Introduction to Cost Tables

The 2012 RHA Goods Vehicle Operating costs are the twentieth in this series and have been compiled for the Association by DFF International.

These Cost Tables are designed to assist in the task of relating rates to costs. They have two special features:

• They result from a survey of real costs from a large range and sample of road transport companies. These have been used either directly or as the basis for discussions with manufacturers and suppliers to establish real costs.
• They make no claim to be your own costs. Space is provided to build up a parallel picture of your own vehicles and guidance is given as to how to complete it.

Annual cost changes are based on the results of the Annual Survey on Movement of Prices, based on the periods 1 October to 30 September for each succeeding year.

Results for 2011, shown here reveal that increases in non-fuel costs were 3.2% while those in fuel were 4.6% (arising from an actual increase in fuel price of 14.7%), a total of 7.8%.

THE 2011 SURVEY - RHA COMMENTARY - A tough and uncertain year

This survey covers a third complete year since the onset of recession and the sharp reductions in demand for goods transport in 2008 and 2009 - the latter a year in which the Department for Transport suggests tonne kilometre demand for hire or reward transport fell by 27%.

Both in perception and reality, it has been another tough year for the road haulage industry and also one of uncertainty. A full statement can be found at The 2011 Survey.

Getting started is simple - just fill in your details in the registration page and choose a vehicle category to work out your figures. You can replace the RHA costing with your own figures to make the data more accurate, and keep them for your future use.

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