Organisation: Department for Transport
Date of Publication: October 2026
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 4 November 2026
Provisional estimates show motor vehicles travelled 343.5 billion vehicle miles in Great Britain for the year ending June 2026. This is up 1.5% compared to the year ending June 2025. Traffic levels were 1.5% above pre-pandemic levels.
When compared to the year ending June 2025:
- car traffic increased by 1.6% to 262.7 billion vehicle miles
- van traffic increased by 1.6% to 59.6 billion vehicle miles
- lorry traffic showed little change (-0.5%) at 16.4 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on motorways increased by 1.5% to 71.7 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on ‘A’ roads increased by 1.5% to 152.1 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on minor roads increased by 1.5% to 119.7 billion vehicle miles
Click the link below to view the full report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-road-traffic-estimates-great-britain-july-2025-to-june-2026