Transport And Communications 2017, 5(2):33-36 | DOI: 10.26552/tac.C.2017.2.8

Statistical survey of road freight transport performance indicators

Pavol Varjan1, Jozef Gnap1, ©tefánia Semanová1, Ondrej Stopka2
1 Departmentof Road and Urban Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Univerzitná 1, Zilina, 010 26, Slovak Republic
2 Department of Transport and Logistics, Faculty of Technology, The Institute of technology and Business in Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic, Okruzní 517, 370 01 Èeské Budìjovice

This paper deals with the statistical survey of road freight transport performance indicators in the Slovak Republic and Europe. The aim is to point out disagreements in statistical data. The data will be compared in the databases of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic and Eurostat databases. These disagreements concern performance indicators for road freight and transport of passengers. The first part of the article describes the role of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic and Eurostat. Further, the survey data is shown. In the middle part there are disagreements in the statistics. At the end of the article are explained problems with collecting data from road freight transport companies.

Keywords: statistical survey, road freight transport, transport of goods
JEL classification: R40

Published: September 30, 2017  Show citation

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Varjan, P., Gnap, J., Semanová, ©., & Stopka, O. (2017). Statistical survey of road freight transport performance indicators. Transport And Communications, 5(2), 33-36. doi: 10.26552/tac.C.2017.2.8
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