Definition: Empty road traffic

Category: Transport

Any movement of a road vehicle for which the gross-gross weight of goods carried including that of equipment such as containers, swap bodies and pallets is nil; as well as any movement of motor-coaches, buses, trolleybuses and trams without any passenger.

Note: The movement of a road vehicle carrying empty equipment such as containers, swap bodies and pallets is not considered as empty journey. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BI-03-002-__-N-EN.pdf