Chart (experimental) example

Bar chart with all colours

There are six colours. After that, charts should show black bars. Not that charts like this one are not recommended to be used in production, as GSS recommended a maximum of four categories. This is just to demonstrate all the available colours.

How it looks (preview)

Chart 6: Vehicle miles travelled by vehicle type in Great Britain, 2019 to 2025

Chart 6 is a bar chart that shows that car traffic levels in 2025 increased by 2.5% from 2024, and were similar to pre-pandemic (2019) levels.

This chart is a visual representation of the data available in the table.
Skip to "Chart 6: Vehicle miles travelled by vehicle type in Great Britain, 2019 to 2025" data table

Source: Department for Transport

View data as a table
Data table for "Chart 6: Vehicle miles travelled by vehicle type in Great Britain, 2019 to 2025"
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Cars 250 200 220 240 245 247 250 260
Vans 51 45 50 50 50 50 50 60
Lorries 15 13 13 15 13 11 10 15
Motorcycles 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 5
Buses 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 5

How to call this example

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/chart", {
  header_three_quarters: true,
  chart_type: "column",
  heading: "Chart 6: Vehicle miles travelled by vehicle type in Great Britain, 2019 to 2025",
  h_axis_title: "Vehicle type",
  v_axis_title: "Billion vehicle miles",
  description: "Chart 6 is a bar chart that shows that car traffic levels in 2025 increased by 2.5% from 2024, and were similar to pre-pandemic (2019) levels.",
  hide_legend: true,
  source: "Department for Transport",
  keys: [
    "Cars",
    "Vans",
    "Lorries",
    "Motorcycles",
    "Buses"
  ],
  rows: [
    {
      label: 2019,
      values: [
        250,
        51,
        15,
        3,
        5
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2020,
      values: [
        200,
        45,
        13,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2021,
      values: [
        220,
        50,
        13,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2022,
      values: [
        240,
        50,
        15,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2023,
      values: [
        245,
        50,
        13,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2024,
      values: [
        247,
        50,
        11,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2025,
      values: [
        250,
        50,
        10,
        1,
        1
      ]
    },
    {
      label: 2026,
      values: [
        260,
        60,
        15,
        5,
        5
      ]
    }
  ]
} %>