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Estimates of road traffic by:

vehicle type
road type
geographical region
time of the day
day of the week
month

in Great Britain for the year 2019.

Motor vehicle traffic on Great Britain roads increased by 2.0% compared to 2018 to 356.5 billion vehicle miles (bvm).

When compared to the year 2018:

car traffic increased by 2.2%
the figure of 278.2 billion car miles was a new all-time high
van traffic grew by 2.0%
lorry traffic remained broadly stable (increasing by 0.3%)
the Strategic Road Network increased by 2.2%
motorways increased by 2.1%
‘A’ roads saw a 1.1% rise in traffic
minor road traffic increased by 2.9%

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Published 10 September 2020

Road traffic estimates in Great Britain: 2019

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