Road Traffic
(asked on 7th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the 20 Highways England controlled A-roads which experience the largest increase in traffic during the summer.
The 20 Highways England controlled A-roads that see the largest increases in traffic during the summer are listed as follows:
Road Number | Percentage increase in flow during summer | Road Length (Miles) |
A458 | 23.1% | 12.4 |
A30 | 19.2% | 116.8 |
A2070 | 16.1% | 14.5 |
A494 | 15.0% | 4.7 |
A31 | 13.1% | 36.4 |
A303 | 12.6% | 98.6 |
A35 | 11.6% | 31.0 |
A590 | 10.7% | 20.0 |
A259 | 10.1% | 26.5 |
A64 | 8.5% | 60.7 |
A20 | 8.3% | 7.4 |
A628 | 7.6% | 8.5 |
A11 | 6.6% | 37.0 |
A47 | 6.0% | 93.9 |
A23 | 5.6% | 8.1 |
A483 | 5.4% | 6.7 |
A34 | 5.4% | 45.4 |
A26 | 5.4% | 8.4 |
A43 | 5.0% | 31.4 |
A66 | 4.9% | 68.0 |
This has been estimated by comparing observed average daily traffic flows across the 6 week period from Monday 25 July 2016 to Sunday 3 September 2016 with the 6 week period from Monday 12 September 2016 to Sunday 16 October 2016. These dates represent the 6 weeks of peak school summer holiday compared to the closest 6 weeks of normal working weeks that were unaffected by school holidays or bank holidays.