Scottish Freight Operations
- Profiling HGV journeys in Scotland to assess the representativeness of the data
The first step in the research was to use the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport (GB) to establish the main freight corridors in the country.
The total population of registered HGVs in Scotland is approximately 30,0001. The sample of telematics data harnessed for this study represents approximately 2% of this total, with synthetic data further contributing.
Cross checking this data sample with the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport (GB) establishes that the study sample accurately reflects the population in terms of routes travelled.
The analysis identified several key freight corridors experiencing high HGV traffic volumes (Figure 1). These corridors primarily connect major population centres, industrial zones, and ports across Scotland.
These routes rely on several key strategic roads in the country, including the A7, A75, A9, A90, M9, M8 and M74.
