The pie charts illustrate the percentage of four kinds of vehicles – private cars, lorries and other commercial vehicles, public transport and recreational vehicles in the UK in 1965, 1985 and 2005.
Overall it is clear that, private cars were most significant supplier in three years. Public transport also increase its dominance, whilst all other vehicles were lowest .
The two biggest vehicles in 1965 were private cars and public transport with 40% and 25% respectively. However, whilst private cars increased its usage to just over half, public transport saw a notable decrease to 20% in 1985. Moreover, the proportion of usage of private cars increased to 60% and public transport was jumped from 20%to
22% in 2005
In 1965, lorries and other commercial vehicles had 20% of usage in the UK, while in the second place was recreational vehicles with 15%, but in 1985 it was dropped to 5%, while lorries and other commercial vehicles remained stable. In 2005, recreational vehicles slightly increased to 8%, whilst lorries and other commercial vehicles decreased to 10%.