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Statistical data set

Road length statistics (RDL)

Data on road length by region, country, road type and local authority, produced by Department for Transport.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Transport
Published:
5 July 2018
Last updated:
12 February 2026
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  1. Data to end of 2025 added.

  2. Data up to April 2024 has been published.

  3. Data tables updated for the 2023 report and 2022 data tables added to the archived section.

  4. Data tables updated of the road length in Great Britain report for 2022.

  5. Data tables updated for the Road lengths in Great Britain 2021 report.

  6. Data tables updated for the Road lengths in Great Britain 2020 report.

  7. Data tables updated for the road lengths 2019 report.

  8. Data tables updated for the 2018 annual statistics release.

  9. First published.

The department is currently working to make our tables accessible for our users. The data tables for these statistics are now accessible.

We would welcome any feedback on the accessibility of our tables, please contact us.

Road length in miles (RDL01)

RDL0101: Road length (miles) by road type and region and country in Great Britain (ODS, 15.6 KB)

RDL0102: Road length (miles) by road type and local authority in Great Britain (ODS, 67.6 KB)

RDL0103: Road length (miles) by road type in Great Britain (ODS, 24.9 KB)

Road length in kilometres (RDL02)

RDL0201: Road length (kilometres) by road type, region and country in Great Britain (ODS, 14.9 KB)

RDL0202: Road length (kilometres) by road type and local authority in Great Britain (ODS, 68.9 KB)

RDL0203: Road length (kilometres) by road type in Great Britain (ODS, 24.8 KB)

Historic data

Minor revision to due to correction of Major Roads Database for 2019. This affects 5 kilometres, or less, of road lengths in 2 local authorities in 2019.

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Road length statistics

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