CNR Indices

Analytical indices
CNR commercial diesel fuel index
CNR Maintenance index
CNR Infrastructures index
CNR Semi-trailer truck equipment index
CNR Long haul driver index
CNR Long haul travel allowances index
CNR Long haul semi-trailer truck overheads index
Synthetic indices
CNR Long haul semi-trailer truck index excluding diesel
CNR Long haul semi-trailer truck index
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January 2023
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CNR commercial diesel fuel index
CNR Maintenance index
CNR Infrastructures index
CNR Semi-trailer truck equipment index
CNR Long haul driver index
CNR Long haul travel allowances index
CNR Long haul semi-trailer truck overheads index
CNR Long haul semi-trailer truck index excluding diesel
CNR Long haul semi-trailer truck index
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Useful information

The “Long distance EA articulated lorry - Diesel” index is designed to monitor changes in the costs of long-distance road haulage of general cargo using articulated lorries loaded with up to 44 tonnes of diesel fuel for hire or reward. Long distance is taken to mean national or international transport where operating constraints make it impossible or uncertain for the driver to return home every day. This index is also representative of the costs of a leased vehicle, under identical operating conditions.
The commercial diesel index includes the rates of partial reimbursement of excise duty on road diesel.

Synthetic CNR index structure

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Cost price repository

Updated to December 2025 economic conditions

Annual mileage per vehicle106,080 km per year
Number of operating days per year223.5 days
Average speed67.0 km/h
Load cycle rate85,4 %
Load capacity28.0 tons
Load rate on loaded route88 %
Waiting time 1 loading + 1 unloading3.09 h
Towed vehicle/towing vehicle ratio1,46
Shelf life:
  • Motor vehicle
6.8 years
  • Towed vehicle
12 years old
Number of hours of service time per day of vehicle operation

9.8 h

For a full-time driver:
  • Time worked during a month of full activity

208,4 h

  • Percentage of driving time in total service time
73,8 %
  • Number of days of activity per year
216,8 j
  • Annual service time
2 092 h
  • Number of drivers per vehicle
1,032
For a part-time driver:
  • Time worked during a month of full activity
174,7 h
  • Percentage of driving time in total service time
73,4 %
  • Number of days of activity per year
127,4 j
  • Annual service time
1 243 h
  • Number of drivers per vehicle
0,017
Average fuel consumption per 100 km29.6 litres
Price of diesel excluding VAT per litre in the tank after excise duty reimbursement1,1112 €
Share of tank supply64,1 %
Price of diesel excluding VAT per litre at the pump after reimbursement of excise duty1,1809 €
Share of supply at the pump35,9 %
Tyres, annual costs3 607 €
Maintenance and repairs, annual costs11 032€
Tolls, annual costs10 403 €
For a full-time driver:
  • Salary and other remuneration items reported on a monthly basis
3 180,72 €
  • Employer contributions before relief
42,49 %
  • ‘Fillon’ tax relief and TEPA deduction for one month
501,56 €
  • Travel allowances calculated on the basis of one day's work
50,44 €
For a part-time driver:
  • Salary and other remuneration items reported on a monthly basis
2 708,08 €
  • Employer contributions before relief
42,49 %
  • ‘Fillon’ tax relief and TEPA deduction for one month
523,80 €
  • Travel allowances calculated on the basis of one day's work
52,17 €
Motor vehicle:
  • Replacement value of the vehicle
112 014 €
  • Financing methods: % loan
42 %
  • Financing methods: % leasing
37 %
  • Financing modes: % rental
21 %
  • Financing and ownership, annual costs
16 292 €
Towed vehicle:
  • Replacement value of the vehicle

33 518 €

  • Financing methods: % loan
42 %
  • Financing methods: % leasing
40 %
  • Financing modes: % rental
18%
  • Financing and ownership, annual costs
4 482 €
Insurance:
  • RC + VI + damage share vehicle, annual costs

2 782 €

  • Goods, annual costs
401 €
Axle tax516 €
Structural costs and other indirect expenses, annual costs23 821 €
Fuel€0.336 per kilometre
Tyres0.034 €/km
Maintenance and repairs0.104 €/km
Kilometre term (excluding tolls)0.474 €/km
Tolls (all kilometres combined)0.098 €/km
Kilometre term with tolls (CK)0.572 €/km
Salaries and other remuneration components18,10 €/h
Payroll and other remuneration charges4,85 €/h
Travel expenses5,20 €/h
Hourly Term (CC)28,23 €/h
Cost of ownership:
  • Motor vehicle

72,89 €/j

  • Towed vehicle
20,05€/j
Insurance14,24 €/j
Taxes2,31 €/j
Total fixed vehicle costs per operating day (CV)109,49 €/j
Structural costs and other indirect costs (CS)106,58 €/j
Daily term (CV + CS)216,07 €/j
Annual cost170 802 €
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Trinomial formula

Icône mise à jour Updated to economic conditions, December 2025

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The trinomial cost formula makes it easy to calculate the operating cost of a transport operation. The cost of a transport operation is equal to the sum of the following three products:

  • kilometer term CK x total number of kilometers traveled for the transport operation (loaded journey, approach mileage, and empty return mileage to the company)
  • CC hourly term x number of hours of service required by the operation (driving + other times)
  • daily rate CJ x the number of days the vehicle is used for the transport operation (empty journey time included)

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TRM – Summary of the annual weightings used in the CNR’s composite indices since 2019

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