Definitions, as published
The definition of each term exactly as its official source words it, with the article or page it comes from.
| Term slug | Definition text | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| digital-tachograph | Tachograph that digitally stores and encrypts vehicle and driver data. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.IV-19.1, p. 67 |
| smart-tachograph | Evolved digital tachograph connected with a positioning system that also records starting point, ending point, position every three hours, border crossings and certain events and faults of the vehicle. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.IV-19.2, p. 67 |
| road-transport | Movements of goods and/or passengers using a road vehicle on a given road network. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-01, p. 68 |
| national-road-transport | Road transport between two places, a place of loading (goods) / embarkation (passengers) and a place of unloading (goods) / disembarkation (passengers), located in the same country by a vehicle registered in that country. It may involve transit through one or more countries . | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-02, p. 69 |
| international-road-transport | Road transport where either the place of loading/embarkation or the place of unloading/disembarkation (or both) is in a different country from the reporting country where the vehicle is registered. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-03, p. 69 |
| international-road-transport-goods-loaded-in-the-reporting-country-unloaded-in-another-country | Road transport where the place of loading is in the reporting country where the vehicle is registered, but the place of unloading is in another country. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-03.1, p. 69 |
| international-road-transport-goods-unloaded-in-the-reporting-country-loaded-in-another-country | Road transport where the place of unloading is in the reporting country where the vehicle is registered, but the place of loading is in another country. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-03.2, p. 69 |
| road-cabotage-transport | Road transport within a country, performed by a road motor vehicle registered in another country. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-03.3, p. 69 |
| cross-trade-road-transport | Road transport performed by a road motor vehicle registered in one country between a place of loading/ embarkation in a second country and a place of unloading/disembarkation in a third country. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-03.4, p. 69 |
| road-transit | Road transport that passes through a country where neither the place of loading nor the place of unloading is located in that country. The total trip within the country must be by road with no loading or unloading in that country. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-04, p. 69 |
| road-passenger | Person making a trip by a road vehicle. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-05, p. 69 |
| road-passenger-kilometre | Unit of measurement representing the transport of one passenger by road over one kilometre. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-06, p. 70 |
| public-road-transport | Passenger transport by bus, motor coach, trolleybus, minibus, mini-coach or tram in scheduled or non-scheduled service, operated by either a public or private enterprise. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-07, p. 70 |
| road-passenger-transport-link | Combination of the place of embarkation and the place of disembarkation of the passengers conveyed by road, regardless of the itinerary followed. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-08, p. 70 |
| place-of-embarkation | Place where the passenger boarded a road vehicle to be conveyed by it. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-09, p. 70 |
| place-of-disembarkation | Place where the passenger alighted from a road vehicle after having been conveyed by it. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-10, p. 70 |
| goods-carried-by-road | Goods moved by goods road vehicles. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-11, p. 70 |
| gross-gross-weight-of-goods | Total weight of the goods carried, including all packaging and the tare weight of the transport unit (e.g. containers (see G.II-02), swap bodies (see G.II-08) and pallets (see G.II-11)). | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-12, p. 70 |
| gross-weight-of-goods | Total weight of goods carried, including packaging but excluding the tare weight of the transport unit (e.g. containers (see G.II-02), swap bodies (see G.II-08) and pallets (see G.II-11)). | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-13, p. 70 |
| tare-weight | Weight of a transport unit (e.g. containers (G.II-02), swap-bodies (see G.II-08) and pallets (see G.II-11)) before any cargo is loaded. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-14, p. 70 |
| tonne-kilometre-tkm-by-road | Unit of measurement for goods transport that represents the transport of one tonne of goods by road over one kilometre. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-15, p. 70 |
| teu-kilometre-by-road | Unit for measuring the goods transport by containers equivalent to one TEU transported over a distance of one kilometre by road. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-16, p. 71 |
| types-of-goods-carried | Goods in transport may be classified according to type. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-17, p. 71 |
| types-of-cargo-carried-by-road | Goods in road transport may be classified according to the UNECE – Codes for types of cargo, packages and packaging materials, Recommendation 21, 1986. The cargo classes are: ʱ liquid bulk; ʱ solid bulk; ʱ large freight container; ʱ other freight container; ʱ palletised goods; ʱ pre-slung goods; ʱ mobile, self-propelled units; ʱ other mobile units; ʱ other cargo types. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-18, p. 71 |
| dangerous-goods-carried-by-road | Goods classified as dangerous goods carried by road according to the Regulation concerning the carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR) are those defined by the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: ʱ class 1: explosives; ʱ class 2: gases; ʱ class 3: flammable liquids; ʱ class 4: flammable solids; substances liable to spontaneous combustion; substances that, on contact with water, emit flammable gases; ʱ class 5: oxidising substances and organic peroxides; ʱ class 6: toxic and infectious substances; ʱ class 7: radioactive material; ʱ class 8: corrosive substances; ʱ class 9: miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, including environmentally hazardous substances. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-19, p. 71 |
| goods-road-transport-link | Combination of the place of loading and the place of unloading of the goods transported by road, regardless of the itinerary followed. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-20, p. 71 |
| place-of-loading-of-goods-carried-by-road | Place where the goods were loaded on a goods road motor vehicle or where the semi-trailer is coupled with a given road tractor. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-21, p. 71 |
| place-of-unloading-of-goods-carried-by-road | Place where the goods were unloaded from a goods road motor vehicle or where the semi-trailer is uncoupled from a given road tractor. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-22, p. 72 |
| basic-transport-operation-bto | Transport of one type of goods (defined by reference to a particular nomenclature level, usually NST 2007) between a single place of loading and a single place of unloading. ## B.VI. Road accidents Also referred to as ‘traffic accidents’, ‘car accidents’ or ‘car crashes’. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.V-23, p. 72 |
| road-injury-accident | Accident involving at least one road vehicle in motion on a public or private road, resulting in at least one injured or killed person. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-01, p. 72 |
| fatal-road-accident | Road injury accident resulting in a person killed. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-02, p. 72 |
| non-fatal-road-accident | Road injury accident other than a fatal accident. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-03, p. 72 |
| road-casualty | Person killed or injured as a result of a road injury accident. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-04, p. 72 |
| killed-person-in-a-road-injury-accident | Person killed immediately or dying within 30 days as a result of a road injury accident, excluding suicides. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-05, p. 72 |
| injured-person | See A.VI-05. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-06, p. 73 |
| seriously-injured-person | See A.VI-05.1. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-06.1, p. 73 |
| slightly-injured-person | See A.VI-05.2. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-06.2, p. 73 |
| maximum-abbreviated-injury-scale-mais | Maximum abbreviated injury scale is a medical classification of the severity of injuries. MAIS 1–2 are regarded as slight injuries and 3–5 as serious injuries (6 is death within 30 days of the road accident). | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-07, p. 73 |
| driver-involved-in-a-road-injury-accident | Person involved in an injury accident who was driving or riding a road vehicle including a cycle or personal light electric vehicle at the time of the accident. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-08, p. 73 |
| passenger-involved-in-a-road-injury-accident | Person involved in an injury accident, other than a driver, who was in or on a road vehicle, or in the process of getting in or out of a road vehicle. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-09, p. 73 |
| pedestrian-involved-in-a-road-injury-accident | Person involved in an injury accident other than a passenger or driver as defined above. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-10, p. 73 |
| accident-between-road-vehicle-and-pedestrian | Injury accident involving one or more road vehicles and one or more pedestrians. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-11, p. 73 |
| single-vehicle-road-accident | Injury accident in which only one road vehicle is involved. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-12, p. 74 |
| multi-vehicle-road-accident | Injury accident involving two or more road vehicles. The types of injury accidents involving two or more road vehicles are as follows. (a) Rear-end collision. Collision with another vehicle using the same lane of a carriageway and moving in the same direction, slowing or temporarily halted. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-13, p. 74 |
| road-accident-with-drivers-reported-under-the-influence-of-alcohol-drugs-or-medication | Injury accident where at least one road vehicle driver is reported to be under the influence of alcohol, drugs or medication impairing driving ability, according to national regulations. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-14, p. 74 |
| road-accident-with-distraction-by-a-device | Injury accident where a driver’s or pedestrian’s attention was distracted by a device (either a telecommunications device or other electronic device). | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-15, p. 74 |
| hit-and-run-road-accident | Accident where at least one vehicle that should have stopped at the scene of the accident failed to do so and was not recorded by the police. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-16, p. 74 |
| suicide | See A.VI-08. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-17, p. 74 |
| attempted-suicide | See A.VI-09. ## C.I. Inland waterway infrastructure | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), B.VI-18, p. 75 |
| navigable-inland-waterway | A watercourse, not part of the sea, which by natural or man-made features is open to navigation, primarily by inland waterway vessels. | Glossary for transport statistics, 6th edition (2026), C.I-01, p. 77 |
Sources
- Glossary for Transport Statistics — 6th edition (2026) — Eurostat, UNECE ve ITF-OECD · Reusable with attribution
- UNCTADstat maritime/transport metadata — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) / UNCTADstat · Reusable with attribution
- IMO conventions and maritime definitions — official definition clauses and terminology pages — International Maritime Organization (IMO) · Reusable with attribution
- U.S. federal air cargo/security definitions associated with ICAO scope — International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); auxiliary U.S. federal regulatory sources · Public domain
- United States federal transport and customs definitions — GPO / Office of Federal Register / PHMSA-DOT / FMCSA-DOT / FMC / CBP-DHS / U.S. Congress · Public domain
- European Union transport and customs definitions — European Parliament and Council instruments; Publications Office of the EU / EUR-Lex · Reusable with attribution
- Hague–Visby Article I via UK legislation.gov.uk — UN Treaty Collection/UN, UNCITRAL, UNECE, ICAO, OTIF ve UK legislation.gov.uk · Reusable with attribution
- BTS/FMCSA/FMC/CBP/MARAD federal-authored glossary rows — BTS; FMCSA; FMC; CBP; MARAD · Public domain
- United Kingdom official transport and customs terms — HMRC; Department for Transport; Traffic Commissioners/DVSA; UK Parliament/legislation.gov.uk · Reusable with attribution
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