ThegraphbelowshowsthequantitiesofgoodstransportedintheUKbetween1974and2002byfourdifferentmodesoftransport.
Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.
ThelinegraphdescribesinformationaboutgoodstransportedinBritainduring1974to2002bydifferenttransportation–road,water,railandpipeline.
Accordingtothegraph,thelargestquantityofgoodstransportedbetween1974and2002wasbyroad.Morespecifically,itincreasedfrom70milliontonsin1974toabout75milliontonsin1978,andthendecreasedslightlytoabout70milliontons.Butthenumberroseto82milliontonsin1992,andthenpeakedatalmost98milliontonsin2001.
Thenumberofgoodstransportedbywaterexperiencedaslightfluctuation.Tobemoreprecise,itwasconstantfrom1974to1978,andthenincreasedtoaround55milliontonsin1982.Afterthat,itplateauedforabout20yearsandreachedthehighestpointat2002.
Theamountofgoodstransportedbyrailwasalsoconstantfrom1974to1978,andthendroppedto30milliontonsin1985.Itwentupsanddownsduringthefollowingyearsandreached40milliontonsin2002.
Thequantityofgoodstransportedbypipelinewasthelowestduringtheperiodof1974-2002.Moreprecisely,itrosegraduallyfrom1974to1982andthenwasconstantforabout12years.Afterthat,itincreasedtoover20milliontonsin1996,andduring1996to2002itwassteadyat20milliontons.
Allinall,theroadremainsthemainwayoftransportinggoodsintheUKwhileothertransportationsarealsobecomingincreasinglyused.