Definition: Types of body of goods road vehicle

Category: Transport

Classification of goods road vehicles by types of their superstructures. The following classification of types of bodies of goods road vehicles are considered:

a) Ordinary open box 
    - With cover
    - Flat

b) Tipper

c) Tanker 
    - Solid bulk
    - Liquid bulk

d) Temperature controlled box 

e) Other closed box 

f)  Skeletal container and swap-body transporter

g) Livestock transporter

h) Others

This definition is identical in the third and fourth version of the Transport Glossary. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED Eurostat, ECMT, UN/ECE, "Glossary for Transport Statistics", 3rd Edition, Luxembourg 2003