Environmental impact of transport : Sector energy use

EI016 Energy use in petajoules (PJ) per tonne-kilometre by domestic transport (road, rail, maritime, aviation)

Series Data

Estimated truck energy use (PJ)
20022003200420052006
Petrol (million litres)5.55.14.43.93.4
Diesel (million litres)617643688699693
Conversion (PJ)23.624.526.226.626.4
Energy use (pJ) per tonne-km by domestic transport0.00220.00220.00220.00220.0021
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Metadata

Indicator name Estimated energy use per tonne-km
Key reference number EI016
Definition of indicator Estimated energy use (PJ per tonne-km)
Export date 21/08/2009
Core indicator information
Nature of data Quantitative
Data source :energy MoT Vehicle Fleet Emissions Model
Data source: freight tonne km Road: estimated from Road User Charges licences 4+tonnes (From MoT Fleet Statistics Report Table 11.1)
Frequency Annual
Disaggregation National
Timeliness midyear
Quality of the data Moderate, it is based on two different series of modelled estimates
Availability of forecast data none