The Survey of Heavy Goods Vehicles Dataset is subject to registration under the Data Protection Act 1984. 4.5 Language of dataset and documentation English 5. Up to and including 1979 the reports included figures for all registered goods vehicles, including figures from the Small Goods Survey, the last of which was carried out in 1976. The reports present a detailed analysis of the survey in the form of a commentary on recent trends and a set of reference tables. Summary figures are published each year in the compendium Transport Statistics Great Britain .
Commentary highlighting the main trends is included.
See the Dataset documentation catalogue for details. Prior to 1984, the data were maintained in a purpose-built system held at the Department of Transport in Hastings. The SIR package has continued in use since then. The data were transferred from a purpose-built system at the Department of Transport at Hastings, to a SIR database, in 1984. 7.2 Dynamic or closed Annual updates of the dataset are planned.