Dropside lorries registered in Great Britain by weight class 2010-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 11, 2023
The total number of dropside lorries registered in Great Britain has generally remained stable from 2010 to 2019, before dropping by about 300 units in 2020. The year after, the number of licensed dropside lorries increased to 22,000 units. In detail, this bounced back generated mainly by the new registrations of the lorries between 15 to 18 metric tons, which rose by five percent compared to the previous year.

Total dropside lorries registered in Great Britain from 2010 to 2021, by weight class (in 1,000 vehicles)

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Release date

May 2022

Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2010 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Please choose the report veh0522 on the provided link to look at the original data.
Figures refer to rigid goods vehicles over 3.5 metric tons, which are classified in the 'Goods' taxation class.
Figures have been rounded.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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