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There were a lot of private road hauliers around before and during the war., but they were in the same run-down state as the railways. However there were lots of ex-army lorries going cheaply on the market and people wanted to start on their own account. You couldn't do that with a railway.
They were nationalised by the 1947 Transport Act as British Road Services at the same time as the railways and the canals all under the British Transport Commission.
Road freight nationalisation finished under the Transport Act 1962 when the British Railways Board was formed, simply because it was so unpopular. Railway lorries and vans I believe faded out when the parcels trade finished.
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