Road freight transport by type of goods - 2006 - Issue number 66/2008 - Products Statistics in Focus

In 2006, road transport in the EU-27, Norway and Liechtenstein carried over 17 billion tonnes, performing some 1900 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm). • Building materials account for just under a half of the weight of all goods carried. • Machinery, transport equipment and other manufactured products account for over a third of (tkm). • Average distance travelled by all goods 109 km, metal products 222 km (655 km for international movements), building materials 40 km (278 km for international movements). • Transport of dangerous goods continues to grow, reaching 78 billion tkm in 2005 for the EU-25 and Norway. • Flammable liquids accounted for 60% of dangerous goods transported by road.