Key findings: P7162 - Land transport survey, September 2021

Freight transportation


The volume of goods transported (payload) increased by 3,3% in September 2021 compared with September 2020. The corresponding income increased by 6,2% over the same period.


Income from freight transportation  increased by 3,4% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the third quarter of 2020. The main contributor to this increase was ‘other’ freight (20,0% and contributing 3,8 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted payload decreased by 2,8% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the second quarter of 2021. Road freight decreased by 2,7% (contributing -2,1 percentage points) and rail freight decreased by 3,2% (contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).

Passenger transportation 

The number of passenger journeys increased by 19,3% in September 2021 compared with September 2020. The corresponding income increased by 18,9% over the same period.

 

Seasonally adjusted passenger journeys decreased by 4,0% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the second quarter of 2021. Road passenger journeys decreased by 6,2% (contributing -5,7 percentage points) while rail passenger journeys increased by 21,8% (contributing 1,8 percentage points).