This statistic compares the total number of licensed heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and light goods vehicles (LGVs) in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017. The number of LGVs grew from 2.4 million in 2000 to 3.5 million in 2014 which gives a growth rate of around 40 percent. In the same period the number of HGVs increased from 471.5 thousand to just 473.9 thousand, a negligible change.
The growth in the number of registered LGVs continued till 2017, almost reaching 3.9 million in that year, while the number of HGVs approached 500,000 in 2017.
Number of heavy goods and light goods vehicles registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 units)*
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GOV.UK. (April 12, 2018). Number of heavy goods and light goods vehicles registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 units)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 09, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/312627/heavy-and-light-goods-vehicle-registrations-in-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK. "Number of heavy goods and light goods vehicles registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 units)*." Chart. April 12, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/312627/heavy-and-light-goods-vehicle-registrations-in-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK. (2018). Number of heavy goods and light goods vehicles registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 units)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 09, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/312627/heavy-and-light-goods-vehicle-registrations-in-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK. "Number of Heavy Goods and Light Goods Vehicles Registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 Units)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/312627/heavy-and-light-goods-vehicle-registrations-in-united-kingdom/
GOV.UK, Number of heavy goods and light goods vehicles registered in Great Britain between 2000 and 2017 (in 1,000 units)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/312627/heavy-and-light-goods-vehicle-registrations-in-united-kingdom/ (last visited April 09, 2020)
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