Abstract: An accumulation conveyor including a number of conveyor sections with mutually drivingly connected transport rollers on which a load, for example, a pallet container, can be conveyed or supported, and which is driven by a common drive motor by a drive chain drivingly connected with a transport roller of each conveyor section via a drive wheel and a clutch built into the transport roller. The clutch has a control connection with a detecting member arranged to detect the presence of a load placed on the conveyor section, and a control connection with a clutch of a neighboring section. The clutch includes a clutch hub rotatably journaled on a carrier axle at an end part of the transport roller and carries the drive wheel.