Definition: Traffic by empty road vehicles

Category: Road 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. Any movement of motor-coaches, buses, trolleybuses and trams without any passengers. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED