A14: Kettering
(asked on 3rd July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of vehicles which use the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 around Kettering each day; what the average speed is of those vehicles along that stretch of the A14; and what proportion of those vehicles are HGVs.
The number of vehicles using the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 each day, their speed and the proportion of which HGVs are set out in the table below.
Table showing data for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018:
Location | Number of vehicles each day (note 1) | Average speed in miles per hour (note 2) | Proportion of HGVs |
A14 westbound between J9 and J8 | 35,136 | 63 | 17% |
A14 eastbound between J8 and J9 | 36,864 | 64 | 16% |
A14 westbound between J8 and J7 | 39,936 | 62 | N/A |
A14 eastbound between J7 and J8 | 35,424 | 65 | N/A |
- The number of vehicles each day is the Annual Average Daily Traffic flow.
- The average speed is for a typical mid-week (Wednesday).
The HGV proportion data is not available between junctions 7 and 8 in both directions for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. However, the HGV proportion for 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 is 26 per cent between junctions 7 and 8 and 24 per cent between junctions 8 and 7.