasion, questionnaires will be sent to the operators of some 10,000 goods vehicles.
It is expected that the preliminary results from the survey will be available towards the end of this year, giving details of tonnage carried and distance operated.