Freight Data

Contrary to a general misconception, there is a significant amount of high quality baseline freight transport data available for Great Britain in the public domain. Freightdatahub.org brings these sources together in a consistent and coherent way.

  • Benefits of freight transport data

    Robust and detailed freight data can be used to support the following:
    • Planning - Providing robust evidence for local plans and strategies
    • Schemes – Supporting business cases for new transport infrastructure
    • Sustainability - Measuring the environmental impact of freight
    • Models – Providing freight origin-destination data, for integration with passenger models
    • Stakeholders – Providing robust evidence to residents, politicians, managers and investors

  • Types of available freight transport data in Great Britain:

    • Traffic count data – number of freight vehicles using the network
    • Road freight origin & destination – why vehicles are on the network
    • Rail freight origin & destination – to understand modal split
    • Port/waterborne traffic – modal split and the ports that traders use
    • Shipping – to measure connectivity of the ports that traders use
    • International trade – imports and exports by volume and value
    • Highway assignments – freight vehicle movements on networks, including transit traffic
    • Railway network assignments – freight train movements on lines, including transit traffic
    • Warehouse space and location – key origins and destinations of freight