The amount of CO2 emissions

The bar chart compares the amount of CO2 emissions produced by four types of vehicles.

The line graph shows the number of vehicles.

Both diagrams refer to England and Wales for the period 2000 to 2020.

Overall, the chart indicates a rise in the emission of CO2 from cars, vans and trucks between these years.

The graph shows that the number of vehicles on the road is expected to continue to increase sharply.

In 2000, CO2 emissions from cars was the highest figure at 20 tons.

The emissions from trucks and vans was similar, at 15 and 13 tons respectively, whereas the emissions from buses totalled just 9 tons.

By 2020, a rise in car emissions to over 25 tons of CO2 is forecast, with a smaller rise in emissions from trucks and vans.

It is predicted that trucks will produce about 23 tons and vans will emit 15 tons.

In contrast, the figure for CO2 emissions from buses will continue to be the lowest amount, remaining stable at 9 tons.

The number of road vehicles was 20 million in 2000.

This increased rapidly to 50 million by 2015 and is expected to increase to 55 million by 2020.