Guidance

Road condition monitoring standard – PAS 2161

Specifies how local authorities fulfil their road condition data reporting requirements.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 28 May 2025
• Last updated: 26 September 2025
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  1. 26 September 2025

     List of approved road condition monitoring technologies added.

  2. 28 May 2025

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Road condition monitoring standard – PAS 2161

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Approved road condition monitoring technologies: PAS 2161

https://ukrlg.ciht.org.uk/ukrlg-home/guidance/road-condition-information/data-collection/pas-2161/

Details

Road condition data is used by local highway authorities to monitor, plan and prioritise their highway maintenance activities.

This guidance:

• highlights the main points of the standard for road condition monitoring – PAS 2161:2024
• specifies how local authorities must fulfil their reporting requirements of road condition data
• outlines which survey technologies can be used

We published a position paper published in 2021, which outlined the options considered before the development of PAS 2161.