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Provisional road traffic estimates, Great Britain: July 2018 to June 2019
Provisional estimates of road traffic, by vehicle type and road class in Great Britain, for the year ending June 2019.
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Provisional estimates of road traffic, by:
- vehicle type
- road class
in Great Britain for the year ending June 2019.
Provisional estimates show motor vehicles travelled 328.3 billion vehicle miles (bvm) in Great Britain for the year ending June 2019.
When compared to the year ending June 2018:
- all motor vehicle traffic remained broadly stable (increasing slightly by 0.3%)
- van traffic decreased by 1.2% to 50.4 billion vehicle miles
- lorry traffic decreased by 1.3% to 16.9 billion vehicle miles
- car traffic increased by 0.9% to 256.3 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on motorways remained broadly stable at 68.4 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on ‘A’ roads increased by 1.2% to 149.7 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on minor roads decreased by 0.9% to 110.2 billion vehicle miles
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Published 19 September 2019