1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2008

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Articulated trucks are responsible for the largest percentage of the freight transport task performed by road (68.6% of total tonne-kilometres of all freight carrying vehicles in the year ended 31 October 2002).

FREIGHT VEHICLE USE, Tasmania(a) - Year ended 31 October 2002
	Total tonne-kilometres	Average tonne- kilometres(b)

Type of vehicle	million	'000

Light commercial vehicles	^ 116	^ 3.9
Rigid trucks	^ 735	^ 94.8
Articulated trucks	1,861	1,462.2
Total	2,712	70.0
^ estimate has a relative standard error of between 10% and 25% and should be used with caution (a) Based on registration address of vehicle. (b) Calculated using total tonne-kilometres travelled divided by the number of vehicles that travelled tonnes-kilometres. Source: Survey of Motor Vehicle Use, Australia (cat. no. 9208.0).

More information on road freight activity can be found at the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (DIER) web site: http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/. A map of Annual Daily Truck Traffic is also available from the DIER web site under Road > Tasmanian transport system > Our transport aim > Road and vehicles > Road freight transport.