Accredited official statistics: Domestic road freight statistics: July 2025 to June 2026

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Statistics on the domestic road freight activity of GB-registered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) operating in the United Kingdom ending June 2026

In the 12-month period ending June 2026:

1.55 billion tonnes of goods were lifted by GB-registered HGVs operating in the UK

164.6 billion tonne kilometres of goods were moved by GB-registered HGVs operating in the UK

18.5 billion kilometres were travelled GB-registered HGVs operating in the UK

Statistics on heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver vacancies in the United Kingdom ending June 2026

The proportion of HGV businesses reporting HGV driver vacancies has increased to 28% (629 out of 2,218 businesses), compared to 25% (616 out of 2,424 businesses) in quarter 1 2026.

The top three most common reasons for vacancies remained the same as in quarter 1 2026. These were ‘existing drivers leaving industry’, ‘better pay or benefits elsewhere’ and ‘driver retirement’, each reported by about a third of businesses.

The proportion of HGV businesses reporting increasing wages of their HGV drivers in the preceding three months was 25%, (548 out of 2,218 businesses), which was an increase of 14 percentage points from quarter 1 2026 (11%, 266 out of 2,424 businesses). Increases are commonly observed in quarter 2 (April to June), as many organisations implement annual pay rises at the start of the financial year.