National statistics

Road lengths in Great Britain: 2010

Road length estimates for Great Britain in 2010.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 30 June 2011

Documents

Road lengths in Great Britain: 2010 report

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Details

In 2010:

• the total road length was estimated to be 245,000 miles. This is an increase of nearly 2.5 thousand miles (1.0%) over the ten years from 2000
• minor roads made up 87.3% of total road length, with motorways and ‘A’ roads accounting for 0.9% and 11.8% respectively
• despite accounting for only 12.7% of road length in 2010, major roads (motorways and ‘A’ roads) accounted for 64.1% of road traffic
• 76.4% of the road length was in England, with 15.0% in Scotland and 8.6% in Wales

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Road length statistics

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Published 30 June 2011