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Artics account for HGV increase
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0 Articulated vehicle traffic has risen by a third in the last 10 years to 21301 and now accounts for nearly half of all IleV traffic, says a new government report.
The Department for Transport's report Focus on Freight 2003 says that articulated vehicles accounted for all growth in freight moved from 1991 to 2001, with an increase from 86 to 155 billion tonne-kilometres (an increase in share from 69% to 77%), while there was a fall in goods moved by rigid vehicles. Vehicles of over 25 tonnes now account for 45% of the goods moved by rigids.
Articulated vehicles also carried goods on average further than rigid vehicles: in 2001 their average length of haul was 136 kilometres, nearly three times the average for rigids.
However, although there has been little change in the average length of haul for either vehicle type over the last 10 years, as the proportion of freight carried by antic vehicles has increased, so the overall average length of haul has risen.
Oaf marketing director Tony Pain says that in recent years It has seen strong growth in heavy trucks: "A lot of hauliers have been moving towards a threeaxle trailer so that they have the flexibility to pull up to 44 tonnes.
"There has also been a significant change in terms of efficiency from the Introduction of 44-tonne trucks. While their deck length is no greater than a 38-tonner, better loading means they can carry mare."