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OTHER FINDINGS • Freight moved by UK-registered HGVs increased 4% to 161bn tonnekilometres (t-km) in 2007.
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— OTHER FINDINGS • Freight moved by UK-registered HGVs increased 4% to 161bn tonnekilometres (t-km) in 2007.
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• Articulated vehicles over 33 tonnes accounted for 73% of total t-km.
• The amount of freight lifted was 3% above 2006 at 1.8bn tonnes.
• Just over half of all goods (52%) were lifted on trips of 50km or less.
• Some 73% of the 446,000 goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes registered in the UK are rigids.
• The number of licensed operators has fallen from 115,000 in 1997 to 100,000 in 2007.
• Around 45% of all licensed operators run just one vehicle, while only 0.3% run more than 100 trucks.