Passenger ground transport by type of transport

• European
• National

Transport data on freight and passengers are mostly collected according to the legal acts adopted for each mode of transport. In some cases additional calculations done by Eurostat are necessary for the calculation of the modal split indicators:

- Rail and inland waterways transport are reported by the countries, based on movements on national territory, regardless of the nationality of the vehicle or vessel.

- Road freight transport is based on all movements of vehicles registered in the reporting country. Thus road freight transport, and particularly the part of international transport, was ‘territorialised’ by Eurostat as it is reported by the countries on the basis of the nationality of the haulier, not on the basis of where the transport was carried out. This redistribution involves modelling the likely journey itinerary and projecting it on the European road network and it is computed by Eurostat with the help of a distance matrix tool (TERCET).