External costs of transport

Indicator Fact Sheet

Prod-ID: IND-175-en

Also known as: TERM 025

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Assessment made on 01 Jan 2001

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Classification

Topics:

Transport

DPSIR: Impact

Identification

Indicator codes

TERM 025

Contents

Policy issue: Reduction of external costs of transport

Figures

Freight transport Average external costs of transport in 1995 by transport mode and cost category (excluding congestion costs and uncovered parking costs)

Passenger transport Average external costs of transport in 1995 by transport mode and cost category (excluding congestion costs and uncovered parking costs)

Key assessment

The external costs of transport in the EU amount to around 8 % of GDP. Motorised road transport - which takes the highest share in both freight and passenger trips - accounts for more than 90 % of these costs. Accidents, noise, air pollution and climate change are the most important external costs.

Passenger transport is estimated to be responsible for 65 % of total external costs. The average external costs (per passenger-km) of cars are the highest, then aircraft, bus and train. For freight, water and rail transport have the lowest external costs per tonne-km, with air transport and trucking 10 and 5 times, respectively, more than rail.

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